Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5 and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames), GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps), 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 E3-1585 v5

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5

Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 5% higher maximum core temperature: 100 vs 95°C
Around 19% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2402 vs 2027

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Maximum core temperature	100 vs 95°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2402 vs 2027

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
8 more threads: 16 vs 8
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14693 vs 8408

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	14693 vs 8408

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2402

2027

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8408

14693

Name	Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark	2402	2027
PassMark - CPU mark	8408	14693
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Frames)	1429
GFXBench 4.0 - Car Chase Offscreen (Fps)	1429
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Frames)	2615
GFXBench 4.0 - Manhattan (Fps)	2615
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Frames)	4300
GFXBench 4.0 - T-Rex (Fps)	4300
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3895
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		19348
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		22.046
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		45.73
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		1.033
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		3.161
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		12.042

Compare specifications (specs)

	Intel Xeon E3-1585 v5	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Zen
Launch date	Q2'16	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	961	1039
Processor Number	E3-1585V5
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v5 Family	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors
Status	Launched
Vertical segment	Server	Desktop
Family		AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray		YD170BBBM88AE
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.50 GHz	3 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s DMI3
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	100	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8	16
Die size		192 mm
L1 cache		768 KB
L2 cache		4 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory size	64 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3L,LPDDR3 1600MHz, DDR4 2133MHz at 1.2V	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Graphics
Device ID	0x193A
eDRAM	128 MB
Execution Units	72
Graphics base frequency	350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency	1.15 GHz
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory	64 GB
Processor graphics	Intel® Iris® Pro Graphics P580
Graphics interfaces
Number of displays supported	3
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	FCBGA1440	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	16
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	1x16,2x8,1x8+2x4
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
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™)