Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-1660 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 E5-1660 v3

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
  • 12 more threads: 16 vs 4
  • Around 3% higher clock speed: 3.50 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 3% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1973 vs 1912
  • 2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12485 vs 6131
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 8 vs 4
Number of threads 16 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 1973 vs 1912
PassMark - CPU mark 12485 vs 6131

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

  • Around 44% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 65.9°C
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
  • 2.2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
  • 4.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3685 vs 907
  • Around 32% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 9949 vs 7564
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 65.9°C
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 140 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3685 vs 907
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9949 vs 7564

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1973
1912
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
12485
6131
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
907
3685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
7564
9949
Name Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 1973 1912
PassMark - CPU mark 12485 6131
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 907 3685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7564 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 E5-1660 v3 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Essentials

Architecture codename Haswell Zen
Launch date Q3'14 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1216 1352
Processor Number E5-1660V3
Series Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 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 3.00 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 65.9°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.50 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 8 4
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 16 4
VID voltage range 0.65–1.30V
Die size 192 mm
L1 cache 384 KB
L2 cache 2 MB
L3 cache 8 MB
Transistor count 4800 million
Unlocked

Memory

Max memory channels 4 2
Maximum memory bandwidth 68 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1333/1600/1866/2133 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 52.5mm x 45.0 mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2011-3 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 40
PCI Express revision 3.0 3.0 x16
PCIe configurations x4, x8, x16
Scalability 1S Only

Security & Reliability

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® AVX2
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
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™)