Athlon 1200 vs Xeon E3-1225 v5
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1473 | not rated |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 2.56 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Desktop processor |
| Series | Intel Xeon E3 | no data |
| Power efficiency | 4.45 | no data |
| Architecture codename | Skylake-DT (2015) | Thunderbird C (2000−2001) |
| Release date | 19 October 2015 (9 years ago) | October 2000 (24 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $224 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200 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) | 1 (Single-Core) |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Base clock speed | 3.3 GHz | no data |
| Boost clock speed | 3.7 GHz | 1.2 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | no data |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | 33 | no data |
| L1 cache | 256 KB | 128 KB |
| L2 cache | 1 MB | 256 KB |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 0 KB |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 180 nm |
| Die size | 122 mm2 | 120 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1,750 million | 37 million |
| 64 bit support | + | - |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200 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 | FCLGA1151 | A |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 66 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | no data |
| AES-NI | + | - |
| AVX | + | - |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200 are enumerated here.
| VT-d | + | no data |
| VT-x | + | no data |
| EPT | + | no data |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600 | DDR1 |
| Maximum memory size | 64 GB | no data |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 34.134 GB/s | no data |
| ECC memory support | + | - |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | Intel HD Graphics P530 | no data |
| Max video memory | 64 GB | no data |
| Quick Sync Video | + | - |
| Clear Video | + | no data |
| Clear Video HD | + | no data |
| Graphics max frequency | 1.15 GHz | no data |
| InTru 3D | + | no data |
Graphics interfaces
Available interfaces and connections of Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200 integrated GPUs.
| Number of displays supported | 3 | no data |
| eDP | + | no data |
| DisplayPort | + | - |
| HDMI | + | - |
| DVI | + | no data |
Graphics image quality
Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.
| 4K resolution support | + | no data |
| Max resolution over HDMI 1.4 | 4096x2304@24Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over eDP | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over DisplayPort | 4096x2304@60Hz | no data |
| Max resolution over VGA | N/A | no data |
Graphics API support
APIs supported by Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.
| DirectX | 12 | no data |
| OpenGL | 4.4 | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | no data |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | no data |
Pros & cons summary
| Physical cores | 4 | 1 |
| Threads | 4 | 1 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 180 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 66 Watt |
Xeon E3-1225 v5 has 300% more physical cores and 300% more threads, and a 1185.7% more advanced lithography process.
Athlon 1200, on the other hand, has 21.2% lower power consumption.
We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200. We've got no test results to judge.
Be aware that Xeon E3-1225 v5 is a server/workstation processor while Athlon 1200 is a desktop one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E3-1225 v5 and Athlon 1200, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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