Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 and AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200 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 Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • 2.6x lower typical power consumption: 25 Watt vs 65 Watt
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt vs 65 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

  • Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • Around 10% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1912 vs 1739
  • Around 8% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 6131 vs 5655
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1912 vs 1739
PassMark - CPU mark 6131 vs 5655

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1739
1912
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
5655
6131
Name Intel Xeon E3-1240L v3 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 1739 1912
PassMark - CPU mark 5655 6131
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 E3-1240L v3 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Zen
Launch date Q2'14 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1341 1352
Processor Number E3-1240LV3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E3 v3 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 2.00 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 5 GT/s DMI2
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum frequency 3.00 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 4
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Maximum core temperature 95°C
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 2 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 25.6 GB/s
Maximum memory size 32 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 and DDR3L 1333/1600 at 1.5V DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 37.5mm x 37.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA1150 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 25 Watt 65 Watt
Thermal Solution PCG 2013A

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

Anti-Theft technology
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
Intel® Identity Protection technology
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
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® Fast Memory Access
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Stable Image Platform Program (SIPP)
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)