Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > <<<SNIP>>> > With each generation, the architecture becomes more efficient, meaning more > instructions per cycle, lower consumption and so on. The max frequency is > not really the driving force behind performance increase anymore due to > efficiency issues at higher frequencies. > > Here are some benchmark comparisons from cpubenchmark.net: > > Processor year power cores single-core score multi-core score > FX-8350 2012 125 W 8/8 1580 6026 > i5-4590 2014 84 W 4/4 2086 5356 > i5-10400 2020 65 W 6/12 2580 12258 > R3 4300G 2020 65 W 4/8 2557 11017 > R5 5600G 2021 65 W 6/12 3185 19892 > R5 7600X 2022 145 W 6/12 4213 28753 > > Sources: > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/singleThread.html#desktop-thread > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+FX-8350+Eight-Core&id=1780 > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-4590+%40+3.30GHz&id=2234 > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i5-10400+%40+2.90GHz&id=3737 > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+3+4300G&id=3808 > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+5+5600G&id=4325 > https://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=AMD+Ryzen+5+7600X&id=5033 > > You can see the increase in performance. My old i5-4590, at half the cores, > can keep up with your FX, even though it is only 1½ years younger. Ryzens > used to be more efficient in multi workloads (look at the 2020 entries). But > I’m not too sure about current generations due to Intel’s big-little > concept. > DDR5 and PCIe5 have higher requirements at signal quality, making the boards > and components much more expensive (and, again, more power hungry). That’s > why, even though DDR4 platforms are on their way out technologically, they > are still an economically sound choice. > > <<<SNIP>>> > ¹ As far as I can see, compiling packages is the most taxing thing you do, > which is why I don’t see you needing a big-rig processor. (Though I > understand the nice feeling you get from having one.) >
It's been a while. I been getting some things ready for garden time and a few spring projects as well. I looked at a few lists of CPU processors. This is a bit pricey but I may try to buy a AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.7 GHz. It has 4 more cores but clock speed is a little slower. Even just comparing number of cores and the fairly close clock speed, that alone should make it a bit faster. Add in that they make them run code more efficiently now, should be a good bit better. I usually try to aim for 4 or 5 times more processing power. I suspect this may help with encryption as well since newer CPUs have extra code just for that on there now. Most of the mobos also handle a lot more memory as well. I have 32GBs now. Most support 64GB and I think I saw a 128GB version somewhere. Just comparing CPU to CPU, what would you expect as far as increase in speed? I'm not expecting a exact number, just curious as to how much difference I could reasonably expect. As to another reply, I've looked at the following cases. Fractal Design Node 804 Lots of hard drive space. Gamemax Master M905 Lots of drive space here too. A little like my current HAF-932 case. Thermaltake Tower 900 Tons of hard drive space. Looks really large tho. Most of those have a fairly close price range depending where I buy. My biggest thing, hard drive space. I added up the other day, including backups and such, I have around 100TBs of hard drive space. I made a list. 2 16TB, 3 14TB, 1 10TB, 2 8TB and a 6TB. I may have another one lurking about somewhere. Most of the larger ones are in my main rig. Trying to figure out how much improvement I can expect. I'm mostly just worried about the age of my current rig tho. Dale :-) :-)
