Xeon E6540 vs Ryzen 3 1200

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon E6540 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1419not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.14no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3no data
Power efficiency5.86no data
Architecture codenameSummit Ridge (Zen) (2017)no data
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)1 January 2010 (14 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon E6540 basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores4 (Quad-Core)6 (Hexa-Core)
Threads412
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.4 GHz2.27 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier31no data
L1 cache96K (per core)no data
L2 cache512K (per core)no data
L3 cache8 MB (shared)18 MB L3 Cache
Chip lithography14 nm45 nm
Die size192 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Number of transistors4,800 millionno data
64 bit support+-
Windows 11 compatibility--

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon E6540 compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration1 (Uniprocessor)no data
SocketAM4FCLGA1567
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt105 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon E6540. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsMMX (+), SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, SSE4A, AES, AVX, AVX2, FMA3, SHAno data
AES-NI+-
AVX+-
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data1.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon E6540 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

EDBno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon E6540 are enumerated here.

AMD-V+-
VT-xno data+
EPTno data+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon E6540. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4no data
Maximum memory size64 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon E6540.

PCIe version3.0no data
PCI Express lanes20no data

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2017 1 January 2010
Physical cores 4 6
Threads 4 12
Chip lithography 14 nm 45 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 105 Watt

Ryzen 3 1200 has an age advantage of 7 years, a 221.4% more advanced lithography process, and 61.5% lower power consumption.

Xeon E6540, on the other hand, has 50% more physical cores and 200% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon E6540. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 3 1200 is a desktop processor while Xeon E6540 is a server/workstation one.


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