Xeon E3-1240 v5 vs Ryzen 3 4300U
Aggregate performance score
Xeon E3-1240 v5 outperforms Ryzen 3 4300U by a moderate 11% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1286 | 1200 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | no data | 3.95 |
| Market segment | Laptop | Server |
| Series | AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU) | Intel Xeon E3 |
| Power efficiency | 17.72 | 6.15 |
| Architecture codename | Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021) | Skylake-DT (2015) |
| Release date | 6 January 2020 (4 years ago) | 19 October 2015 (9 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | no data | $282 |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 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 cores | 4 (Quad-Core) | 4 (Quad-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Base clock speed | 2.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Bus type | no data | DMI 3.0 |
| Bus rate | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| Multiplier | 27 | 35 |
| L1 cache | 128K (per core) | 64 KB (per core) |
| L2 cache | 512K (per core) | 256 KB (per core) |
| L3 cache | 4 MB (shared) | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 156 mm2 | 122 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 105 °C | no data |
| Number of transistors | 9800 Million | 1,750 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | - |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 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 configuration | 1 | 1 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FP6 | FCLGA1151,FCLGA2011 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 80 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 |
| AES-NI | + | + |
| FMA | + | - |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | no data | + |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | no data | + |
| Turbo Boost Technology | no data | 2.0 |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | no data | + |
| TSX | - | + |
| Idle States | no data | + |
| Thermal Monitoring | - | + |
Security technologies
Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | no data | + |
| EDB | no data | + |
| Secure Key | no data | + |
| MPX | - | + |
| SGX | no data | Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME |
| OS Guard | no data | + |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 are enumerated here.
| AMD-V | + | - |
| VT-d | no data | + |
| VT-x | no data | + |
| EPT | no data | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4 | DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | no data | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 68.27 GB/s | 34.134 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | - | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | AMD Radeon RX Vega 5 ( - 1400 MHz) | N/A |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | no data | N/A |
| Max resolution over eDP | no data | N/A |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | no data | N/A |
| Max resolution over VGA | no data | N/A |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | no data | N/A |
| OpenGL | no data | N/A |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | no data | 16 |
Synthetic benchmark performance
Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.68 | 5.20 |
| Recency | 6 January 2020 | 19 October 2015 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 15 Watt | 80 Watt |
Ryzen 3 4300U has an age advantage of 4 years, a 100% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.
Xeon E3-1240 v5, on the other hand, has a 11.1% higher aggregate performance score, and 100% more threads.
The Xeon E3-1240 v5 is our recommended choice as it beats the Ryzen 3 4300U in performance tests.
Be aware that Ryzen 3 4300U is a notebook processor while Xeon E3-1240 v5 is a server/workstation one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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