Intel Xeon Gold 6210U vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Gold 6210U 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 6210U

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Gold 6210U

CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
12 more cores, run more applications at once: 20 vs 8
24 more threads: 40 vs 16
Around 5% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
Around 67% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 72% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 4% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2101 vs 2026
2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 29344 vs 14696

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	2 Apr 2019 vs 29 June 2017
Number of cores	20 vs 8
Number of threads	40 vs 16
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz vs 3.7 GHz
L1 cache	1.25 MB vs 768 KB
L2 cache	20 MB vs 4 MB
L3 cache	27.5 MB vs 16 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2101 vs 2026
PassMark - CPU mark	29344 vs 14696

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

2.3x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 150 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Gold 6210U
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2101

2026

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

29344

14696

Name	Intel Xeon Gold 6210U	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark	2101	2026
PassMark - CPU mark	29344	14696
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 6210U	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Cascade Lake	Zen
Launch date	2 Apr 2019	29 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$1500
Place in performance rating	892	1037
Processor Number	6210U
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
Series		AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors
Performance
Base frequency	2.50 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	1.25 MB	768 KB
L2 cache	20 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	27.5 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase)	86 °C
Maximum frequency	3.90 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of cores	20	8
Number of QPI Links	0
Number of threads	40	16
64 bit support
Die size		192 mm
Maximum core temperature		95°C
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
ECC memory support
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	131.13 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1 TB
Supported memory frequency	2933 MHz	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR4
Compatibility
Sockets supported	FCLGA3647	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	150 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	1S Only
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
Speed Shift technology
Turbo Boost Max 3.0
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™)