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).

Intel Xeon E5-1660 v3

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

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: 1975 vs 1914
2x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 12486 vs 6154

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	1975 vs 1914
PassMark - CPU mark	12486 vs 6154

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

1975

1914

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

12486

6154

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	1975	1914
PassMark - CPU mark	12486	6154
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	1294	1421
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™)