Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2 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 E5-2430L v2

  • Around 58% lower typical power consumption: 60 Watt vs 95 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 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 36% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 38% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 69°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2131 vs 1374
  • Around 28% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15612 vs 12183
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 6
Number of threads 16 vs 12
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2131 vs 1374
PassMark - CPU mark 15612 vs 12183

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1374
2131
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12183
15612
Name Intel Xeon E5-2430L v2 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 1374 2131
PassMark - CPU mark 12183 15612
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 E5-2430L v2 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EN Zen
Launch date Q1'14 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1453 1550
Processor Number E5-2430LV2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 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 2.40 GHz 3.4 GHz
Bus Speed 7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 69°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 2.80 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 6 8
Number of QPI Links 1
Number of threads 12 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 3 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Package Size 45mm x 42.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1356 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 60 Watt 95 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 24
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x16
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 2S 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® AVX
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
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™)