Intel Xeon W-2170B
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500
Select video card 1
Select video card 2

Intel Xeon W-2170B vs AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500. Specifications, performance, tests

Overall score
star star star star star
Released
Q3/2017
Intel Xeon W-2170B
Intel Xeon W-2170B
Released
Q3/2017
Overall score
star star star star star
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500

What's the best choice Intel Xeon W-2170B or AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon W-2170B has a maximum frequency of 2.50 GHz. 14 Cores. Power consumption of 140 W. Released in Q3/2017.

AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 has a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. 4 Cores. Power consumption of 65 W. Released in Q3/2017.

Differences

  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    200 left arrow score
  • More number of cores

    10 times more cores

    14 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 14% better overclocked clock speed

    4.30 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon W-2170B CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    190 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    93 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    185 place
  • Place in the overall ranking

    (based on several benchmarks)

    725 left arrow score
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 29% better clock speed

    3.50 GHz left arrow 2.50 GHz
  • Performance per watt

    About 0.46 times less performance per watt

    65 W left arrow 140 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    426 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    380 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    601 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    643 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Single-Core)
    169 place
  • Geekbench 3, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    248 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    147 place
  • Cinebench R11.5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    208 place
  • Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
    527 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon W-2170B Intel Xeon W-2170B
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop / Server
  • Family
    Intel Xeon W left arrow AMD Ryzen
  • Generation
    6 left arrow 1
  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon W-2100/3100 left arrow AMD Ryzen 1000
CPU Technical specs

Basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base and turbo frequency, and cache size. These parameters indirectly tell about the speed of the processor, the higher they are the better.

  • Frequency
    2.50 GHz left arrow 3.50 GHz
  • CPU Cores
    14 left arrow 4
  • Turbo (1 Core)
    4.30 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz
  • CPU Threads
    28 left arrow 8
  • Hyperthreading
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • GPU name
    no iGPU left arrow no iGPU
  • GPU (Turbo)
    No turbo left arrow No turbo
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow No
  • h264
    No left arrow No
  • VP9
    No left arrow No
  • VP8
    No left arrow No
  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • AVC
    No left arrow No
  • VC-1
    No left arrow No
  • JPEG
    No left arrow No
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 and Intel Xeon W-2170B. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • Memory type
    DDR4-2666 left arrow DDR4-2666
  • Max. Memory
    512 GB left arrow
  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Memory channels
    4 left arrow 2
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow 3.0
  • PCIe lanes
    48 left arrow 20
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon W-2170B and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500 to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

  • TDP (PL1)
    140 W left arrow 65 W
  • Tjunction max.
    -- left arrow 95 °C
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon W-2170B and Intel Xeon W-2170B, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
  • L3-Cache
    19.00 MB left arrow 16.00 MB
  • Architecture
    Skylake W left arrow Summit Ridge (Zen)
  • Technology
    14 nm left arrow 14 nm
  • Socket
    LGA 2066 left arrow AM4
  • Release date
    Q3/2017 left arrow Q3/2017

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon W-2170B and AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
The Cinebench R15 SC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
186
Intel Xeon W-2170B
151
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500
Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
The Cinebench R15 MC stresses the computing modules of a desktop or laptop computer to their limits and accurately determines the key performance parameters of the hardware
2504
Intel Xeon W-2170B
775
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500
Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark
PassMark is a test suite that performs complex mathematical calculations to determine CPU performance on file compression, encryption and physics-related tasks
23487
Intel Xeon W-2170B
10273
AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 1500

Latest comparisons