Intel Launches Intel Core 14th Gen Desktop Processors for Enthusiasts

Re:Intel Launches Intel Core 14th Gen Desktop Processors for... by yourusername on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @11:00AM (#37929668)

For VMware workstation it is very noticeable and there are workarounds. How much random software is being scheduled on the wrong cores and not noticed because it's "fast enough" or people don't have a baseline of performance to expect? After i got a work laptop with e cores i will make sure to avoid them for any personal devices i buy myself.

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Re:Intel Launches Intel Core 14th Gen Desktop Processors for... by phkahler on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @11:15AM (#37929853)

IMHO too many engineers (software devs in particular) think things are fine if there is a way to configure things the way you want. IMHO having to worry about which cores a process is running on is unacceptable. I'm kind of dreading AMD following along with perf and efficient cores.

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Re:Intel Launches Intel Core 14th Gen Desktop Processors for... by minimaul on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @12:14PM (#37930839)

At the moment, the closest thing AMD has to efficiency cores is Zen 4c - and it's really not an eco core in the traditional sense.

https://www.techpowerup.com/310057/amd-zen-4c-not-an-e-core-...

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Re:Intel Launches Intel Core 14th Gen Desktop Processors for... by smolder on Wednesday October 18, 2023 @01:22PM (#37931798)

The asymmetrical architecture in the 7950x3D unfortunately results in similar (but less extreme) issues to e-cores. Only one CCD has a big cache, while the other clocks higher. So, it can happen that processes which love the extra cache end up running inefficiently on the higher-clocked smaller-cache cores, or the other way around, where clock-sensitive processes are throttled by running on the 3d cache cores.

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