AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 vs Intel Xeon W3550

Comparative analysis of AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 and Intel Xeon W3550 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 1300

  • CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
  • Around 11% higher clock speed: 3.7 GHz vs 3.33 GHz
  • Around 40% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 67.9°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 45 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
  • 2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
  • Around 55% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2187 vs 1409
  • 2.2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 7234 vs 3227
  • Around 60% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 878 vs 548
  • Around 19% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 2580 vs 2171
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs August 2009
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz vs 3.33 GHz
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 67.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 45 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 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2187 vs 1409
PassMark - CPU mark 7234 vs 3227
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 878 vs 548
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2580 vs 2171

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon W3550

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
Number of threads 8 vs 4

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300
CPU 2: Intel Xeon W3550

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2187
1409
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
7234
3227
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
878
548
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2580
2171
Name AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 Intel Xeon W3550
PassMark - Single thread mark 2187 1409
PassMark - CPU mark 7234 3227
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 878 548
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 2580 2171
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 W3550

Essentials

Architecture codename Zen Bloomfield
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
Launch date 29 June 2017 August 2009
OPN Tray YD130BBBM4KAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit
Place in performance rating 2192 2166
Series AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors Legacy Intel® Xeon® Processors
Vertical segment Desktop Server
Launch price (MSRP) $235
Price now $59.95
Processor Number W3550
Status Discontinued
Value for money (0-100) 27.98

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.5 GHz 3.06 GHz
Die size 192 mm 263 mm2
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 45 nm
Maximum core temperature 95°C 67.9°C
Maximum frequency 3.7 GHz 3.33 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 8
Transistor count 4800 million 731 million
Unlocked
Bus Speed 4.8 GT/s QPI
Number of QPI Links 1
VID voltage range 0.800V-1.375V

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 24 GB

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM4 FCLGA1366
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 130 Watt
Low Halogen Options Available
Package Size 42.5mm x 45.0mm

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) 36-bit
Thermal Monitoring

Virtualization

AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)
Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)