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Intel Launches New W-2200 Xeon Chips Appropriate for an Updated iMac Pro
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AMD doesn’t have CPU parts that are interesting to Apple. They’re only useful insofar as they keep Intel’s prices in check.
Mostly. There are various minor changes like hardware Spectre mitigations, more PCIe lanes, more RAM support, neural network instructions.
The real upgrade won’t come for another year or two.
AMD's "better CPU" is not close to Intel sorry. Intel just took this game to another level......
Intel's Flagship HEDT Core i9-10980XE 'Cascade Lake X' CPU Can Hit Up To 5.1 GHz OC Across All Cores
Intel's upcoming Core i9 10980XE CPU is going to be their flagship HEDT part and the company has just recently slashed pricing to make it competitive to AMD. A report by PCGamesN reveals however that the flagship SKU, the Core i9 10980XE, can actually hit 5.1 GHz across all cores with a standard...
wccftech.com
Not quite. The 2950X is a 16/32 processor that snugged up right along the 7980XE which sported 18/36. One is an $800 processor, the other retailed for $2,000. TR2's 2950X had a major leap in ST performance over the 7980XE, whereas the latter had a healthy margin against the 2950X at MT workloads. The chart you linked to also doesn't bench Threadripper 3 or even Epyc, but that's another story. If Intel had faith in their processors annihilating a 3rd gen Threadripper, they wouldn't have had to slash pricing on 10th gen i9 processors by 50%. If your product is the much better product, you can command whatever price you want. And people will pay that price.AMD's "better CPU" is not close to Intel sorry. Intel just took this game to another level......
Intel's Flagship HEDT Core i9-10980XE 'Cascade Lake X' CPU Can Hit Up To 5.1 GHz OC Across All Cores
Intel's upcoming Core i9 10980XE CPU is going to be their flagship HEDT part and the company has just recently slashed pricing to make it competitive to AMD. A report by PCGamesN reveals however that the flagship SKU, the Core i9 10980XE, can actually hit 5.1 GHz across all cores with a standard...
It took AMD 3 generations of desktop processors to get to where Intel is right now, on a 5+ year old very refined node. Intel released Broadwell in 2014 with their 14nm node. Here we are now. And, of course, the unannounced in timely fashion security vulnerabilities targeting Intel's fast and loose design decisions to be coming soon.
If you want to read a bench test for real world use, Puget Systems released a pretty cool article. I should note Puget Systems, to my knowledge, hasn't redone tests under the Windows 10 1903 environment which fixed scheduler issues for Ryzen processors, which boosted their performance. Windows 10 19H2 is said to offer more scheduler fixes for both AMD and Intel processors, as well as optimize the kernel. But as you can see, the 7980XE's $2,000 price tag isn't worth spending now or a year ago after these benches were conducted. However, tests done on Resolve are better as they make better use of either Intel or AMD processors versus Adobe's products.
Premiere Pro CC 2018: AMD Threadripper 2990WX & 2950X Performance
In the past, AMD's Threadripper CPUs have fared very well in Premiere Pro, but fell behind their Intel counterparts by the slimmest of margins. With the new 32 core Threadripper 2990WX and 16 core 2950X, will AMD finally overtake Intel as the best value for Premiere Pro users?
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Edit: Your article also links this within.
AMD HPC EPYC 7742 Benchmarks: Utterly Annihilates The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 At Roughly 1/3 The Price
We recently published slides from a now-deleted HPC presentation that showcased some interesting facts about AMD's upcoming Zen 3 Milan platform and while that was informative, it wasn't the full picture. As it turns out, however, Planet3DNow has managed to get their hands on the complete set...
wccftech.com
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BTW, it's healthy to be critical of each chip maker. I don't invest in either so I'm free to state my opinion without bias. I do know Intel will come back and be at end's with AMD in a year to two years once they unleash their chiplet processors utilizing a monolithic die. Chiplets cut down on waste by a wide margin and even then we should see sane pricing by Intel, even if AMD fall off the back of the truck again. Intel can't claim poor productions rates, because everything is the same, and chiplets are binned on whatever cores are working, and laser off bad cores.
I decided against building a new workstation this year just to see what the hardware landscape will be next fall.
I decided against building a new workstation this year just to see what the hardware landscape will be next fall.
iMac Pro with eGPU can be very capable machine, too.
Mac Pro only wins where you need to run multiple GPUs simultaneously, and you need everything to be on logic board (storage, GPU...), not outside.
Not quite. The 2950X is a 16/32 processor that snugged up right along the 7980XE which sported 18/36. One is an $800 processor, the other retailed for $2,000. TR2's 2950X had a major leap in ST performance over the 7980XE, whereas the latter had a healthy margin against the 2950X at MT workloads. The chart you linked to also doesn't bench Threadripper 3 or even Epyc, but that's another story. If Intel had faith in their processors annihilating a 3rd gen Threadripper, they wouldn't have had to slash pricing on 10th gen i9 processors by 50%. If your product is the much better product, you can command whatever price you want. And people will pay that price.
It took AMD 3 generations of desktop processors to get to where Intel is right now, on a 5+ year old very refined node. Intel released Broadwell in 2014 with their 14nm node. Here we are now. And, of course, the unannounced in timely fashion security vulnerabilities targeting Intel's fast and loose design decisions to be coming soon.
If you want to read a bench test for real world use, Puget Systems released a pretty cool article. I should note Puget Systems, to my knowledge, hasn't redone tests under the Windows 10 1903 environment which fixed scheduler issues for Ryzen processors, which boosted their performance. Windows 10 19H2 is said to offer more scheduler fixes for both AMD and Intel processors, as well as optimize the kernel. But as you can see, the 7980XE's $2,000 price tag isn't worth spending now or a year ago after these benches were conducted. However, tests done on Resolve are better as they make better use of either Intel or AMD processors versus Adobe's products.
Premiere Pro CC 2018: AMD Threadripper 2990WX & 2950X Performance
In the past, AMD's Threadripper CPUs have fared very well in Premiere Pro, but fell behind their Intel counterparts by the slimmest of margins. With the new 32 core Threadripper 2990WX and 16 core 2950X, will AMD finally overtake Intel as the best value for Premiere Pro users?
Edit: Your article also links this within.
AMD HPC EPYC 7742 Benchmarks: Utterly Annihilates The Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 At Roughly 1/3 The Price
We recently published slides from a now-deleted HPC presentation that showcased some interesting facts about AMD's upcoming Zen 3 Milan platform and while that was informative, it wasn't the full picture. As it turns out, however, Planet3DNow has managed to get their hands on the complete set...
I post article about OC. You post 4 paragraphs ignoring OC.
I did not argue that the iMac Pro was not a capable machine, just that it is not targeted at people who require very high end GPUs (like the Radeon Pro Vega II Duo).