Ryzen 7 1700 vs Xeon Gold 5120

Primary details

Comparing Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 7 1700 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	637	746
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	16.04	12.94
Market segment	Server	Desktop processor
Series	Intel Xeon Gold	AMD Ryzen 7
Architecture codename	Skylake (server) (2017−2019)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	11 July 2017 (6 years ago)	2 March 2017 (7 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,555	$329
Current price	$392 (0.3x MSRP)	$160 (0.5x MSRP)

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Xeon Gold 5120 has 24% better value for money than Ryzen 7 1700.

Detailed specifications

Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 7 1700 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	14 (Tetradeca-Core)	8 (Octa-Core)
Threads	28	16
Base clock speed	2.2 GHz	3 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.2 GHz	3.7 GHz
L1 cache	896 KB	768 KB
L2 cache	14 MB	4096 KB
L3 cache	19.25 MB	16384 KB
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	no data	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	81 °C	no data
Number of transistors	no data	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 7 1700 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	4 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA3647	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 7 1700. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	FMA3
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Speed Shift	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Turbo Boost Max 3.0	-	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data
XFR	no data	-
SenseMI	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 7 1700 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 Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 7 1700 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 Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 7 1700. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2400	DDR4
Maximum memory size	768 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	6	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	115.212 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon Gold 5120 and Ryzen 7 1700.

PCIe version	3.0	n/a
PCI Express lanes	48	20

Synthetic benchmark performance

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

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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.

Xeon Gold 5120 outperforms Ryzen 7 1700 by 19% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	11.43	9.58
Recency	11 July 2017	2 March 2017
Physical cores	14	8
Threads	28	16
Cost	$1555	$329
Power consumption (TDP)	105 Watt	65 Watt

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