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Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 vs AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D. Specifications, performance, tests

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Released
Q2/2014
Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3
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2023-04-06
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AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

What's the best choice Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 or AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D? Which processor is faster?

We have prepared a comparison to help you choose the best processor. Compare their specifications and benchmarks.

Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 has a base frequency of 3.30 GHz. 4 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 84 W. Released in Q2/2014.

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D has a base frequency of 4.2 GHz. 8 / 16 CPU Cores / Threads. Stated TDP / base power 120 W. Released in 2023-04-06.

Differences

  • Lower stated TDP / base power

    Power limits alone do not measure performance per watt.

    84 W left arrow 120 W

Positions in all rankings

Common positions Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)
    454 place
  • Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)
    534 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)
    516 place
  • Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)
    601 place
  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    874 place
  • Higher clock speed

    Around 27% better clock speed

    4.2 GHz left arrow 3.30 GHz
  • More number of cores

    4 more cores

    8 left arrow 4
  • Higher turbo clock speed

    Around 35 % higher specified turbo frequency

    5 GHz left arrow 3.70 GHz

Positions in all rankings

Common positions AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D CPU in popular benchmarks, for comparison with other models.

  • iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
    536 place

Specifications

Technical data
Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
CPU family and group

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

  • CPU group
    Intel Xeon E3 v3 left arrow AMD Ryzen 7000
  • Family
    Intel Xeon E3 left arrow Ryzen
  • Generation
    4 left arrow 6
  • Predecessor
    - left arrow AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
  • Segment
    Desktop / Server left arrow Desktop
  • Form Factor
    - left arrow Desktops / Boxed Processor
  • Series
    - left arrow Ryzen 7000 Series
CPU Technical specs

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

  • Base Frequency
    3.3 GHz left arrow 4.2 GHz
  • Core architecture
    normal left arrow normal
  • CPU Cores
    4 left arrow 8
  • CPU Threads
    4 left arrow 16
  • Hyperthreading / SMT
    No left arrow Yes
  • Overclocking
    No left arrow Yes
  • Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
    3.7 GHz left arrow 5.6 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (4 Cores)
    No turbo left arrow -
  • Core Configuration
    - left arrow 8x
  • Max. Boost Clock
    - left arrow 5 GHz
  • Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
    - left arrow 5.4 GHz
IGPU

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

  • DirectX Version
    11.1 left arrow 12
  • Execution units
    20 left arrow 2
  • Generation
    7.5 left arrow 9
  • GPU Frequency
    350 MHz left arrow 2200 MHz
  • GPU name
    Intel HD Graphics P4600 left arrow AMD Radeon Graphics
  • GPU Turbo
    1200 MHz left arrow 2200 MHz
  • Max. displays
    3 left arrow 3
  • Max. GPU Memory
    2 GB left arrow 8 GB
  • Release date
    Q2/2013 left arrow Q3/2022
  • Shader
    160 left arrow 128
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow 5 nm
  • Graphics Cores
    - left arrow 2
Hardware codec support

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

  • AV1
    No left arrow No
  • H.264 / AVC
    Decode / Encode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • JPEG
    Decode left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VC-1
    Decode left arrow Decode
  • VP8
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
  • VP9
    No left arrow Decode / Encode
Memory specs & PCI

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D and Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

  • ECC
    Yes left arrow Yes
  • Max. Memory
    32 GB left arrow 128 GB
  • Memory channels
    2 left arrow 2
  • Memory type
    DDR3-1333DDR3-1600 left arrow DDR5
  • PCIe lanes
    16 left arrow -
  • PCIe version
    3.0 left arrow -
  • Memory Bandwidth
    - left arrow 83.2 GB/s
  • PCIe
    - left arrow PCIe 5.0
Encryption
  • AES-NI
    Yes left arrow Yes
Thermal Management

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

  • Maximum Operating Temperature
    - left arrow 89 °C
  • TDP (PL1, legacy label)
    84 W left arrow 170 W
  • TDP (PL2)
    - left arrow 230 W
  • Default TDP
    - left arrow 120 W
Technologies and extensions

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

  • Architecture
    Haswell S left arrow Raphael (Zen 4)
  • Instruction set (ISA)
    x86-64 (64 bit) left arrow x86-64 (64 bit)
  • ISA extensions
    SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 left arrow SSE4a, SSE4.1, SSE4.2,FMA3, AVX2, AVX512
  • L2-Cache
    - left arrow 8 MB
  • L3-Cache
    8 MB left arrow 96 MB
  • Release date
    Q2/2014 left arrow 2023-04-06
  • Socket
    LGA 1150 left arrow AM5
  • Technology
    22 nm left arrow TSMC 5nm FinFET
  • Virtualization
    VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d left arrow AMD-V, SVM
  • Chip design
    - left arrow Chiplet
  • Codename
    - left arrow Raphael AM5
  • Operating systems
    - left arrow Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux

Benchmarks

Performance tests CPUs
Individual model tests

These results have no shared test of both models with the same version and settings. They are shown separately without a percentage difference.

Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3

AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

More results: 11

Results with primary test sources

Published measurements are separate from the archived index. Incomplete conditions and unknown run counts do not support ranking positions or calculated performance differences.

Model TestResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R15 / multi-core 2974 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R15 / single-core 291 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R20 / multi-core 7121 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R20 / single-core 709 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R23 / multi-core 18086 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Cinebench R23 / single-core 1820 points Graphics card: GeForce RTX 4090
System RAM: 32 GB

Individual system tests

Results were obtained on the reported systems. Test versions and settings remain separate; incomplete conditions do not support calculated model performance differences.

RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows

Model ResultReported conditions
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 11512.514103 H/s RandomX / XMRig 6.26.0 / 1M / 16 threads / windows
System RAM: 32 GB
OS: Windows NT 10.0
Motherboard: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. / B650E AORUS ELITE X AX ICE
Duration: 86.862 s
User-submitted run; tuning and power settings are incomplete.

Based on the results of several benchmarks, you can more accurately estimate the difference in performance between Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3 and AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

Compare the synthetic test values and choose the best processor!

These are saved results from the earlier catalog. Measurement dates and test configurations were not recorded. Models with no comparable results are omitted.

Recent models: test results with identified primary sources — Cinebench R23 · Cinebench R20 · Cinebench R15 · Cinebench 2026 · RandomX benchmark

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)
The performance of the iGPU - the internal GPU in games

Higher values are better in this metric.

384.000000
Intel Xeon E3-1226 v3
563.000000
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D

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