AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X & 7970X Linux Performance Benchmarks

Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 20 November 2023 at 09:00 AM EST. Page 6 of 13. 48 Comments.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: DLSC, Acceleration: CPU. Threadripper 7980X was the fastest.

For the open-source LuxCore renderer these new Threadripper processors proved very capable for 3D physically based rendering.

LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: DLSC, Acceleration: CPU. Threadripper 7980X was the fastest.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: DLSC, Acceleration: CPU. Threadripper 7980X was the fastest.

Not only was the Threadripper 7980X the fastest, but it also equated to having the best performance per Watt of all the tested processors and well ahead of the Sapphire Rapids and Raptor Lake Refresh for power efficiency.

LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: Danish Mood, Acceleration: CPU. Threadripper 7980X was the fastest.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: Orange Juice, Acceleration: CPU. Threadripper 7980X was the fastest.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: LuxCore Benchmark, Acceleration: CPU. Threadripper 7980X was the fastest.

Excellent LuxCore rendering performance with the new Threadripper CPUs.

Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer ISPC, Model: Crown. Threadripper 7980X - EXPO was the fastest.
Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer ISPC, Model: Asian Dragon. Threadripper 7980X - EXPO was the fastest.

Even running Intel oneAPI rendering toolkit software like the Embree ray-tracing kernels was showing the Threadripper 7980X outperforming the Xeon Scalable CPUs tested.

Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer ISPC, Model: Asian Dragon. Threadripper 7980X - EXPO was the fastest.
Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer ISPC, Model: Asian Dragon. Threadripper 7980X - EXPO was the fastest.

The Threadripper 7980X delivered the best performance and power efficiency across the Embree benchmarks.


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