Intel Xeon Silver 4210 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4210 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 Silver 4210

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 9 month(s) later
  • 2 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 8
  • 4 more threads: 20 vs 16
  • 2.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 62% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 23671 vs 14600
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 vs 29 June 2017
Number of cores 10 vs 8
Number of threads 20 vs 16
L2 cache 10 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 23671 vs 14600

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

  • Around 16% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
  • Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 16% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 31% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 85 Watt
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2021 vs 1808
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.20 GHz
L1 cache 768 KB vs 640 KB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 13.75 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 85 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2021 vs 1808

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4210
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1808
2021
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
23671
14600
Name Intel Xeon Silver 4210 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark 1808 2021
PassMark - CPU mark 23671 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 Silver 4210 AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Essentials

Architecture codename Cascade Lake Zen
Launch date 2 Apr 2019 29 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $501-511
Place in performance rating 975 966
Processor Number 4210
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 2.20 GHz 3 GHz
L1 cache 640 KB 768 KB
L2 cache 10 MB 4 MB
L3 cache 13.75 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum case temperature (TCase) 78 °C
Maximum frequency 3.20 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 10 8
Number of threads 20 16
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 2
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Transistor count 4800 million
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Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 6 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 107.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 1 TB
Supported memory frequency 2400 MHz 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4-2400 DDR4

Compatibility

Sockets supported FCLGA3647 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 85 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 2S

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™)