The last thread is from this year. But in fact, the statement is not entirely accurate. However, in 2017 there was already, for example, Intel Core i9-7980XE, which has a much higher single-threaded performance than the mentioned Xeon.
The last thread is from this year.
The last post (before yours) is from this year, the thread is 4 years old (and BTW it is about experience with a specific HP model and even more specifically about possible conflicts between two very specific softwares on a same machine).
It happens more often than not that someone (for some reasons) posts something (often not particularly on topic) on an oldish thread/topic and thus makes it appear recent while it is actually largely outdated, it can happen to fail to notice that.
jaclaz
But did I write anything off topic? The author wrote that he was dissatisfied with the speed. I wrote that Xeons often have poor single-threaded performance.
If not the author, then someone else will use this information before buying a low-performance workstation for big money.
But did I write anything off topic? The author wrote that he was dissatisfied with the speed. I wrote that Xeons often have poor single-threaded performance.
If not the author, then someone else will use this information before buying a low-performance workstation for big money.
Of course not :), only - in context - it is rather normal (or unsurprising) that a few years later a newer processor/motherboard/PC guarantees better performance (in benchmarks) when compared to another processor (that became old in the meantime), though, as it is said in another related thread (comparing the Xeon to the i7):
https://www.forensicfocus.com/forums/forensic-hardware/i7-or-xeon/
the key is (or should be) in the performance in "real life" with the specific software (that may or may not take advantage of this or that feature of the processor or of the whatever other hardware is involved), and different specific softwares in use and/or the prevailing use/scope of the machine should matter.
Right now the i9 represents most probably the best bang for the buck value, but in another three or four years (which is a loot of time in processor technology) or sooner someone may well post about the new *whatever* processor that runs circles around the i9 (that will be old by then), and that too will be not much surprising.
jaclaz