AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Xeon E3-1230

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

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Intel Xeon E3-1230

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 185.88 significantly less expensive

$ 265.87

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

5% slightly better overall score

2180 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

23% slightly better gaming score

3414 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

1814 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

1741 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

40.96 points

37% slightly higher Blender score

29.69 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2572 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

40% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

671 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

1979 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

70% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

585 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

100% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

3.6 GHz

5% 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

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

686th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Xeon E3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2011 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1066

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 E3-1230 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 3 1200 beats the Xeon E3-1230 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1230 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Xeon E3-1230 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon E3-1230 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Ryzen 3 1200. Also, the Xeon E3-1230 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1230 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

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.