Ryzen 3 5125C vs Xeon E3-1240

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E3-1240 and Ryzen 3 5125C processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking1554not rated
Place by popularitynot in top-100not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation2.23no data
Market segmentServerLaptop
Seriesno dataAMD Cezanne (Zen 3, Ryzen 5000)
Power efficiency4.02no data
Architecture codenameSandy Bridge (2011−2013)Barcelo (Zen 3) (2022−2023)
Release date3 April 2011 (13 years ago)5 May 2022 (2 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$209no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

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Detailed specifications

Xeon E3-1240 and Ryzen 3 5125C 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 cores4 (Quad-Core)2 (Dual-core)
Threads84
Base clock speed3.3 GHz3 GHz
Boost clock speed3.7 GHz3 GHz
L1 cache64 KB (per core)64K (per core)
L2 cache256 KB (per core)512K (per core)
L3 cache8 MB (shared)8 MB (shared)
Chip lithography32 nm7 nm
Die size216 mm2180 mm2
Maximum core temperature69 °C95 °C
Number of transistors1,160 million10,700 million
64 bit support++
Windows 11 compatibility-+

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E3-1240 and Ryzen 3 5125C 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 configuration11
SocketLGA1155FP6
Power consumption (TDP)80 Watt15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E3-1240 and Ryzen 3 5125C. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVXXFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI++
AVX++
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+no data
Turbo Boost Technology2.0no data
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
Precision Boost 2no data+

Security technologies

Xeon E3-1240 and Ryzen 3 5125C 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 Xeon E3-1240 and Ryzen 3 5125C 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 E3-1240 and Ryzen 3 5125C. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR3DDR4-3200
Maximum memory size32 GBno data
Max memory channels2no data
Maximum memory bandwidth21 GB/sno data
ECC memory support+-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics cardno dataAMD Radeon RX Vega 3 ( - 1200 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E3-1240 and Ryzen 3 5125C.

PCIe version2.03.0
PCI Express lanes208

Pros & cons summary


Recency 3 April 2011 5 May 2022
Physical cores 4 2
Threads 8 4
Chip lithography 32 nm 7 nm
Power consumption (TDP) 80 Watt 15 Watt

Xeon E3-1240 has 100% more physical cores and 100% more threads.

Ryzen 3 5125C, on the other hand, has an age advantage of 11 years, a 357.1% more advanced lithography process, and 433.3% lower power consumption.

We couldn't decide between Xeon E3-1240 and Ryzen 3 5125C. We've got no test results to judge.

Be aware that Xeon E3-1240 is a server/workstation processor while Ryzen 3 5125C is a notebook one.


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