AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X vs Intel Xeon E7-8870
Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Intel Xeon E7-8870 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).
Differences
Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
- CPU is newer: launch date 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
- Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
- Around 38% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 69°C
- A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
- Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
- Around 60% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
- Around 37% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 130 Watt
- Around 93% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2142 vs 1110
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Launch date | 29 June 2017 vs April 2011 |
| Maximum frequency | 3.8 GHz vs 2.80 GHz |
| Maximum core temperature | 95°C vs 69°C |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm vs 32 nm |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) vs 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB vs 256 KB (per core) |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt vs 130 Watt |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - Single thread mark | 2142 vs 1110 |
Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870
- 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
- 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
- Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
- Around 66% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25895 vs 15625
| Specifications (specs) | |
| Number of cores | 10 vs 8 |
| Number of threads | 20 vs 16 |
| L3 cache | 30720 KB (shared) vs 16 MB |
| Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 8 vs 1 |
| Benchmarks | |
| PassMark - CPU mark | 25895 vs 15625 |
Compare benchmarks
CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870
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| Name | AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X | Intel Xeon E7-8870 |
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| PassMark - Single thread mark | 2142 | 1110 |
| PassMark - CPU mark | 15625 | 25895 |
| Geekbench 4 - Single Core | 915 | |
| Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core | 6070 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) | 23.612 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) | 49.829 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) | 1.083 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) | 3.446 | |
| CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) | 12.987 |
Compare specifications (specs)
| AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X | Intel Xeon E7-8870 | |
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Essentials |
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| Architecture codename | Zen | Westmere EX |
| Family | AMD Ryzen PRO Processors | |
| Launch date | 29 June 2017 | April 2011 |
| OPN Tray | YD17XBBAM88AE | |
| OS Support | Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit | |
| Place in performance rating | 1632 | 1519 |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors | Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family |
| Vertical segment | Desktop | Server |
| Processor Number | E7-8870 | |
| Status | Discontinued | |
Performance |
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| 64 bit support | ||
| Base frequency | 3.4 GHz | 2.40 GHz |
| Die size | 192 mm | 513 mm |
| L1 cache | 96 KB (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 4 MB | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 16 MB | 30720 KB (shared) |
| Manufacturing process technology | 14 nm | 32 nm |
| Maximum core temperature | 95°C | 69°C |
| Maximum frequency | 3.8 GHz | 2.80 GHz |
| Number of cores | 8 | 10 |
| Number of threads | 16 | 20 |
| Transistor count | 4800 million | 2600 million |
| Unlocked | ||
| Bus Speed | 6.4 GT/s QPI | |
Memory |
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| Max memory channels | 2 | 4 |
| Supported memory frequency | 2667 MHz | |
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz) |
| ECC memory support | ||
| Maximum memory size | 4 TB | |
Compatibility |
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| Max number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | 8 |
| Sockets supported | AM4 | LGA1567 |
| Thermal Design Power (TDP) | 95 Watt | 130 Watt |
| Low Halogen Options Available | ||
| Package Size | 49.17mm x 56.47mm | |
Peripherals |
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| PCI Express revision | 3.0 x16 | |
| Scalability | S8S | |
Security & Reliability |
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| Secure Boot | ||
| Execute Disable Bit (EDB) | ||
| Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT) | ||
Advanced Technologies |
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| AMD SenseMI | ||
| Extended Frequency Range (XFR) | ||
| Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2) | ||
| Intel® AES New Instructions | ||
| TSM Encryption | ||
| Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology | ||
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2 | |
| Intel 64 | ||
| Intel® Hyper-Threading technology | ||
| Intel® Turbo Boost technology | ||
| Thermal Monitoring | ||
Virtualization |
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| AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™) | ||
| Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x) | ||
| Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d) | ||
| Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT) | ||
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