Intel Xeon D-1528 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon D-1528 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).

Intel Xeon D-1528

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon D-1528

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

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 6
4 more threads: 16 vs 12
Around 52% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2139 vs 1487
2.3x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15579 vs 6823

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 6
Number of threads	16 vs 12
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 2.50 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2139 vs 1487
PassMark - CPU mark	15579 vs 6823

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon D-1528
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1487

2139

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

6823

15579

Name	Intel Xeon D-1528	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1487	2139
PassMark - CPU mark	6823	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-1528	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Zen
Launch date	Q4'15	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1604	1624
Processor Number	D-1528
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	1.90 GHz	3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum frequency	2.50 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	6	8
Number of threads	12	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	4
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™)