AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v5

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v5 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Price

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$ 79.99
$ 249.96 significantly less expensive
$ 329.95

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points
2407 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points
4431 points
5% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points
1840 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points
1766 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points
47.62 points
16% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points
3379 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score
Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points
1204 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points
3325 points
16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points
1198 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

4
Identical
4

Threads

Number of logical processing units

4
Identical
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed
3.00 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz
3.5 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

65 W
23% slightly lower TDP
80 W

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
100% significantly more L2 cache
1 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

8 MiB
Identical
8 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089
642nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop
Xeon E3 v5 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July
2015 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4
DDR4-1866

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

-
Yes

Ryzen 3 1200 vs Xeon E3-1220 v5 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E3-1220 v5 performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 3 1200 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores and the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1220 v5. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1220 v5 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 v5 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, the Ryzen 3 1200 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Xeon E3-1220 v5. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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