AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 vs Intel Xeon E5-2470

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Intel Xeon E5-2470 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 5 year(s) 1 month(s) later
  • Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
  • Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 78 °C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
  • Around 29% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1815 vs 1410
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 78 °C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1815 vs 1410

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-2470

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 33% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 2.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 14464 vs 5808
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L3 cache 20480 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 14464 vs 5808

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-2470

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1815
1410
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5808
14464
Name AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 Intel Xeon E5-2470
PassMark - Single thread mark 1815 1410
PassMark - CPU mark 5808 14464
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 E5-2470

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Sandy Bridge EN
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date 29 June 2017 May 2012
OPN Tray YD120BBBM4KAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 1439 1518
Series AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $1,480
Price now $316.72
Processor Number E5-2470
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 9.36

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.30 GHz
Die size 192 mm 294 mm
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 20480 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 78 °C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 3.10 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 4 16
Transistor count 4800 million 1270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.60V-1.35V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 3
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 38.4 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 2
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1356
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 45mm x 42.5 mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 24
Scalability 2S Only

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
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX)
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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)