Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E5-4640 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).

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2

  • 6 more cores, run more applications at once: 10 vs 4
  • 16 more threads: 20 vs 4
  • 3.1x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 19028 vs 6143
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 10 vs 4
Number of threads 20 vs 4
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 4 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark 19028 vs 6143

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

  • Around 26% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.70 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 39% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1913 vs 1373
Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.70 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 1373

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
1373
1913
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
19028
6143
Name Intel Xeon E5-4640 v2 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 1373 1913
PassMark - CPU mark 19028 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 E5-4640 v2 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Essentials

Architecture codename Ivy Bridge EP Zen
Launch date Q1'14 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1394 1418
Processor Number E5-4640V2
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 2.20 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 22 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 75°C 95°C
Maximum frequency 2.70 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 10 4
Number of QPI Links 2
Number of threads 20 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 59.7 GB/s
Maximum memory size 768 GB
Supported memory types DDR3 800/1066/1333/1600/1866 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™)