I've been looking to build a new computer for a while. I was waiting for Broadwell-E. But with the prices of their 8 core and 10 core CPUs so crazy high it's got me looking at older dual 8 core Xenon's to get even more cores for a lower price point.
Obviously the Xenon in question is older, and there was the giant flood of them to the market, hence the lower price point. But I would be getting 32 threads with dual Xenon’s instead of 16 threads from the single i7.
I would imagine a lot of people are looking to similar alternatives to getting more cores for cheaper since Broadwell-E is so expensive. But I'm having very little luck finding rendering benchmark results online that compare a single core i7-5960x/6950x to older dual Xenon’s.
I was curious if anyone here has any insight into this? I will not be using this for gaming. Only 3d work and rendering. I don't use any applications that are single threaded. All of my applications are multi-threaded and want as many cores as possible.
From what I've read, a quick and dirty way to compare a xenon to a ci7 is to multiply the GHz by the number of threads. The Xenon I’m looking at is 2.6Ghz x 32 threads since there would be two of them = 83.2. Whereas the core i7 6950x is 3.2Ghz x 16 = 51.2. Is this thought process valid at all?
Thanks
Obviously the Xenon in question is older, and there was the giant flood of them to the market, hence the lower price point. But I would be getting 32 threads with dual Xenon’s instead of 16 threads from the single i7.
I would imagine a lot of people are looking to similar alternatives to getting more cores for cheaper since Broadwell-E is so expensive. But I'm having very little luck finding rendering benchmark results online that compare a single core i7-5960x/6950x to older dual Xenon’s.
I was curious if anyone here has any insight into this? I will not be using this for gaming. Only 3d work and rendering. I don't use any applications that are single threaded. All of my applications are multi-threaded and want as many cores as possible.
From what I've read, a quick and dirty way to compare a xenon to a ci7 is to multiply the GHz by the number of threads. The Xenon I’m looking at is 2.6Ghz x 32 threads since there would be two of them = 83.2. Whereas the core i7 6950x is 3.2Ghz x 16 = 51.2. Is this thought process valid at all?
Thanks
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