Intel Xeon D-1527 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon D-1527 and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 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 Intel Xeon D-1527

  • 2.7x lower typical power consumption: 35 Watt vs 95 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt vs 95 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2139 vs 1552
  • 3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15579 vs 5213
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2139 vs 1552
PassMark - CPU mark 15579 vs 5213

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon D-1527
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1552
2139
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5213
15579
Name Intel Xeon D-1527 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 1552 2139
PassMark - CPU mark 5213 15579
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)

Intel Xeon D-1527 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Zen
Launch date Q4'15 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1584 1624
Processor Number D-1527
Series Intel® Xeon® D Processor AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD17XBBAM88AE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.20 GHz 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 2.70 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 8 16
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core)
L2 cache 4 MB
L3 cache 16 MB
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory size 128 GB
Supported memory frequency 2133 MHz 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4, DDR3 DDR4

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCBGA1667 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 35 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Integrated LAN
Max number of PCIe lanes 32
Number of USB ports 8
PCI Express revision 2.0/3.0 3.0 x16
PCIe configurations x4 x8 x16
Scalability 1S Only
Total number of SATA ports 6
UART
USB revision 2.0/3.0

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
General-Purpose Input/Output (GPIO)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Thermal Monitoring
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
TSM Encryption

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)