Hello all,
I'm about to build a new machine and have a friend who can get me a great deal on a rack server with 16 sockets, where previously my plan was to just build a workstation with a single Threadripper 2990wx or dual Xeon. I've built many machines over the years, but also have managed to remain somewhat naive when it comes to the nuance of which setups perform better.. My understanding is that there's actually a performance advantage to more cores across fewer CPU's, but he swears up and down that's not the case. Does anybody have any applicable experience in this arena? i.e., All things being equal, for the sake of argument (same number of cores, RAM, m.2 SSD's, etc.), would there be any performance advantages to splitting those cores across 16 separate CPU's vs. a single (or dual) CPU setup with a large core count? I'm speaking to benchmark performance, not energy usage, space, heat/cooling, etc.
I've spent so much cash on render farms over the years that I could have built my own render farm by this point haha.. Ready to invest in a proper setup but really want to be sure I don't make an obvious mistake and blow a bunch of cash on something that comes in lower than expected, performance-wise..
Would love to hear your thoughts!
--Sloan