AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 vs AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and AMD Opteron 6386 SE 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 Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

  • CPU is newer: launch date 4 year(s) 7 month(s) later
  • Around 48% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 64.40°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 8x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • Around 47% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1912 vs 1297
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs November 2012
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 64.40°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 48 KB
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1912 vs 1297

Reasons to consider the AMD Opteron 6386 SE

  • 12 more cores, run more applications at once: 16 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • 8x 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
  • 2.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12761 vs 6131
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 16 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.5 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
L2 cache 16 MB vs 2 MB
L3 cache 16 MB vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 12761 vs 6131

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
CPU 2: AMD Opteron 6386 SE

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1912
1297
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6131
12761
Name AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 AMD Opteron 6386 SE
PassMark - Single thread mark 1912 1297
PassMark - CPU mark 6131 12761
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 Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 AMD Opteron 6386 SE

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Abu Dhabi
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors AMD Opteron
Launch date 29 June 2017 November 2012
OPN Tray YD120BBBM4KAE OS6386YETGGHK
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1352 1511
Series AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors AMD Opteron 6300 Series Processor
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $2,408
Price now $149.99
Value for money (0-100) 21.11

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.8 GHz
Die size 192 mm 315 mm
L1 cache 384 KB 48 KB
L2 cache 2 MB 16 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 16 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 64.40°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Number of cores 4 16
Number of threads 4 16
Transistor count 4800 million 2400 million
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Memory

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

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Sockets supported AM4 G34
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 140 Watt

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
Fused Multiply-Add (FMA)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)