Intel Xeon Silver 4310T vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon Silver 4310T 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 Silver 4310T

AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon Silver 4310T

CPU is newer: launch date 3 year(s) 9 month(s) later
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 10 nm vs 14 nm
2.5x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2089 vs 2026
Around 40% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 20607 vs 14696

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	6 Apr 2021 vs 29 June 2017
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm vs 14 nm
L2 cache	10 MB vs 4 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089 vs 2026
PassMark - CPU mark	20607 vs 14696

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

Around 9% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Around 8% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 88°C
Around 20% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
Around 7% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 62% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 3.40 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 88°C
L1 cache	768 KB vs 640 KB
L3 cache	16 MB vs 15 MB
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 105 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2089

2026

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

20607

14696

Name	Intel Xeon Silver 4310T	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
PassMark - Single thread mark	2089	2026
PassMark - CPU mark	20607	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 Silver 4310T	AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ice Lake	Zen
Launch date	6 Apr 2021	29 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP)	$555
Place in performance rating	1001	1037
Processor Number	4310T
Series	3rd Generation 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	2.30 GHz	3 GHz
L1 cache	640 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	10 MB	4 MB
L3 cache	15 MB	16 MB
Manufacturing process technology	10 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	88°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.40 GHz	3.7 GHz
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links	2
64 bit support
Die size		192 mm
Number of cores		8
Number of threads		16
Transistor count		4800 million
Unlocked
Memory
Max memory channels	8	2
Maximum memory size	6 TB
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4-2667	DDR4
Compatibility
Package Size	77.5mm x 56.5mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA4189	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration		1
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	64
PCI Express revision	4.0	3.0 x16
Scalability	2S
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Mode-based Execute Control (MBE)
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
Instruction set extensions	Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX, Intel AVX2, Intel AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
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™)