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My overlocking is hardly extreme, it's 4.8GHz. And my cooler costs $119. Also I run this configuration as my daily driver with zero faults and in my real world

My overlocking is hardly extreme, it's 4.8GHz. And my cooler costs $119. Also I run this configuration as my daily driver with zero faults and in my real world use cases e.g. machine learning it is 2-5x faster than then 3950x. AVX512 is still a killer feature for Intel.

hn_check 6y ago
Your results are the highest for this processor on GeekBench. "e.g. machine learning it is 2-5x faster than then 3950x. AVX512 is still a killer feature for Intel." An entry-level GPU does machine learning 2-4x+ faster than an 10980XE. CPUs aren't the right tool for that job. AVX-512 is nice, but for most workloads it is a niche optimization for an edge condition that is seldom hit. Even in AVX-512 enabled tools like Handbrake, the AVX-512 codepath is so small of an impact that the 3950X still handily beats the 10980XE. https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph15039/113605.png https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph15039/113605.png In reality I think both CPUs are absurd for most users. Few actually exhaust more than a handful or cores, possibly two hands worth, in normal operations. But there is no reasonable case to be made that Intel has a better price/performance ratio. At this point, even after they've dramatically cut prices (the introduction price of the 10980XE was chopped in half courtesy of AMDs rise) they're coasting on inertia. Hopefully they pull a rabbit out of the hat.
smabie 6y ago
https://blog.cloudflare.com/on-the-dangers-of-intels-frequency-scaling/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/on-the-dangers-of-intels-frequen... It turns out AVX512 doesn't give you the kind of performance speedouts you think. On those benchmarks, AVX512 is only around 8% faster than AVX2. The reality is that AMD is killing Intel at every price point. My 3950x scores 12444 (no OC) and only costs around $400. Looking up on Newegg, your 10980XE costs... wait for it.. $3000. Even with your crazy overclocking, that intel cpu is only 35% faster and 650% more expensive. How can you seriously claim that Intel is at all competitive with AMD? And speaking of ML, it's rare to find a ML workload that is expensive that doesn't involve neural networks. And for neural networks, you should be running on a GPU anyways so I'm not sure how useful this DL Boost tech is.
- smabie 6y ago
  Edit: I mean 3900x, not 3950x.

hn_check 6y ago

Your results are the highest for this processor on GeekBench. "e.g. machine learning it is 2-5x faster than then 3950x. AVX512 is still a killer feature for Intel." An entry-level GPU does machine learning 2-4x+ faster than an 10980XE. CPUs aren't the right tool for that job. AVX-512 is nice, but for most workloads it is a niche optimization for an edge condition that is seldom hit. Even in AVX-512 enabled tools like Handbrake, the AVX-512 codepath is so small of an impact that the 3950X still handily beats the 10980XE. https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph15039/113605.png https://images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph15039/113605.png In reality I think both CPUs are absurd for most users. Few actually exhaust more than a handful or cores, possibly two hands worth, in normal operations. But there is no reasonable case to be made that Intel has a better price/performance ratio. At this point, even after they've dramatically cut prices (the introduction price of the 10980XE was chopped in half courtesy of AMDs rise) they're coasting on inertia. Hopefully they pull a rabbit out of the hat.

smabie 6y ago

https://blog.cloudflare.com/on-the-dangers-of-intels-frequency-scaling/ https://blog.cloudflare.com/on-the-dangers-of-intels-frequen... It turns out AVX512 doesn't give you the kind of performance speedouts you think. On those benchmarks, AVX512 is only around 8% faster than AVX2. The reality is that AMD is killing Intel at every price point. My 3950x scores 12444 (no OC) and only costs around $400. Looking up on Newegg, your 10980XE costs... wait for it.. $3000. Even with your crazy overclocking, that intel cpu is only 35% faster and 650% more expensive. How can you seriously claim that Intel is at all competitive with AMD? And speaking of ML, it's rare to find a ML workload that is expensive that doesn't involve neural networks. And for neural networks, you should be running on a GPU anyways so I'm not sure how useful this DL Boost tech is.

smabie 6y ago
Edit: I mean 3900x, not 3950x.