Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4

  • 10 more cores, run more applications at once: 18 vs 8
  • 20 more threads: 36 vs 16
  • Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2098 vs 2027
  • 2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 38201 vs 14693
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 18 vs 8
Number of threads 36 vs 16
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2098 vs 2027
PassMark - CPU mark 38201 vs 14693

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
  • Around 20% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 79°C
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 145 Watt
  • 5.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3895 vs 736
  • 2.2x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 19348 vs 8900
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.60 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 79°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 145 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3895 vs 736
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 19348 vs 8900

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2098
2027
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
38201
14693
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
736
3895
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
8900
19348
Name Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark 2098 2027
PassMark - CPU mark 38201 14693
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 736 3895
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 8900 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 E5-2697 v4 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Essentials

Architecture codename Broadwell Zen
Launch date Q1'16 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1051 1039
Processor Number E5-2697V4
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 YD170BBBM88AE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 2.30 GHz 3 GHz
Bus Speed 9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 79°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.60 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 18 8
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 36 16
VID voltage range 0
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 76.8 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400 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) 145 Watt 65 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™)