Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4640 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).

Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2

2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
4 more threads: 20 vs 16
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19028 vs 15625

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	10 vs 8
Number of threads	20 vs 16
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	19028 vs 15625

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Around 41% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
Around 27% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 75°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 56% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2142 vs 1373

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 2.70 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 75°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2142 vs 1373

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1373

2142

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

19028

15625

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1373	2142
PassMark - CPU mark	19028	15625
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 E5-4640 v2	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Zen
Launch date	Q1'14	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1463	1632
Processor Number	E5-4640V2
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	2.20 GHz	3.4 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	2.70 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	10	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	20	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	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5 mm x 45 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	95 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S Only
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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
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™)