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kiratp on July 8, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: I stopped buying new laptops (2020)

Because it’s not faster. Well at least the 3990x wasn’t.

Compilation rapidly drops from parallel to single thread bound for most workloads.

https://twitter.com/kiratpandya/status/1457438725680480257

pshirshov on July 8, 2023 [–]

Depends on your workload. For me 3970x is faster in all my workflows.

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