Intel Xeon E5-1630 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1630 v3 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 - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/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 E5-1630 v3

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1630 v3

2.5x better performance in CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s): 125 vs 49.829

Benchmarks
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	125 vs 49.829

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 44% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 66.2°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 47% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 1% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2131 vs 2112
2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15612 vs 7396
Around 6% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 915 vs 860
Around 65% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6070 vs 3684

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 66.2°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2131 vs 2112
PassMark - CPU mark	15612 vs 7396
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	915 vs 860
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6070 vs 3684

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1630 v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2112

2131

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7396

15612

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

860

915

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

3684

6070

CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)

CPU 1

CPU 2

125

49.829

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1630 v3	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark	2112	2131
PassMark - CPU mark	7396	15612
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	860	915
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	3684	6070
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	125	49.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		23.612
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 E5-1630 v3	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Zen
Launch date	Q3'14	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1453	1548
Processor Number	E5-1630V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 Family	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	3.70 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	66.2°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	4	8
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	8	16
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
Die size		192 mm
L1 cache		96 KB (per core)
L2 cache		4 MB
L3 cache		16 MB
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1333/1600/1866/2133	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Package Size	52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	140 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	1S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)	46-bit
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™)