AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 vs Intel Xeon E3-1275

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Intel Xeon E3-1275 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility, Peripherals, Security & Reliability, Advanced Technologies, Virtualization, Graphics, Graphics interfaces. 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 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 31% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 72.6°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 50% 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
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1914 vs 1773
  • Around 12% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6154 vs 5516
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs April 2011
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 72.6°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
L1 cache 384 KB vs 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB vs 256 KB (per core)
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1914 vs 1773
PassMark - CPU mark 6154 vs 5516

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E3-1275

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 12% higher clock speed: 3.80 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.80 GHz vs 3.4 GHz

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E3-1275

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1914
1773
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6154
5516
Name AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 Intel Xeon E3-1275
PassMark - Single thread mark 1914 1773
PassMark - CPU mark 6154 5516
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 Intel Xeon E3-1275

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Sandy Bridge
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date 29 June 2017 April 2011
OPN Tray YD120BBBM4KAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1421 1412
Series AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 Family
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $450
Price now $304
Processor Number E3-1275
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 8.09

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.1 GHz 3.40 GHz
Die size 192 mm 216 mm
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 8192 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 72.6°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.80 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 8
Transistor count 4800 million 1160 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 1066/1333
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 21 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 LGA1155
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16 2.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 20

Security & Reliability

Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)

Advanced Technologies

AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
Intel® AES New Instructions
TSM Encryption
Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Flexible Display interface (FDI)
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)

Graphics

Graphics base frequency 850 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.35 GHz
Graphics max frequency 1.35 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Flexible Display Interface (Intel® FDI)
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics P3000

Graphics interfaces

Number of displays supported 2
Wireless Display (WiDi) support