Ryzen 7 3700U vs Xeon E-2124
Aggregate performance score
Ryzen 7 3700U outperforms Xeon E-2124 by a minimal 3% based on our aggregate benchmark results.
Primary details
Comparing Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.
| Place in the ranking | 1349 | 1311 |
| Place by popularity | not in top-100 | not in top-100 |
| Cost-effectiveness evaluation | 15.56 | no data |
| Market segment | Server | Laptop |
| Series | Intel Xeon E | AMD Ryzen 7 |
| Power efficiency | 5.73 | 28.39 |
| Architecture codename | Coffee Lake-S (2017−2018) | Picasso-U (Zen+) (2019−2020) |
| Release date | 31 May 2018 (6 years ago) | 6 January 2019 (5 years ago) |
| Launch price (MSRP) | $193 | no data |
Cost-effectiveness evaluation
Performance per price, higher is better.
Detailed specifications
Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U 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 | 3.3 GHz | 2.3 GHz |
| Boost clock speed | 4.3 GHz | 4 GHz |
| Bus type | DMI 3.0 | PCIe 3.0 |
| Bus rate | 4 × 8 GT/s | no data |
| Multiplier | no data | 23 |
| L1 cache | 64K (per core) | 128K (per core) |
| L2 cache | 256K (per core) | 512K (per core) |
| L3 cache | 8 MB (shared) | 4 MB (shared) |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Die size | 126 mm2 | 209.78 mm2 |
| Maximum core temperature | 100 °C | 105 °C |
| Number of transistors | 1,400 million | 4940 Million |
| 64 bit support | + | + |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + | + |
Compatibility
Information on Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U 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 (Uniprocessor) |
| Socket | FCLGA1151 | FP5 |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 71 Watt | 15 Watt |
Technologies and extensions
Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| Instruction set extensions | Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2 | 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 | - | + |
| AVX | + | + |
| vPro | + | no data |
| Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST) | + | no data |
| Turbo Boost Technology | 2.0 | no data |
| Hyper-Threading Technology | - | no data |
| TSX | + | - |
| Idle States | + | no data |
| Thermal Monitoring | + | - |
Security technologies
Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.
| TXT | + | no data |
| EDB | + | no data |
| Secure Key | + | no data |
| MPX | + | - |
| SGX | Yes with Intel® ME | no data |
| OS Guard | + | no data |
Virtualization technologies
Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U 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 Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-2666 | DDR4 |
| Maximum memory size | 128 GB | 64 GB |
| Max memory channels | 2 | 2 |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 42.671 GB/s | 38.397 GB/s |
| ECC memory support | + | + |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.
| Integrated graphics card | no data | AMD Radeon RX Vega 10 ( - 1400 MHz) |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U.
| 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Pros & cons summary
| Performance score | 4.36 | 4.50 |
| Recency | 31 May 2018 | 6 January 2019 |
| Threads | 4 | 8 |
| Chip lithography | 14 nm | 12 nm |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 71 Watt | 15 Watt |
Ryzen 7 3700U has a 3.2% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 7 months, 100% more threads, a 16.7% more advanced lithography process, and 373.3% lower power consumption.
Given the minimal performance differences, no clear winner can be declared between Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U.
Be aware that Xeon E-2124 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 7 3700U is a notebook one.
Should you still have questions on choice between Xeon E-2124 and Ryzen 7 3700U, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.
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