Intel Xeon Gold 6138T vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6138T 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 Gold 6138T

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6138T

12 more cores, run more applications at once: 20 vs 8
24 more threads: 40 vs 16
2.7x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 40064 vs 14600

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	20 vs 8
Number of threads	40 vs 16
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	40064 vs 14600

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Around 1% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 94°C
Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 125 Watt
Around 25% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2021 vs 1620

Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 94°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 125 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2021 vs 1620

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6138T
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1620

2021

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

40064

14600

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6138T	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark	1620	2021
PassMark - CPU mark	40064	14600
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 Gold 6138T	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Skylake	Zen
Launch date	Q3'17	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	819	963
Processor Number	6138T
Series	Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors	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
Base frequency	2.00 GHz	3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	94°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.70 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	20	8
Number of threads	40	16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	3
64 bit support
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	6	2
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory frequency	2666 MHz	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666	DDR4
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size	76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	125 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	48
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
Scalability	S4S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Run Sure Technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units	2
Speed Shift technology
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™)