Xeon E3-1240 v5 vs Ryzen 3 4300U

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1268	1184
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	3.83
Market segment	Laptop	Server
Series	AMD Renoir (Ryzen 4000 APU)	Intel Xeon E3
Power efficiency	17.73	6.14
Architecture codename	Renoir-U (Zen 2) (2020−2021)	Skylake-DT (2015)
Release date	6 January 2020 (4 years ago)	19 October 2015 (9 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$282

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 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	4	8
Base clock speed	2.7 GHz	3.5 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.7 GHz	3.9 GHz
Bus type	no data	DMI 3.0
Bus rate	no data	4 × 8 GT/s
Multiplier	27	35
L1 cache	128K (per core)	256 KB
L2 cache	512K (per core)	1 MB
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Die size	156 mm2	122 mm2
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	no data
Number of transistors	9800 Million	1,750 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 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	FP6	FCLGA1151,FCLGA2011
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	80 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4A, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2, BMI2, ABM, FMA, ADX, SMEP, SMAP, CPB, AES-NI, RDRAND, RDSEED, SHA, SME	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
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	-	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

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

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 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 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4	DDR4-1866/2133, DDR3L-1333/1600
Maximum memory size	64 GB	64 GB
Max memory channels	no data	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68.27 GB/s	34.134 GB/s
ECC memory support	-	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

AMD Radeon RX Vega 5

N/A

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 integrated GPUs, including resolutions over different interfaces.

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

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5 integrated GPUs, sometimes API versions are included.

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

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 3 4300U and Xeon E3-1240 v5.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	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	4.86	5.39
Recency	6 January 2020	19 October 2015
Threads	4	8
Chip lithography	7 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	15 Watt	80 Watt

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