Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3 and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 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 E5-1680 v3

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3

Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2098 vs 2021

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2098 vs 2021

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Around 43% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 66.26°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Around 11% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14600 vs 13132
4.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3895 vs 930
2.7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 19348 vs 7251

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 66.26°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	14600 vs 13132
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	3895 vs 930
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	19348 vs 7251

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2098

2021

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

13132

14600

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

930

3895

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

7251

19348

Name	Intel Xeon E5-1680 v3	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark	2098	2021
PassMark - CPU mark	13132	14600
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	930	3895
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	7251	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 E5-1680 v3	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Zen
Launch date	Q3'14	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1176	966
Processor Number	E5-1680V3
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		YD170BBBM88AE
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.20 GHz	3 GHz
Bus Speed	0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	66.26°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.80 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	16	16
VID voltage range	0.65–1.30V
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	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	65 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™)