Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4 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 E5-2620 v4

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4

Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 2% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15931 vs 15579

Specifications (specs)
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	15931 vs 15579

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 28% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 74°C
Around 26% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2139 vs 1700
Around 42% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 915 vs 643
Around 31% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6070 vs 4621

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 74°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2139 vs 1700
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	915 vs 643
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	6070 vs 4621

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1700

2139

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

15931

15579

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

643

915

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

4621

6070

Name	Intel Xeon E5-2620 v4	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1700	2139
PassMark - CPU mark	15931	15579
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	643	915
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	4621	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 E5-2620 v4	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Zen
Launch date	Q1'16	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1602	1624
Processor Number	E5-2620V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v4 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	2.10 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	74°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	8	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	16	16
VID voltage range	0
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	68.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4 1600/1866/2133	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	85 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	2S
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™)