AMD EPYC 7232P vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of AMD EPYC 7232P 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD EPYC 7232P

  • CPU is newer: launch date 2 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 4x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 17017 vs 6131
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 vs 29 June 2017
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm vs 14 nm
L1 cache 512 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 32 MB vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 17017 vs 6131

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

  • Around 6% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • Around 23% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1912 vs 1549
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3.2 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1912 vs 1549

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD EPYC 7232P
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1549
1912
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
17017
6131
Name AMD EPYC 7232P AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 1549 1912
PassMark - CPU mark 17017 6131
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 7232P AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen 2 Zen
Launch date 7 Aug 2019 29 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $450
OPN PIB 100-100000081WOF
OPN Tray 100-000000081 YD120BBBM4KAE
Place in performance rating 1215 1353
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Series AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors

Performance

Base frequency 3.1 GHz 3.1 GHz
L1 cache 512 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 4 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 32 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 7 nm, 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.2 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 16 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

ECC memory support
Max memory channels 8 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 190.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 4 TB
Supported memory types DDR4-3200 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Compatibility

Socket Count 1P
Sockets supported SP3 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 128
PCI Express revision 4.0 3.0 x16
PCIe configurations x16, x8

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™)