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The 3970x has a 280W TDP. It draws nowhere near 35W under full load. It's been measured in some benchmarks to reach 450W [0]. Luckily for blender we also have
by ben-schaaf 6y ago
The 3970x has a 280W TDP. It draws nowhere near 35W under full load. It's been measured in some benchmarks to reach 450W [0].
Luckily for blender we also have a great set of benchmarks with comparable results: https://opendata.blender.org/ https://opendata.blender.org/. While the 3990x tops the charts, even the 2070S beats the 3970x. That's more value, more performance, more efficiency for less cost.
> People who say GPUs will hit it big in offline rendering "soon" are missing important details.
At least for cycles, it's already a hit. There's plenty of services offering rendering services and all the ones I've found offer either both or exclusively gpu rendering.
[0] https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-linux-3960x-3970x&num=12 https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=amd-linu...
- fxtentacle 6y agoI would put Blender clearly into "hobbyist" territory, so whether or not it works well on GPU won't really affect the next Pixar movie ;)
- dahart 6y agoAre you just blindly arguing against anything and everything said in favor of GPUs? Why are you stooping to pick on Blender? It is being used in production, so call it what you want. Pixar is working on a GPU renderer, they’ve been discussing it for a couple of years.
- ben-schaaf 6y agoAh yes, Blender the "hobbyist" tool that's also: * Used by NASA for a lot of their 3d modelling * Used in Spider Man 2 for storyboarding * Used for some special effects in Red Dwarf * Used in Captain America: The Winter Soldier for previsualization * Rendered the entirety of the movie Next Gen The list goes on and grows every year. No, it won't affect the next Pixar movie, but if that's your standard then 3Delight sounds like just as much of a hobbyist thing.