Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 vs Xeon E3-1270 v3
Aggregated performance score
Xeon E3-1270 v3 outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
General info
Comparing Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in performance ranking | 1185 | 1192 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Value for money | 2.94 | 4.46 |
| Market segment | Server | Server |
| Series | no data | AMD Ryzen 3 |
| Architecture codename | Haswell-WS (2013) | Zen (2017−2020) |
| Release date | 2 June 2013 (10 years ago) | 29 June 2017 (6 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $370 | no data |
| Current price | $186 (0.5x MSRP) | $207 |
Value for money
Performance per price, higher is better.
Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 has 52% better value for money than Xeon E3-1270 v3.
Technical specs
Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 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 | 4 |
| Base clock speed | 3.5 GHz | 3.2 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 3.9 GHz | 3.5 GHz |
| Bus support | no data | 4 × 8 GT/s |
| L1 cache | 64 KB (per core) | 96K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256 KB (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8192 KB (shared) | 8 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Die size | 160 mm2 | 192 mm2 |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 4,800 million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | - | - |
| Unlocked multiplier | No | Yes |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 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 | FCLGA1150 | AM4 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 65 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300. 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 | + | no data |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | no data |
| Flex Memory Access | + | no data |
| SIPP | + | no data |
| Fast Memory Access | + | no data |
| Status | Discontinued | no data |
Security technologies
Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| Identity Protection | + | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
| Anti-Theft | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 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 E3-1270 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR3, DDR4 | DDR4 Dual-channel |
| Maximum memory size | 32 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | no data |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 25.6 GB/s | 42.671 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | no data |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1270 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300.
| PCIe version | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| PCI Express lanes | 16 | 20 |
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.
Xeon E3-1270 v3 outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 by 1% based on our aggregated benchmark results.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
Xeon E3-1270 v3 outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 by 1% in Passmark.
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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Xeon E3-1270 v3 outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 by 13% in GeekBench 5 Single-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.
Benchmark coverage: 42%
Xeon E3-1270 v3 outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 by 32% in GeekBench 5 Multi-Core.
Advantages and disadvantages
| Performance score | 4.71 | 4.68 |
| Recency | 2 June 2013 | 29 June 2017 |
| Threads | 8 | 4 |
| Chip lithography | 22 nm | 14 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 80 Watt | 65 Watt |
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