Intel Xeon E5-2630 v4 vs AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 1700

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Combined performance score

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700
9.56
+25.8%

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 outperforms Xeon E5-2630 v4 by 26% in our combined benchmark results.

General info

Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Xeon E5-2630 v4 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking714857
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Value for money4.054.99
Market segmentServerServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 7Intel Xeon E5
Architecture codenameZen (2017−2020)Broadwell (2015−2019)
Release date29 June 2017 (6 years old)20 June 2016 (7 years old)
Launch price (MSRP)no data$667
Current price$676 $365 (0.5x MSRP)
Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon E5-2630 v4 has 23% better value for money than Ryzen 7 PRO 1700.

Technical specs

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Xeon E5-2630 v4 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)10 (Deca-Core)
Threads1620
Base clock speed3 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3.1 GHz
Bus support4 × 8 GT/s2 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)2.5 MB
L3 cache16 MB (shared)25 MB
Chip lithography14 nm14 nm
Die size192 mm2246.24 mm2
Maximum core temperatureno data74 °C
Number of transistors4,800 million3200 Million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility--
Unlocked multiplierYesNo

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Xeon E5-2630 v4 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)2
SocketAM4FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt85 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Xeon E5-2630 v4. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsno dataIntel® AVX2
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSXno data+
Idle Statesno data+
Thermal Monitoringno data+
Flex Memory Accessno data-
Demand Based Switchingno data+
PAEno data46 Bit
Statusno dataLaunched

Security technologies

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Xeon E5-2630 v4 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
Secure Keyno data+
Identity Protectionno data-
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Xeon E5-2630 v4 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+no data
VT-dno data+
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Xeon E5-2630 v4. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4 Dual-channelDDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133
Maximum memory size64 GB1.5 TB
Max memory channels24
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/s68.3 GB/s
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 and Xeon E5-2630 v4.

PCIe version3.03.0
PCI Express lanes2040

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.


Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 9.56
+25.8%
Xeon E5-2630 v4 7.60

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 outperforms Xeon E5-2630 v4 by 26% in our combined benchmark results.


Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 14677
+25.7%
Xeon E5-2630 v4 11676

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 outperforms Xeon E5-2630 v4 by 26% in Passmark.

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 1015
+8.9%
Xeon E5-2630 v4 932

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 outperforms Xeon E5-2630 v4 by 9% in GeekBench 5 Single-Core.

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 4906
Xeon E5-2630 v4 5470
+11.5%

Xeon E5-2630 v4 outperforms Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 by 11% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.

Gaming performance

Advantages and disadvantages


Performance score 9.56 7.60
Recency 29 June 2017 20 June 2016
Physical cores 8 10
Threads 16 20
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 85 Watt

The Ryzen 7 PRO 1700 is our recommended choice as it beats the Xeon E5-2630 v4 in performance tests.


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