Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2678 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: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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 E5-2678 v3

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
  • 8 more threads: 24 vs 16
  • Around 88% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 12 vs 8
Number of threads 24 vs 16
L3 cache 30 MB vs 16 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 33% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
L2 cache 4 MB vs 3 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 120 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Name Intel Xeon E5-2678 v3 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 7451
PassMark - Single thread mark 2027
PassMark - CPU mark 14693
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 E5-2678 v3 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell-EP Zen
Family Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Place in performance rating 922 1039
Processor Number E5-2678 v3
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Launch date 29 June 2017
OPN Tray YD170BBBM88AE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2500 MHz 3 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI
L1 cache 768 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 3 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 30 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Number of cores 12 8
Number of threads 24 16
Die size 192 mm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz
Transistor count 4800 million
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Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 1
Sockets supported LGA2011-3 (R3) AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x16

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Fused Multiply-Add 3 (FMA3)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
TSM Encryption

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)