Xeon Silver 4116T vs Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X
Aggregated performance score
Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X outperforms Xeon Silver 4116T by 3% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
Comparing Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Xeon Silver 4116T processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 691 | 706 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 11.88 | 10.26 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | AMD Ryzen 7 | Intel Xeon Silver |
| Architecture codename | Zen (2017−2020) | Skylake (server) (2017−2019) |
| Release date | 29 June 2017 (6 years ago) | 11 July 2017 (6 years ago) |
| Current price | $236 | $499 |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X has 16% better value for money than Xeon Silver 4116T.
Technical specs
Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Xeon Silver 4116T 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 cores | 8 (Octa-Core) | 12 (Dodeca-Core) |
| Threads | 16 | 24 |
| Base clock speed | 3.4 GHz | 2.1 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.8 GHz | 3 GHz |
| Bus support | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| L1 cache | 96K (per core) | 768 KB |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 12 MB |
| L3 cache | 16 MB (shared) | 16.5 MB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 192 mm2 | no data |
| Maximum core temperature | no data | 91 °C |
| Number of transistors | 4,800 million | no data |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | + |
| Unlocked multiplier | Yes | No |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Xeon Silver 4116T 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 configuration | 1 (Uniprocessor) | 2 (Multiprocessor) |
| Socket | AM4 | FCLGA3647 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 85 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Xeon Silver 4116T. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | no data | Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Speed Shift | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 | no data | - |
| Status | no data | Launched |
Security technologies
Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Xeon Silver 4116T technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Xeon Silver 4116T are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | no data |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Xeon Silver 4116T. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 Dual-channel | DDR4-2400 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 768 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 6 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 115.212 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Xeon Silver 4116T.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 20 | 48 |
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 1700X outperforms Xeon Silver 4116T by 3% based on our aggregated 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 1700X outperforms Xeon Silver 4116T by 3% in Passmark.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 10.10 | 9.82 |
| Physical cores | 8 | 12 |
| Threads | 16 | 24 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 95 Watt | 85 Watt |
We couldn't decide between Ryzen 7 PRO 1700X and Xeon Silver 4116T. The differences in performance seem too small.
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