Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 vs Xeon E5-2620 v4

General info

Comparing Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in performance ranking	1009	1185
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Value for money	1.33	4.65
Market segment	Server	Server
Series	Intel Xeon E5	AMD Ryzen 3
Architecture codename	Broadwell (2015−2019)	Zen (2017−2020)
Release date	20 June 2016 (7 years ago)	29 June 2017 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$417	no data
Current price	$816 (2x MSRP)	$207

Value for money

Performance per price, higher is better.

Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 has 250% better value for money than Xeon E5-2620 v4.

Technical specs

Xeon E5-2620 v4 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	8 (Octa-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	16	4
Base clock speed	2.1 GHz	3.2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3 GHz	3.5 GHz
Bus support	2 × 8 GT/s	4 × 8 GT/s
L1 cache	no data	96K (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	512K (per core)
L3 cache	20 MB	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	14 nm	14 nm
Die size	246.24 mm2	192 mm2
Maximum core temperature	74 °C	no data
Number of transistors	3200 Million	4,800 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-
Unlocked multiplier	No	Yes

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2620 v4 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	2	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	AM4
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	65 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	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
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Status	Launched	no data

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2620 v4 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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2620 v4 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 E5-2620 v4 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-1600, DDR4-1866, DDR4-2133	DDR4 Dual-channel
Maximum memory size	1.5 TB	64 GB
Max memory channels	4	no data
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.3 GB/s	42.671 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	no data

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2620 v4 and Ryzen 3 PRO 1300.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	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.

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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.

Xeon E5-2620 v4 outperforms Ryzen 3 PRO 1300 by 27% based on our aggregated benchmark results.

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Advantages and disadvantages

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Performance score	5.94	4.68
Recency	20 June 2016	29 June 2017
Physical cores	8	4
Threads	16	4
Power consumption (TDP)	85 Watt	65 Watt

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