Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3 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 E5-4650 v3

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 8
8 more threads: 24 vs 16

Number of cores	12 vs 8
Number of threads	24 vs 16
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Around 36% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 77.6°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 11% lower typical power consumption: 95 Watt vs 105 Watt
Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2139 vs 1384
Around 44% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 15579 vs 10838

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.8 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 77.6°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt vs 105 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2139 vs 1384
PassMark - CPU mark	15579 vs 10838

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1384

2139

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

10838

15579

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4650 v3	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark	1384	2139
PassMark - CPU mark	10838	15579
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 E5-4650 v3	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
Essentials
Architecture codename	Haswell	Zen
Launch date	Q2'15	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1574	1624
Processor Number	E5-4650V3
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v3 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	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	77.6°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	2.80 GHz	3.8 GHz
Number of cores	12	8
Number of QPI Links	2
Number of threads	24	16
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 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
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	52.5mm x 51mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011-3	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 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
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™)