Intel Xeon Silver 4108 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4108 and AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X 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 Silver 4108

  • Around 12% lower typical power consumption: 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16032 vs 15579
Specifications (specs)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 16032 vs 15579

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

  • Around 27% higher clock speed: 3.8 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • Around 23% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 77°C
  • Around 27% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2139 vs 1683
  • Around 30% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 915 vs 704
  • Around 28% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 6070 vs 4727
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.8 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 77°C
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2139 vs 1683
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 915 vs 704
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 6070 vs 4727

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4108
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1683
2139
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
16032
15579
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
704
915
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
4727
6070
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4108 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
PassMark - Single thread mark 1683 2139
PassMark - CPU mark 16032 15579
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 704 915
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4727 6070
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 23.612
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 49.829
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 1.083
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 3.446
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 12.987

Compare specifications (specs)

Intel Xeon Silver 4108 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Zen
Launch date Q3'17 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1573 1624
Processor Number 4108
Series Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors AMD Ryzen 7 PRO Desktop Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD17XBBAM88AE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 1.80 GHz 3.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 77°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 3.8 GHz
Number of cores 8 8
Number of threads 16 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 96 KB (per core)
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 2400 MHz 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 76.0mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA3647 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 Watt 95 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 2S

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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 1
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™)