Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8880 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 E7-8880 v4

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4

14 more cores, run more applications at once: 22 vs 8
28 more threads: 44 vs 16
2.6x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 37875 vs 14693

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	22 vs 8
Number of threads	44 vs 16
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	37875 vs 14693

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 77°C
2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2027 vs 1647

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.30 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 77°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2027 vs 1647

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1647

2027

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

37875

14693

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v4	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark	1647	2027
PassMark - CPU mark	37875	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 E7-8880 v4	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Broadwell	Zen
Launch date	Q2'16	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	931	1039
Processor Number	E7-8880V4
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 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	2.20 GHz	3 GHz
Bus Speed	9.6 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	77°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.30 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	22	8
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	44	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	3 TB
Supported memory types	DDR4-1333/1600/1866 DDR3-1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8	1
Package Size	45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	S8S
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® 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™)