AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 vs Intel Xeon E5640

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 and Intel Xeon E5640 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).

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300

Intel Xeon E5640

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300

CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 4 month(s) later
Around 26% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 2.93 GHz
Around 22% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 77.6°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 23% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 80 Watt
Around 75% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2187 vs 1252
Around 84% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 878 vs 476
Around 18% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2580 vs 2185

Specifications (specs)
Launch date	29 June 2017 vs March 2010
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz vs 2.93 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 77.6°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 80 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	2187 vs 1252
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	878 vs 476
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2580 vs 2185

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5640

4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Around 50% more L3 cache; more data can be stored in the L3 cache for quick access later
Around 3% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7455 vs 7234

Specifications (specs)
Number of threads	8 vs 4
L3 cache	12288 KB (shared) vs 8 MB
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	2 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	7455 vs 7234

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300
CPU 2: Intel Xeon E5640

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

2187

1252

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

7234

7455

Geekbench 4 - Single Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

878

476

Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core

CPU 1

CPU 2

2580

2185

Name	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300	Intel Xeon E5640
PassMark - Single thread mark	2187	1252
PassMark - CPU mark	7234	7455
Geekbench 4 - Single Core	878	476
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core	2580	2185
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s)	10.505
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s)	23.998
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s)	0.472
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s)	1.646
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s)	6.701

Compare specifications (specs)

	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300	Intel Xeon E5640
Essentials
Architecture codename	Zen	Westmere EP
Family	AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date	29 June 2017	March 2010
OPN Tray	YD130BBBM4KAE
OS Support	Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating	2110	2131
Series	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors	Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment	Desktop	Server
Launch price (MSRP)		$49
Price now		$59.49
Processor Number		E5640
Status		Discontinued
Value for money (0-100)		26.06
Performance
64 bit support
Base frequency	3.5 GHz	2.66 GHz
Die size	192 mm	239 mm
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	12288 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm	32 nm
Maximum core temperature	95°C	77.6°C
Maximum frequency	3.7 GHz	2.93 GHz
Number of cores	4	4
Number of threads	4	8
Transistor count	4800 million	1170 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed		5.86 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links		2
VID voltage range		0.750V-1.350V
Memory
Max memory channels	2	3
Supported memory frequency	2667 MHz
Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR3 800/1066
ECC memory support
Maximum memory bandwidth		25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size		288 GB
Compatibility
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	1	2
Sockets supported	AM4	FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt	80 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size		42.5mm X 45mm
Peripherals
PCI Express revision	3.0 x16
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® SSE4.2
Intel 64
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Physical Address Extensions (PAE)		40-bit
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)