AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 vs Intel Xeon E5-4640

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Intel Xeon E5-4640 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 21% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • 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 37% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1913 vs 1392
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs May 2012
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1913 vs 1392

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4640

  • 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
  • 3.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 21374 vs 6143
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 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 21374 vs 6143

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5-4640

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1913
1392
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6143
21374
Name AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 Intel Xeon E5-4640
PassMark - Single thread mark 1913 1392
PassMark - CPU mark 6143 21374
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 E5-4640

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Sandy Bridge EP
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 1418 1327
Series AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 Family
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $2,730
Price now $2,730
Processor Number E5-4640
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 1.14

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 192 mm 435 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
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 4 8
Number of threads 4 16
Transistor count 4800 million 2270 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 2
VID voltage range 0.6V-1.35V

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth 51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size 384 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 4
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA2011
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 95 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16 3.0
Max number of PCIe lanes 40
Scalability 4S Only

Security & Reliability

Secure Boot
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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
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)