Intel Xeon E3-1205 v6 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1205 v6 and AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Graphics, Graphics interfaces, Graphics image quality, Graphics API support, 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 3 month(s) later
  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • 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 2% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1913 vs 1875
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6143 vs 5682
Specifications (specs)
Launch date 29 June 2017 vs 28 Mar 2017
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
L1 cache 384 KB vs 256 KB
L2 cache 2 MB vs 1 MB
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1913 vs 1875
PassMark - CPU mark 6143 vs 5682

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1205 v6
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1875
1913
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5682
6143
Name Intel Xeon E3-1205 v6 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 1875 1913
PassMark - CPU mark 5682 6143
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)

Intel Xeon E3-1205 v6 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Essentials

Architecture codename Kaby Lake Zen
Launch date 28 Mar 2017 29 June 2017
Launch price (MSRP) $193
Place in performance rating 1323 1418
Processor Number E3-1205V6
Series Intel Xeon Processor E3 v6 Family AMD Ryzen 3 PRO Desktop Processors
Status Launched
Vertical segment Server Desktop
Family AMD Ryzen PRO Processors
OPN Tray YD120BBBM4KAE
OS Support Windows 10 - 64-Bit Edition, RHEL x86 64-Bit, Ubuntu x86 64-Bit

Performance

64 bit support
Base frequency 3.00 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s
L1 cache 256 KB 384 KB
L2 cache 1 MB 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB 8 MB
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of threads 4 4
VID voltage range 0.55V-1.52V
Die size 192 mm
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 37.5 GB/s
Maximum memory size 64 GB
Supported memory types DDR4-2400, DDR3L-1866 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Graphics

Device ID 0x191D
Graphics base frequency 350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency 1.00 GHz
Intel® Clear Video HD technology
Intel® Clear Video technology
Intel® InTru™ 3D technology
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Max video memory 1.7 GB
Processor graphics Intel HD Graphics P630

Graphics interfaces

DisplayPort
DVI
eDP
HDMI
Number of displays supported 3

Graphics image quality

4K resolution support
Max resolution over DisplayPort 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over eDP 4096x2304@60Hz
Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 4096x2160@24Hz

Graphics API support

DirectX 12
OpenGL 4.4

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1151 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 16
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x16
PCIe configurations 1x16, 2x8, 1x8+2x4
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel SSE4.1, Intel SSE4.2, Intel AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Thermal Monitoring
AMD SenseMI
Extended Frequency Range (XFR)
Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 2 (AVX2)
TSM Encryption

Virtualization

Intel® Virtualization Technology (VT-x)
Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O (VT-d)
Intel® VT-x with Extended Page Tables (EPT)
AMD Virtualization (AMD-V™)