AMD Ryzen 5 1400 vs Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3

Compare AMD Ryzen 5 Desktop 4 core CPU vs Intel Xeon E3 v3 Family 4 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Xeon E3-1220 v3

Price

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$ 417.00

$ 223.11

$ 193.89 significantly less expensive

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

2653 points

32% slightly better overall score

2007 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

4214 points

13% slightly better gaming score

3728 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

2184 points

42% significantly better multitasking score

1528 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

2097 points

42% slightly better heavy workload score

1468 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

52.99 points

4% slightly higher Blender score

50.68 points

Geekbench 5 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3185 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (multi) score

2942 points

Geekbench 5 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

955 points

1026 points

7% slightly higher Geekbench 5 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

3133 points

3227 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

962 points

1124 points

16% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

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

3.2 GHz

3% slightly higher clock speed

3.1 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

Identical

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

601st of 1,089

713th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Ryzen 5 Desktop

Xeon E3 v3 Family

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 November

2013 May

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4

DDR3-1333

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 5 1400 vs Xeon E3-1220 v3 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 1400 beats the Xeon E3-1220 v3 in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E3-1220 v3 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E3-1220 v3. Despite this, the Xeon E3-1220 v3 has a slightly higher turbo speed. A Ryzen 5 1400 CPU outputs less heat than a Xeon E3-1220 v3 CPU because of its slightly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 1400 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.