Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 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 Platinum 8156

  • Around 11% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2245 vs 2029
  • Around 15% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16852 vs 14717
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2245 vs 2029
PassMark - CPU mark 16852 vs 14717

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 16 vs 8
  • Around 34% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 71°C
  • Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 8
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 71°C
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Platinum 8156
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2245
2029
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16852
14717
Name Intel Xeon Platinum 8156 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark 2245 2029
PassMark - CPU mark 16852 14717
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 Platinum 8156 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Zen
Launch date Q3'17 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 955 1037
Processor Number 8156
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 3.60 GHz 3 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 71°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.70 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 8 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) 105 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 S8S

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™)