Poll of the Day > What is a threadripper CPU used for?

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Dmess85
10/21/21 5:11:40 PM
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It's a single core processor?

https://www.tomshardware.com/news/ryzen-threadripper-pro-5975wx-benchmark-strong-single-core-performance

What are the adavanges?

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Lokarin
10/21/21 5:12:34 PM
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single cores are better at serial calculations, which is basically the opposite of crypto mining

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Dmess85
10/21/21 5:13:42 PM
#3:


Lokarin posted...
single cores are better at serial calculations, which is basically the opposite of crypto mining

so if you're not using it for crypto mining, you would be using it for??? graphics?

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Lokarin
10/21/21 5:16:28 PM
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Dmess85 posted...
so if you're not using it for crypto mining, you would be using it for??? graphics?

Nah, graphics also benefit from multicore

It's more for complicated math like calculating large primes and such

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Dmess85
10/21/21 5:17:31 PM
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whoops!

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