AMD EPYC 3151 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 3151 and AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s).

AMD EPYC 3151

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 3151

CPU is newer: launch date 7 month(s) later
4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 44% lower typical power consumption: 45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1873 vs 1815
Around 43% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8306 vs 5808

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	21 Feb 2018 vs 29 June 2017
Number of threads	8 vs 4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt vs 65 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1873 vs 1815
PassMark - CPU mark	8306 vs 5808

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Around 17% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
524288x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later

Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 2.9 GHz
L3 cache	8 MB vs 16MB (shared)

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 3151
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1873

1815

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

8306

5808

Name	AMD EPYC 3151	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark	1873	1815
PassMark - CPU mark	8306	5808
Geekbench 4 - Single Core		3685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core		9949
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)		13.346
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)		29.397
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)		0.627
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)		2.125
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)		8.688

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD EPYC 3151	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Zen
Launch date	21 Feb 2018	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1287	1439
Family		AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray		YD120BBBM4KAE
OS Support		Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series		AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors
Vertical segment		Desktop
Performance
Base frequency	2.7 GHz	3.1 GHz
Die size	213 mm²	192 mm
L1 cache	96K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	2 MB
L3 cache	16MB (shared)	8 MB
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	2.9 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	8	4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Transistor count		4800 million
Memory
ECC memory support
Supported memory types	DDR4-2666 MHz, Dual-channel	DDR4
Max memory channels		2
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	1
Sockets supported	AMD BGA SP4r2	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	45 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
PCIe configurations	Gen 3, 32 Lanes, (CPU only)
PCI Express revision		3.0 x16
Security & Reliability
Secure Boot
Advanced Technologies
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
TSM Encryption
Virtualization
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)