AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 vs Intel Xeon E7-8870

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 and Intel Xeon E7-8870 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 6 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
  • Around 38% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 69°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 32 nm
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 70% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1912 vs 1124
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs April 2011
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.80 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 69°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 32 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1912 vs 1124

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8870

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
  • 16 more threads: 20 vs 4
  • Around 67% more L1 cache; more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • Around 25% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 3.8x more L3 cache, more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
  • 4x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 24434 vs 6131
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 4
Number of threads 20 vs 4
L1 cache 64 KB (per core) vs 384 KB
L2 cache 256 KB (per core) vs 2 MB
L3 cache 30720 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 8 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 24434 vs 6131

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E7-8870

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1912
1124
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
6131
24434
Name AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 Intel Xeon E7-8870
PassMark - Single thread mark 1912 1124
PassMark - CPU mark 6131 24434
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 E7-8870

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Westmere EX
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 1352 1370
Series AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 Family
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Processor Number E7-8870
Status Discontinued

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.1 GHz 2.40 GHz
Die size 192 mm 513 mm
L1 cache 384 KB 64 KB (per core)
L2 cache 2 MB 256 KB (per core)
L3 cache 8 MB 30720 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 32 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 69°C
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 2.80 GHz
Number of cores 4 10
Number of threads 4 20
Transistor count 4800 million 2600 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 6.4 GT/s QPI

Memory

Max memory channels 2 4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz
Supported memory types DDR4 DDR3 800/978/1066/1333 (Max Speed 1066 MHz)
ECC memory support
Maximum memory size 4 TB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 8
Sockets supported AM4 LGA1567
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 49.17mm x 56.47mm

Peripherals

PCI Express revision 3.0 x16
Scalability S8S

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
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2
Intel 64
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)