Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon E7-8880 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 E7-8880 v2

AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Differences

Reasons to consider the Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2

11 more cores, run more applications at once: 15 vs 4
26 more threads: 30 vs 4
4.5x better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 25966 vs 5808

Specifications (specs)
Number of cores	15 vs 4
Number of threads	30 vs 4
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8 vs 1
Benchmarks
PassMark - CPU mark	25966 vs 5808

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Around 10% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Around 30% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 73°C
A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 14 nm vs 22 nm
2x lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Around 38% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 1815 vs 1316

Specifications (specs)
Maximum frequency	3.4 GHz vs 3.10 GHz
Maximum core temperature	95°C vs 73°C
Manufacturing process technology	14 nm vs 22 nm
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	65 Watt vs 130 Watt
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark	1815 vs 1316

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

1316

1815

PassMark - CPU mark

CPU 1

CPU 2

25966

5808

Name	Intel Xeon E7-8880 v2	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark	1316	1815
PassMark - CPU mark	25966	5808
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 E7-8880 v2	AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
Essentials
Architecture codename	Ivy Bridge	Zen
Launch date	Q1'14	29 June 2017
Place in performance rating	1356	1439
Processor Number	E7-8880V2
Series	Intel® Xeon® Processor E7 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	2.50 GHz	3.1 GHz
Bus Speed	8 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology	22 nm	14 nm
Maximum core temperature	73°C	95°C
Maximum frequency	3.10 GHz	3.4 GHz
Number of cores	15	4
Number of QPI Links	3
Number of threads	30	4
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	85 GB/s
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB
Supported memory types	DDR3 1066/1333/1600	DDR4
Supported memory frequency		2667 MHz
Compatibility
Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration	8	1
Package Size	52mm x 45mm
Sockets supported	FCLGA2011	AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP)	130 Watt	65 Watt
Peripherals
Max number of PCIe lanes	32
PCI Express revision	3.0	3.0 x16
PCIe configurations	x4, x8, x16
Scalability	S8S
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® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Instruction Replay 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™)