Dual Xeon for render node?

[Digital Magic]

Hi guys. I am looking at a refurbished dual processor Xeon for a render node with 3ds Max 2020 and V-ray 4. My main render machine is a 3970 Threadripper with 128GB RAM and it blows away my i7. I'm looking for something to help the Threadripper to shorten render times more

• Processors 2x (2.7 GHz) 12-Core Intel Xeon E5-2697 v2 Processor
• Memory (RAM) 128GB (8x16) DDR3 PC3 Memory
• Primary Storage 1TB SSD SATA NEW 2.5"
• Secondary Storage SSD SATA 2.5"
• Graphics Card Nvidia Quadro K4200 4GB GDDR5

[Digital Magic]

how would it compare to this? Big performance difference?
CPU:AMD Ryzen 9 3900X 3.8GHz [4.6GHz Turbo] 12 Cores/ 24 Threads 70MB Cache 105W Processor
HDD:1TB WD Blue SN550 Series PCIe NVMe M.2 SSD - Seq R/W: Up to 2400/1950 MB/s, Rnd R/W up to 410/405k
MEMORY:32GB (16GBx2) DDR4/3200MHz Dual Channel Memory
GeForce RTX™ 3060 Ti 8GB GDDR6 Video Card

$1000 price difference (more when I add more RAM) but how big a performance difference?

[Muhammed_Hamed]

Hi Digital Magic

We have a benchmark page that can help you decide,
The first machine has an average score of 10,876 https://benchmark.chaosgroup.com/v5/...ng=desc&by=avg
Second machine has an average score of 13,264 https://benchmark.chaosgroup.com/v5/...ng=desc&by=avg
There is also the 5950x(or 5900x), it scores over 20,000, currently the best value option in the benchmark website https://benchmark.chaosgroup.com/v5/...ng=desc&by=avg
Could downgrade the GPU to 1660 Super or so, as it doesn't speed up your CPU rendering, then invest the difference in CPU choice

Best,
Muhammed