AMD Opteron 3280 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 3280 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 Opteron 3280

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • 4x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 8 vs 4
L2 cache 8 MB vs 2 MB

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

  • Around 55% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 61.10°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 85% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1913 vs 1036
  • Around 65% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6143 vs 3723
  • Around 97% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3685 vs 1866
  • Around 42% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 9949 vs 7007
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 61.10°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1913 vs 1036
PassMark - CPU mark 6143 vs 3723
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3685 vs 1866
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9949 vs 7007

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 3280
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1036
1913
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
3723
6143
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
1866
3685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
7007
9949
Name AMD Opteron 3280 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 1036 1913
PassMark - CPU mark 3723 6143
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 1866 3685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7007 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 Opteron 3280 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN PIB OS3280OLW8KGUBOX
OPN Tray OS3280OLW8KGU YD120BBBM4KAE
Place in performance rating 1450 1418
Series AMD Opteron 3200 Series Processor AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Architecture codename Zen
Launch date 29 June 2017
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

Base frequency 2.4 GHz 3.1 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 8 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 61.10°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of threads 8 4
Unlocked
64 bit support
Die size 192 mm
Transistor count 4800 million

Memory

Supported memory frequency 2000 MHz 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR3 DDR4
Max memory channels 2

Compatibility

Sockets supported AM3+ AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1

Peripherals

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™)