AMD Opteron 6234 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300

Comparative analysis of AMD Opteron 6234 and AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 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 6234

  • 8 more cores, run more applications at once: 12 vs 4
  • 8 more threads: 12 vs 4
  • Around 50% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 2x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • Around 19% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8644 vs 7234
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 12 vs 4
Number of threads 12 vs 4
L1 cache 576 KB vs 384 KB
L2 cache 12 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 8644 vs 7234

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300

  • Around 23% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3 GHz
  • Around 35% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 70.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 77% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2187 vs 887
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 70.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 115 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2187 vs 887

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Opteron 6234
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
887
2187
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8644
7234
Name AMD Opteron 6234 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300
PassMark - Single thread mark 887 2187
PassMark - CPU mark 8644 7234
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 878
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2580
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 10.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 23.998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 1.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 6.701

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Opteron 6234 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300

Essentials

Family AMD Opteron AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray OS6234WKTCGGU YD130BBBM4KAE
Place in performance rating 2152 2192
Series AMD Opteron 6200 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 3.5 GHz
L1 cache 576 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 12 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 32 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 70.40°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3 GHz 3.7 GHz
Number of cores 12 4
Number of threads 12 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 G34 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 115 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™)