Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4627 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).

Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
Around 52% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 22336 vs 14717

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	22336 vs 14717

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

6 more threads: 16 vs 10
Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Around 16% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 82
2.1x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 135 Watt
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2029 vs 1951

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	16 vs 10
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 82
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 135 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2029 vs 1951

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1951

2029

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

22336

14717

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4627 v4	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark	1951	2029
PassMark - CPU mark	22336	14717
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 E5-4627 v4	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Zen
Launch date	Q2'16	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1005	1037
Processor Number	E5-4627V4
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	2.60 GHz	3 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	82	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.20 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	10	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	10	16
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	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	135 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay 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™)