Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2 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 E7-4890 v2

  • 7 more cores, run more applications at once: 15 vs 8
  • 14 more threads: 30 vs 16
  • Around 71% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25055 vs 14693
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 15 vs 8
Number of threads 30 vs 16
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 25055 vs 14693

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

  • Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
  • Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 77°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2.4x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 155 Watt
  • Around 13% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2027 vs 1790
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 77°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 155 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2027 vs 1790

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1790
2027
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
25055
14693
Name Intel Xeon E7-4890 v2 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark 1790 2027
PassMark - CPU mark 25055 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 E7-4890 v2 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge Zen
Launch date Q1'14 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1050 1039
Processor Number E7-4890V2
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 v2 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 2.80 GHz 3 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.40 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 15 8
Number of QPI Links 3
Number of threads 30 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 85 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1.5 TB
Supported memory types DDR3 1066/1333/1600 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 1
Package Size 52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 155 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 32
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x16
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability S4S

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® 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™)