AMD Ryzen 3 1200 vs Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Compare AMD Ryzen 3 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E5 v2 Family 6 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E5-2420 v2

Price

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$ 79.99

$ 60.25

$ 19.74 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2292 points

2495 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4208 points

21% slightly better gaming score

3457 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

1753 points

2187 points

24% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

1683 points

2116 points

25% 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

29.84 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2796 points

3177 points

13% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

941 points

82% significantly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

517 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

2849 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

2144 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

996 points

126% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

440 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

200% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.1 GHz

40% slightly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.4 GHz

25% slightly higher turbo speed

2.7 GHz

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

49% significantly more memory channels

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

661st of 1,089

628th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 3 Desktop

Xeon E5 v2 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 July

2014 February

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 E5-2420 v2 specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 performs better than the Ryzen 3 1200. Despite this, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon E5-2420 v2 has significantly more cores with 6 cores whereas the Ryzen 3 1200 has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 3 1200. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2420 v2. Also, the Ryzen 3 1200 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 3 1200 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E5-2420 v2 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. For instance, the Ryzen 3 1200 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.