Xeon E3-1270 v3 vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Xeon E3-1270 v3 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1139	1305
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	2.32
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	8.32	5.41
Architecture codename	Zen+ (2018−2019)	Haswell-WS (2013−2014)
Release date	30 September 2019 (5 years ago)	2 June 2013 (11 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$370

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Xeon E3-1270 v3 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	8	8
Base clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	4.2 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Bus rate	no data	5 GT/s
Multiplier	37	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB	8192 KB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	22 nm
Die size	no data	160 mm2
Number of transistors	4940 Million	1,400 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Xeon E3-1270 v3 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 (Uniprocessor)	1
Socket	Socket AM4	FCLGA1150
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Xeon E3-1270 v3. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
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	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
SIPP	-	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Xeon E3-1270 v3 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Secure Key	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+
OS Guard	no data	+
Anti-Theft	no data	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Xeon E3-1270 v3 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 5 PRO 3400G and Xeon E3-1270 v3. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR3, DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	25.6 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11

no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400G and Xeon E3-1270 v3.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	20	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.

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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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.72	4.58
Recency	30 September 2019	2 June 2013
Chip lithography	12 nm	22 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	65 Watt	80 Watt

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