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Bofferbrauer2 said:

JEMC said:

Yeah, but if you look at the review from Anandtech, you see that AMD isn't on top. That goes to the ARM based servers.

The one from Phoronix also includes ARM Server, and it's very depending on the workload.

If you have a workload that can be very parallelized, ARM comes on top due to it's core advantage (160 cores). But if that's not the case, the ARM server tends to get crushed as then it's only on par with either Rome or in some even gets dominated by the the Xeon processor.

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=epyc-7003-linux-perf&num=10

https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=epyc-7003-linux-perf&num=11

SPEC is also pretty optimized for the ARM chip; Phoronix tests in a way to not let the compilers get any "unfair" advantage and tries to have every competitor at equal arms to really find out what the CPU is capable for, not it's compiler.

With the Xeon being too slow and the ARM more dependent on the workload, the EPYC is the perfect Allrounder when it comes to performance imo. For the ARM chip, I also don't know how it is positioned in terms of PCI-E lanes and memory support, which can be very important questions for a server.

I'm not denying that AMD's new chips are the best allrounder, just that they're not "the best" because for some tasks, the ARM ones will be better a better choice.

It's a matter of knowing what you'll use it for and then decide what you need, but that has always been the way to go.

Captain_Yuri said:

Intel announces 11th Gen Core Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs

https://videocardz.com/press-release/intel-announces-11th-gen-core-rocket-lake-s-desktop-cpus

The i7 and i5 prices are pretty competitive, especially with the 11700F being 8 cores 16 threads at $300 MSRP but granted it's not overclockable. The i9 is a bit of a joke.

Intel i7-11700K Memory Benchmarks: Gear 1 vs. Gear 2 on 3200MHz

Looks like the i7 can indeed do the 3200 mhz in Gear 1 and it's a few % faster than gear 2. Similar to Anandtech's benchmark, the 10700k is quite competitive. No comparison to 5800X or any other CPUs however.

NVIDIA confirms it accidentally released a driver without RTX 3060 Ethereum hash rate limiter

https://videocardz.com/newz/nvidia-confirms-it-accidentally-released-a-driver-without-rtx-3060-ethereum-hash-rate-limitier

So there is a small, but noticeable, difference between both gears, but most users won't notice because motherboard vendors will sett Gear 2 as default unless Intel gets in the way. Only low-end buyers with low end CPUs and mobos could actually be affected by it.

Well, we have to see how the i5 fare but it's good to know.

As a side note, I'd like to say that five different skus for each 11900 and 11700 are just too much.