Thread ripper or alternative

[darkfullstar]

I am running games on multiple vms and I am finding performance not so great due to the clockspeed on the dual e5-2670. I have tested on my 6700k and because of it higher clockspeed I find it runs them fine but of course it lacks cores to run as many vms as my dual e5-2670 can. So I am looking at the 1950x thread ripper and was wondering if anyone know of any issue the amd threadripper would have running on windows server 2016 with remotefx? Also Is they maybe another option I am missing for high core count and high frequency?

 

[Gon Freecss]

Can't your use multi-core enhancement to run your dual setup at its single core boost on all cores? What about BCLK overclocking?

You could go for Skylake-X as well, which is a monster. Or, if you could wait, Cascade Lake-X Q4 this year.

 

[darkfullstar]

Thanks for the reply. Will need to check out the multicore enchantment. Not really one for over clocking and not sure you can over clock xeon e5. Skylake has a nice frequency but not the amount of core I need.

How would dual e5 2667 v2 compare to the thread ripper and does anyone know why cpuboss says the 2690 performs better than the 2667 v2 in multicore and single core when the 2667 v2 has a higher core frequency.

 

[Gon Freecss]

Thanks for the reply. Will need to check out the multicore enchantment. Not really one for over clocking and not sure you can over clock xeon e5. Skylake has a nice frequency but not the amount of core I need.

How would dual e5 2667 v2 compare to the thread ripper and does anyone know why cpuboss says the 2690 performs better than the 2667 v2 in multicore and single core when the 2667 v2 has a higher core frequency.

It depends on the motherboard. Also, I said Skylake-X, not Skylake. Skylake-X is up to 18 cores, and fully unlocked. The 18 core has an average overclock of 4.4GHz.

1950X would beat your setup with ease because your setup is clocked low, but it's not as good as the Intel equivalent. Also, ignore that site. It's garbage.

 

[rubix_1011]

6-core 5930k at 4.2ghz @1.20 vcore and 8-core 1900x Threadripper at 4.1ghz @1.40 vcore.

To me, seems like the older, 5930k 6-shooter runs a lot better than 1900x octo-core.

 

[Gon Freecss]

6-core 5930k at 4.2ghz @1.20 vcore and 8-core 1900x Threadripper at 4.1ghz @1.40 vcore.

To me, seems like the older, 5930k 6-shooter runs a lot better than 1900x octo-core.

Depends on the task, but yeah, not surprising.

Why haven't you tried taking the 5930K to like 1.4V or something?

 

[rubix_1011]

It's the official Tom's Hardware CPU cooler testing setup and it is configured the same for every cooler that I test and review. The Threadripper is the official TR4 socket cooler test setup, so it is configured similarly.

 

[jr9]

Ryzen Threadripper 1950X is a fantastic chip for its price if you're looking for CPU cores at a decent clock. Great for if you want to do CAD or run a lot of virtual machines at once. As a workstation chip it's quite competitive with Skylake-X and Kabylake-X. Runs at 3.4GHz so it pulls it's own as a gaming chip too although don't expect games to use all your 32 threads.