AMD Epyc Embedded 3255 vs AMD Ryzen 7 1700X. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• Family
  AMD Epyc AMD Ryzen
• CPU group
  AMD Epyc Embedded 3000 AMD Ryzen 1000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  1 1

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.

• Core architecture
  normal normal
• Overclocking
  Yes Yes
• Frequency
  2.50 GHz 3.40 GHz

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 no iGPU
• GPU (Turbo)
  No turbo No turbo

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

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  No No
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  No No
• h264
  No No
• VP8
  No No
• VP9
  No No
• AV1
  No No
• AVC
  No No
• VC-1
  No No
• JPEG
  No No

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 1700X and AMD Epyc Embedded 3255. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• Memory type
  DDR4-2666 DDR4-2666
• Max. Memory
  512 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• ECC
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP AMD Epyc Embedded 3255 and AMD Ryzen 7 1700X to select a cooling system. Note, the TDP value refers to thermal watts, not electrical watts.

• TDP (PL1)
  55 W 95 W
• TDP down
  25 W --
• Tjunction max.
  105 °C 95 °C

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by AMD Epyc Embedded 3255 and AMD Epyc Embedded 3255, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3 SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, FMA3
• L2-Cache
  4.00 MB --
• L3-Cache
  16.00 MB 16.00 MB
• Architecture
  Snowy Owl (Zen) Summit Ridge (Zen)
• Technology
  14 nm 14 nm
• Virtualization
  AMD-V, SVM AMD-V, SVM
• Socket
  SP4r2 AM4
• Release date
  Q1/2018 Q1/2017