FASTEST RYZEN 9 VS FASTEST XEON E5 ▀ RENOISE PERFORMANCE
I think that you already know that you are the reader of very weird blog.
So here is another unusual comparison to prove above mentioned statement.
Operating system: Windows 7 x64 SP2+ ESU
CPUs: Ryzen 9 5950X 16c/32t [Zen 3] and Intel Xeon E5-2696v4 22c/44t [Broadwell]
Audio card: ESI Maya 4 EX PCIe
Software: Renoise 3.4.2
Settings: ASIO/48Khz/~5ms
CPU overload protection: 98%
Benchmark file was created by [Cactoos] of Renoise community. Can be downloaded [here] .
| # Threads | Ryzen 5950x 16c/32t Tracks/EFX |
Xeon E5-2696v4 22c/44t Tracks/EFX |
|---|---|---|
| 1 THREAD | 77/456 clicks’n’pops @ track 76 |
48/288 clicks’n’pops @ track 44 |
| 2 THREADS | 171/>1000 clicks’n’pops @ track 138 |
94/>552 clicks’n’pops @ track 80 |
| 32 THREADS | 257/>1500 clicks’n’pops MAX CPU: 24% |
257/>1500 no clicks’n’pops MAX CPU: 32% |
| 44 THREADS | Not applicable | 257/>1500 no clicks’n’pops MAX CPU: 28% |
Track/EFX column shows how many audio tracks and effects can cpu handle without clicks and pops in audio output.
Presence of clicks and pops shows that cpu is overloaded and can’t handle workload appropriately.
Lets do a breakdown for cell [32 threads] / [Xeon E5-2695v4 22c/44t]
Track/EFX
257/>1500
no clicks’n’pops
MAX CPU: 32%
This means that Xeon E5-2695v4 using 32 threads can handle 257 audio channels, >1500 audio effects, without any clicks’n’pops with maximum cpu load of 28%.
Another example. Cell [2 threads] / [Ryzen 5950X 16c/32t]
Track/EFX
171/>1000
clicks’n’pops @ track 138
This means that Ryzen 5950X using 2 threads can handle 171 audio channels, >1000 audio effects, clicks’n’pops appearing when 138 tracks are processed.
As you can observe Ryzen 9 has far efficient single thread performance than Xeon E5 and the fact is not surprise to anyone, because we compare 2018 and 2021 technologies. But if we look into multithreaded performance things gets way better for aging Xeon E5.
I really like plethora of Xeon E5 2696v4 cores and decided to use it in my main rig.
