i7-4930MX vs xeon e5

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Hi guys,

I am doing statistically analysis on climate data using MATLAB. The total size of the files used in analysis is usually over 30 GB. Currently I am running the same code for 40 years data on two windows PCs (20 years data for each), one with i7 3960X and the other with i7 3770 (both have 16G RAM). i7 3960X takes about 5-10 minutes longer than i7 3770 to compute one parameter set for 2 hours (That's probably because I was doing other tasks in 3960X PC at the same time.) The entire analysis takes about 40 hours. I really want to speed up.
I don't know other computing language, such as fortran or c++, so I am thinking if I can build a new desktop using i7-4930MX or xeon e5. But I am not sure which one is better for MATLAB computation.

I will use the new PC mainly for running code in MATLAB. Please give me some advice on the configurations. Main concern is to reduce the computation time, so the cost is only the second consider.
 

Eximo

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A little quick research shows that more recent MATLAB versions support CUDA (nVidia) cards. So a Quadro or Tesla card would make more sense. I think the Xeon Phi requires special setup even if it can execute x86 programs in parallel.