Xeon Gold 6438M vs Ryzen 3 1200

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Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon Gold 6438M processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1408not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation4.20no data
Market segmentDesktop processorServer
SeriesAMD Ryzen 3no data
Power efficiency5.87no data
Architecture codenameSummit Ridge (Zen) (2017)Sapphire Rapids (2023−2024)
Release date27 July 2017 (7 years ago)10 January 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$109$3,273

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon Gold 6438M 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)32 (Dotriaconta-Core)
Threads464
Base clock speed3.1 GHz2.2 GHz
Boost clock speed3.1 GHz3.9 GHz
Bus rate4 × 8 GT/sno data
Multiplier31no data
L1 cache384 KB80K (per core)
L2 cache2 MB2 MB (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)60 MB
Chip lithography14 nmIntel 7 nm
Die size213 mm2no data
Maximum core temperature95 °Cno data
Maximum case temperature (TCase)no data85 °C
Number of transistors4800 Millionno data
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-no data

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon Gold 6438M 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)2
SocketAM4FCLGA4677
Power consumption (TDP)65 Watt205 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon Gold 6438M. 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, SHAIntel® AMX, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX, Intel® AVX2, Intel® AVX-512
AES-NI++
AVX++
vProno data+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)no data+
Speed Shiftno data+
Turbo Boost Technologyno data2.0
Hyper-Threading Technologyno data+
TSX-+
Deep Learning Boost-+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon Gold 6438M technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXTno data+
EDBno data+
SGXno dataYes with Intel® SPS
OS Guardno data+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon Gold 6438M are enumerated here.

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

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon Gold 6438M. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR4DDR5-4800, DDR5-4400
Maximum memory size64 GB4 TB
Max memory channels28
Maximum memory bandwidth42.671 GB/sno data
ECC memory support++

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon Gold 6438M.

PCIe version3.05
PCI Express lanes2080

Pros & cons summary


Recency 27 July 2017 10 January 2023
Physical cores 4 32
Threads 4 64
Power consumption (TDP) 65 Watt 205 Watt

Ryzen 3 1200 has 215.4% lower power consumption.

Xeon Gold 6438M, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 5 years, and 700% more physical cores and 1500% more threads.

We couldn't decide between Ryzen 3 1200 and Xeon Gold 6438M. We've got no test results to judge.

Note that Ryzen 3 1200 is a desktop processor while Xeon Gold 6438M is a server/workstation one.


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