Ryzen 3 5300U vs Xeon E3-1230 V5

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1138	1010
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.62	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E3	AMD Lucienne (Zen 2, Ryzen 5000)
Architecture codename	Skylake (2015−2016)	Lucienne-U (Zen 2)
Release date	19 October 2015 (8 years ago)	12 January 2021 (3 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$261	no data
Current price	$422 (1.6x MSRP)	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U 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	3.4 GHz	2.6 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.8 GHz	3.8 GHz
Bus support	4 × 8 GT/s	no data
L1 cache	256 KB	64K (per core)
L2 cache	1 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	8 MB	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Die size	122 mm2	156 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	105 °C
Number of transistors	no data	9,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	+
Unlocked multiplier	No	No

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U 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
Socket	FCLGA1151	FP6
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2	DDR4-3200/LPDDR4-4266 RAM, PCIe 3, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, SMT, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	no data	+
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
TSX	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	no data
Status	Discontinued	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
MPX	+	no data
SGX	Yes with both Intel® SPS and Intel® ME	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U are enumerated here.

AMD-V	no data	+
VT-d	+	no data
VT-x	+	no data
EPT	+	no data

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133, DDR3L-1333, DDR3L-1600	DDR4
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	2	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	no data
ECC memory support	+	no data

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.4	N/A	no data
Max resolution over eDP	N/A	no data
Max resolution over DisplayPort	N/A	no data
Max resolution over VGA	N/A	no data

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX	N/A	no data
OpenGL	N/A	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1230 V5 and Ryzen 3 5300U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	16	12

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.

Ryzen 3 5300U outperforms Xeon E3-1230 V5 by 21% based on our aggregate benchmark results.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.16	6.26
Recency	19 October 2015	12 January 2021
Chip lithography	14 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	80 Watt	15 Watt

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