Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U vs Xeon E5-2670 v3

Primary details

Comparing Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and price.

Place in the ranking	880	1495
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Cost-effectiveness evaluation	1.90	no data
Market segment	Server	Laptop
Series	Intel Xeon E5	AMD Ryzen 3
Power efficiency	6.74	22.79
Architecture codename	Haswell-EP (2014−2015)	Raven Ridge (2017−2018)
Release date	8 September 2014 (10 years ago)	8 January 2018 (6 years ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$1,589	no data

Cost-effectiveness evaluation

Performance per price, higher is better.

Detailed specifications

Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 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	12 (Dodeca-Core)	4 (Quad-Core)
Threads	24	4
Base clock speed	2.3 GHz	2 GHz
Boost clock speed	3.1 GHz	2 GHz
Bus type	QPI	no data
Bus rate	2 × 9.6 GT/s	no data
Multiplier	23	20
L1 cache	64K (per core)	384 KB
L2 cache	3 MB	2 MB
L3 cache	30 MB (shared)	4 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Die size	306.18 mm2	209.78 mm2
Maximum core temperature	85 °C	no data
Number of transistors	4700 Million	4950 Million
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	-

Compatibility

Information on Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 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 (Multiprocessor)	1 (Uniprocessor)
Socket	FCLGA2011	FP5
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

Instruction set extensions	Intel® AVX2	XFR, FMA3, SSE 4.2, AVX2, SMT
AES-NI	+	+
FMA	+	-
AVX	+	+
vPro	+	no data
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	no data
Turbo Boost Technology	2.0	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	+	no data
Idle States	+	no data
Thermal Monitoring	+	-
Flex Memory Access	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	+	no data
PAE	46 Bit	no data
Precision Boost 2	no data	+

Security technologies

Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	no data
EDB	+	no data
Secure Key	+	no data
OS Guard	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U 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 E5-2670 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U. 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	768 GB	32 GB
Max memory channels	4	2
Maximum memory bandwidth	68 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 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Xeon E5-2670 v3 and Ryzen 3 PRO 2300U.

PCIe version	3.0	3.0
PCI Express lanes	40	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.

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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	8.71	3.68
Recency	8 September 2014	8 January 2018
Physical cores	12	4
Threads	24	4
Chip lithography	22 nm	14 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	120 Watt	15 Watt

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