Robert Maynard
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.... which will probably hold for all first generation Zen based CPUs.
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.... which will probably hold for all first generation Zen based CPUs.
We're probably arguing over words at this stage, but that's not what I call an artificial limit. Any artificial limit would be, the CPU can run at 5 GHz but we'll lock it down so it never goes past 4 GHz e.g. like Intel non-K / non-X processors.
Also you can be sure whoever buys a Cray computer does ask what the power consumption is. While the upfront cost of them is bad enough for us mere mortals, the running costs are not insignificant either.
Here a recent photo of the monster. It divides into two parts to form a multi-chip module (MCM) which consists of two eight-core Summit Ridge chips and sixteen threads in a single large 16-core device
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Here benchs against an Intel Xeon. AMD is better in single core and intel is better in multicore. Intel has better cores management. AMd uses the bridge "Infinity" between the two processors, which slows operations
Robert Maynard
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I've read that that benchmark is fake. Whether it is or not remains to be seen.
However, the difference of performance between AMD and Intel concerning the single core and the multi cores seems plausible. The frequency difference is large, which generally favors the single core
I wanted to upgrade my i5 2500k, sometime this year and was hoping AMD might offer a less expensive treat than Intel. No benefits so far for gaming over the i5 it seems, despite the age of the bloody thing. Maybe bitcoin mining would benefit from all those cores. I'm sure it would munch through games as soon as devs start to fully depend on core counts for their creations.