New Windows CPUs.. Intel Core Ultra versus AMD x3D

SketchUp Computer Advice
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Just a few thoughts from me really…

I’m seeing some really interesting reviews of the new Intel “Ultra” CPU series.

It seems the single threaded performance is really impressive, while being power-efficient.
However, the CPUs don’t do too well with gaming workloads.

Intel have stated that , due to high costs, they won’t be manufacturing future their CPUs along the same process. So we may have a short window in which to purchase them. I’m certainly tempted as it’s the closest thing that Windows is likely to have to the Apple M3 chips.

But I would love to know how this theoretical performance translates to SketchUp/LayOut. The high-spec versions of the CPU are difficult to get hold of. But I would love to know if anyone here has tried them.

Alternatively the updated Ryzen 9 X3D line from AMD is smashing through all the gaming and multi-core benchmarks. It’s very strange how some games are getting massive boosts from the chip’s unique 3d Cache. I wonder if SketchUp might be included? Though the single-threaded performance is not too strong according to the Charts.

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Dang, I really was hoping someone with knowledge would have chimed in here. I’m torn on what cpu to put into my next build.

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Don’t overthink it. Anything in the top part of the single thread performance chart will run SketchUp well. Unless you are heavily into CPU-based rendering the number of processor cores is not very important so you can pick, for instance, the cheapest.

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careful with KF versions of intel processors, for example the third in the above list.
They don’t have an integrated graphic chipset so you’ll need a dedicated GPU along them

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Well, I would think that no one building a computer for SketchUp or gaming would omit a dedicated graphics card.