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Workstation CPUs coverage on WindowsForum.com centers on high-core-count processors from Intel and AMD and how they behave in demanding professional workloads. A recent discussion examines Phoronix testing of the Intel Xeon 678X and AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X, finding that leaving simultaneous multithreading enabled produced meaningful aggregate gains, roughly 11% for Intel Hyper-Threading and 16% to 18% for AMD SMT. The practical takeaway for developers, render farms, and CPU-based AI or content-creation workstations is to keep the second hardware thread per core enabled unless a specific, measured workload proves otherwise.
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    Xeon 678X and Threadripper 9980X: Keep SMT On

    Phoronix’s new workstation testing finds that leaving simultaneous multithreading enabled delivers a meaningful aggregate gain on both Intel’s Xeon 678X and AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 9980X: 11% for Intel Hyper-Threading and 16% to 18% for AMD SMT across its test suite. For developers, render...