Intel Xeon W-2123 vs AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Comparative analysis of Intel Xeon W-2123 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 W-2123

  • 4 more threads: 8 vs 4
  • Around 15% higher clock speed: 3.90 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
  • Around 14% better performance in PassMark - Single thread mark: 2187 vs 1913
  • Around 38% better performance in PassMark - CPU mark: 8472 vs 6143
Specifications (specs)
Number of threads 8 vs 4
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz vs 3.4 GHz
Benchmarks
PassMark - Single thread mark 2187 vs 1913
PassMark - CPU mark 8472 vs 6143

Reasons to consider the AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

  • Around 46% higher maximum core temperature: 95°C vs 65
  • Around 85% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
  • 3.9x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 3685 vs 952
  • 2.4x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 9949 vs 4082
Specifications (specs)
Maximum core temperature 95°C vs 65
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 120 Watt
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 3685 vs 952
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 9949 vs 4082

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: Intel Xeon W-2123
CPU 2: AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

PassMark - Single thread mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
2187
1913
PassMark - CPU mark
CPU 1
CPU 2
8472
6143
Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
952
3685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
4082
9949
Name Intel Xeon W-2123 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200
PassMark - Single thread mark 2187 1913
PassMark - CPU mark 8472 6143
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 952 3685
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 4082 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 W-2123 AMD Ryzen 3 PRO 1200

Essentials

Architecture codename Skylake Zen
Launch date Q3'17 29 June 2017
Place in performance rating 1425 1418
Processor Number W-2123
Series Intel® Xeon® W Processor 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 3.60 GHz 3.1 GHz
Bus Speed 0 GT/s QPI
Manufacturing process technology 14 nm 14 nm
Maximum core temperature 65 95°C
Maximum frequency 3.90 GHz 3.4 GHz
Number of cores 4 4
Number of QPI Links 0
Number of threads 8 4
Number of Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Links 0
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 85.3 GB/s
Maximum memory size 512 GB
Supported memory types DDR4 1600/1866/2133/2400/2666 DDR4
Supported memory frequency 2667 MHz

Compatibility

Low Halogen Options Available
Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Package Size 45mm x 52.5mm
Sockets supported FCLGA2066 AM4
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 120 Watt 65 Watt

Peripherals

Max number of PCIe lanes 48
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® Memory Protection Extensions (Intel® MPX)
Intel® OS Guard
Intel® Secure Key technology
Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX)
Intel® Trusted Execution technology (TXT)
Secure Boot

Advanced Technologies

Enhanced Intel SpeedStep® technology
Idle States
Instruction set extensions Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
Intel 64
Intel® AES New Instructions
Intel® Demand Based Switching
Intel® Flex Memory Access
Intel® Hyper-Threading technology
Intel® Optane™ Memory Supported
Intel® TSX-NI
Intel® Turbo Boost technology
Intel® Volume Management Device (VMD)
Intel® vPro™ Platform Eligibility
Number of AVX-512 FMA Units 2
Physical Address Extensions (PAE) 46-bit
Speed Shift technology
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™)