Xeon Gold 6230N vs Ryzen 7 1700

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon Gold 6230N processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking816not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.13no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Xeon Gold
Power efficiency13.58no data
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Cascade Lake (2019−2020)
Release date2 March 2017 (7 years ago)2 April 2019 (5 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$329$2,046

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon Gold 6230N basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores8 (Octa-Core)20 (Icosa-Core)
Threads1640
Base clock speed3 GHz2.3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.5 GHz
Bus typeno dataDMI 3.0
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/s4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier3023
L1 cache768 KB1.25 MB
L2 cache4096 KB20 MB
L3 cache16384 KB27.5 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperatureno data78 °C
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+
Unlocked multiplier+-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon Gold 6230N compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)4 (Multiprocessor)
SocketAM4FCLGA3647
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt125 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon Gold 6230N. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMTIntel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
FMAFMA3-
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0no data-
SenseMI+-
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon Gold 6230N technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon Gold 6230N are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon Gold 6230N. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR4-2933
Maximum memory size64 GB1 TB
Max memory channels26
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s140.8 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon Gold 6230N.

PCIe versionn/a3.0
PCI Express lanes2048

Pros & cons summary


Recency 2 March 2017 2 April 2019
Physical cores 8 20
Threads 16 40
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt

Ryzen 7 1700 has 92.3% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6230N, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 2 years, and 150% more physical cores and 150% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 1700 and Xeon Gold 6230N. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 7 1700 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6230N is a server/workstation one.


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