Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2 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 E5-4620 v2

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2

4 more cores, run more applications at once: 8 vs 4
12 more threads: 16 vs 4
2.8x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 16970 vs 6143

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	8 vs 4
Number of threads	16 vs 4
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	16970 vs 6143

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Around 13% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Around 27% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 75°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
Around 46% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Around 22% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1913 vs 1574

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.00 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 75°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 95 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1913 vs 1574

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1574

1913

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

16970

6143

Name	Intel Xeon E5-4620 v2	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark	1574	1913
PassMark - CPU mark	16970	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 E5-4620 v2	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge EP	Zen
Launch date	Q1'14	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1294	1418
Processor Number	E5-4620V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E5 v2 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	2.60 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	7.2 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	75°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.00 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	8	4
Number of QPI Links	2
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	51.2 GB/s
Maximum memory size	768 GB
Supported memory types	DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	4	1
Package Size	52.5 mm x 45 mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	95 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	40
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	4S Only
Security & Reliability
Execute Disable Bit (EDB)
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® AVX
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
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™)