Xeon E3-1260L vs Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE

Primary details

Comparing Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE and Xeon E3-1260L processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	1182	1727
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	no data	1.56
Market segment	Desktop processor	Server
Series	AMD Ryzen 5	no data
Power efficiency	14.09	5.39
Architecture codename	Picasso (2019−2022)	Sandy Bridge (2011−2013)
Release date	30 September 2019 (5 years ago)	3 April 2011 (13 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	no data	$150

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE and Xeon E3-1260L 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	3.3 GHz	2.4 GHz
Boost clock speed	4 GHz	3.3 GHz
Bus type	PCIe 3.0	no data
Multiplier	33	no data
L1 cache	384 KB	64 KB (per core)
L2 cache	2 MB	256 KB (per core)
L3 cache	4 MB (shared)	8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	12 nm	32 nm
Die size	210 mm2	216 mm2
Maximum core temperature	no data	59 °C
Number of transistors	4940 Million	1,160 million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	+	-

Compatibility

Information on Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE and Xeon E3-1260L 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	AM4	LGA1155
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE and Xeon E3-1260L. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	no data	Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX
AES-NI	+	+
AVX	+	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	no data	+
Turbo Boost Technology	no data	2.0
Hyper-Threading Technology	no data	+
Idle States	no data	+
Thermal Monitoring	-	+
Flex Memory Access	no data	+
Demand Based Switching	no data	+
FDI	no data	+
Fast Memory Access	no data	+

Security technologies

Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE and Xeon E3-1260L technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	no data	+
EDB	no data	+
Identity Protection	-	+

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE and Xeon E3-1260L 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 5 PRO 3400GE and Xeon E3-1260L. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types	DDR4-2933	DDR3
Maximum memory size	64 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	2	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	46.933 GB/s	21 GB/s
ECC memory support	+	+

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card Compare	AMD Radeon RX Vega 11	Intel HD Graphics 2000
Quick Sync Video	-	+
Clear Video HD	no data	+
Graphics max frequency	no data	1.25 GHz
InTru 3D	no data	+

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE and Xeon E3-1260L integrated GPUs.

Number of displays supported

no data

2

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Ryzen 5 PRO 3400GE and Xeon E3-1260L.

PCIe version	3.0	2.0
PCI Express lanes	20	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.

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Pros & cons summary

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Performance score	5.41	2.66
Integrated graphics card	5.48	0.55
Recency	30 September 2019	3 April 2011
Chip lithography	12 nm	32 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	35 Watt	45 Watt

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