Intel Xeon Gold 5117F vs AMD GX-217GI

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Intel Xeon Gold 5117F CPU1 vs CPU2 AMD GX-217GI
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F AMD GX-217GI

CPU comparison

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F or AMD GX-217GI - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F has 14 cores with 28 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.80 GHz. Up to 768 GB of memory is supported in 6 memory channels. The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F was released in Q3/2017.

The AMD GX-217GI has 2 cores with 2 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.00 GHz. The CPU supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The AMD GX-217GI was released in Q2/2016.
Intel Xeon Gold (163) Family AMD G (38)
Intel Xeon Gold 5100/6100 (34) CPU group AMD G-Series 3rd Gen (5)
1 Generation 3
Skylake Architecture Prairie Falcon Excavator+
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
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CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 28 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon Gold 5117F is 2.00 GHz (2.80 GHz) while the AMD GX-217GI has 2 CPU cores and 2 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the AMD GX-217GI is at 1.70 GHz (2.00 GHz).

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
14 Cores 2
28 Threads 2
normal Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz Frequency 1.70 GHz
2.80 GHz Turbo Frequency (1 Core) 2.00 GHz
2.40 GHz Turbo Frequency (All Cores) --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
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Internal Graphics

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F or AMD GX-217GI has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon R6E
GPU frequency 0.20 GHz
-- GPU (Turbo) 0.76 GHz
-- GPU Generation 0
Technology 28 nm
Max. displays 2
-- Compute units 6
-- Shader 384
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
-- Max. GPU Memory --
-- DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

no iGPU GPU AMD Radeon R6E
No Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) No
No Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) No
No Codec h264 No
No Codec VP9 No
No Codec VP8 No
No Codec AV1 No
No Codec AVC No
No Codec VC-1 No
No Codec JPEG No

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F can use up to 768 GB of memory in 6 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 115.2 GB/s. The AMD GX-217GI supports up to GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 25.6 GB/s.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
DDR4-2400 Memory DDR4-1600, DDR3-1600
768 GB Max. Memory
6 (Hexa Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
115.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Yes ECC No
-- L2 Cache 1.00 MB
19.00 MB L3 Cache --
3.0 PCIe version 3.0
48 PCIe lanes 8
47.3 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Xeon Gold 5117F is 113 W, while the AMD GX-217GI has a TDP of 12 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
113 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 12 W
-- TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up 15 W
-- TDP down --
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Technical details

The Intel Xeon Gold 5117F is manufactured in 14 nm and has 19.00 MB cache. The AMD GX-217GI is manufactured in 28 nm and has a 1.00 MB cache.

Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Characteristic AMD GX-217GI
14 nm Technology 28 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512 ISA extensions SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, FMA3, FMA4
LGA 3647 Socket FP4
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization AMD-V
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Linux
Q3/2017 Release date Q2/2016
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iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
@ 0.00 GHz
0 (0%)
AMD GX-217GI AMD GX-217GI
AMD Radeon R6E @ 0.76 GHz
582 (100%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.80 GHz
122 (100%)
AMD GX-217GI AMD GX-217GI
2C 2T @ 2.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Xeon Gold 5117F Intel Xeon Gold 5117F
14C 28T @ 2.40 GHz
1858 (100%)
AMD GX-217GI AMD GX-217GI
2C 2T @ 1.70 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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