Something that's gonna face every artist building a new rig, which is better a fast cpu or more cores. Well let's find out, I'll focus more on simulation tasks (Pyro,Grain,ocean).
This chart is going to be up to date, so I'll really appreciate it if you ran the tests as well and shared your results, I'll list them asap with your name ;)
You can download the three test files here.
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Back to the tests and all you have to do is:
Open the Hip file.
Dial in the resolution numbers as in the chart.
Go the performance monitor tab and hit record.
Hit go to the last frame.
Wait until the simulation is finished and grab the result from the performance monitor.
Convert it to seconds please.
Done.
Note: Opencl is off in the files so leave it as is.
Tested CPUs :
Threadripper 7970x, 7980X.
i7 6800K .
i9 7900x (Dorin Croitoru).
i9 7940x .
i9 7980xe (Fabian Buckreus).
TR 1950x (Siavash).
TR 2990wx (Peter Sanitra).
2x (Gold 6136 , e5-2630 , e5-2620 v3) Martijn Grootendorst.
2x (e5 2630 v4 , e5 2699v3) by Dominik.
(i7-4771 , TR 1900x) by Muhaylo Shchurba.
TR 2950x (Matti Orgelmann).
Ryzen 9 3900X (Slava Sych).
Ryzen 9 3900X Linux (Martin Brattensborg).
TR 3970X / i7-6950x (Jim Huenergardt).
TR 3970X Linux (Ryan Leasher).
TR 3960X (David Riesenberg).
i9 10980XE (Slava Sych).
Ryzen 9 3950X (Alexander Karelin).
TR 3990X (Nawras Ryhan / Felix Antoine Ludvig Hedberg).
Ryzen 9 5950X Linux (Mika Ihatsu).
intel i9 13900KS, 14900KS
Results:
Regards
Alaa Alnahlawi
My 13900K started showing instability issues .....intel replaced it with a brand new14900K, so my updated build and results
i9 14900K , 128 GB , RTX 4070
Windows 11 and Ubuntu (Linux) Dual boot
Grain Linux = 2m56sec
Windows = 3m00sec
Pyro Linux = 6m31sec
             Windows = 7m33sec
Ocean Linux = 17m47sec
             Windows = 19m23sec
Does any one has links to those test files. The link above is expired
AMD 7950x3d
96Gb 5600Mhz
Kubuntu 24.04
H20.5.332
Pyro 0.02 = 7min33sec
Pyro 0.05 = 27sec
Grain 0.01 = 3min08sec
Grain 0.02 = 27sec
Ocean 0.05 = 22min31sec
Ocean 0.15 = 48sec
My 13900k got fried -
Here is the result for the AMD 9950x
grain 0.01 = 2mn46sc
grain 0.02 = 0mn26sc
Pyro 0.02 = 3mn32sc
Pyro 0.05 = 59sc
ocean 0.05 = 17mn24sc
ocean 0.15 = 57sc
and my spec:.
This is a SFF build, so the CPU would get a bit more from a 360 AIO
Asus rog strix X670E-I
Corsair vengeance 64gb at 5200
4090 FE
NZXT Kraken x63 and Noctua fans at 3000rpm, (noisy small beast yes)
Used RyzenMaster for a per core curve optimisation
win11, Houdini 20.5
Intel i9 13900KS
ASUS z790 ProArt Wifi
Deepcool LT720 360mm Liquid CPU Cooler
192Gb RAM
BIOS: Stock Settings - Enforce All Limits - PowerLimits 320w
Windows 11 - Houdini 20
Grain: 3m07s
Pyro: 7m08s
Ocean 0.05: 20m42s
Ocean 0.05 ("Use Multigrid Preconditioner" ON in the solver): 15m16s