Ok sorry yes 2695v2 are around 650$CAD more for each cpu. They have 12 cores instead of 10 but at 2.4 GHz instead of 2.8.
Before buying my cpu I took a look at that chart and I don’t remember exactly how was the numbers when I bought it but it seemed like the best buy for me at the time.
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/high\_end\_cpus.html
I checked those too before buying and based my decision on the fact that a lot of people say: more cores are better than less at higher frequency, this might prove this theory wrong.
They are better for rendering, but are worse for artist workstation work.
Let me put it this way
Saving scene on 2.4 ghz = 30 seconds
Saving scen on 4.4 ghz = 15 seconds.
You save 30-50% + Time on faster mghz core than if you had 10 more cores.
So it depends. If you buy it for render or for work.
Time : 3m37s
bi xeon x5650 @ 2.67 ghz
Vray 3.08
Embree off
Win 7
Embree ON: 2m58s
CPU: i7-5960X @ 3.00 GHz (stock speed)
Vray 3.08
Win 7
Embree ON: 2m26.5s
Embree OFF: 3m3.1s
Is there any reason not to use embree all the time? We always have it on and it hasn’t caused any problems so far
CPU: 2x Xeon 2680v2 @ 2.80 GHz (stock speed)
Vray 3.08
Win 7
Embree ON: 1m27.3s
Embree OFF: 1m44.5s
intel Xeon CPU X5650 @ 2.67GHz
36.00 GB
3m 33m3s
I didn’t do anything except hit render
For the latest V-Ray versions the Embree raycaster is enabled by default. It can be used to accelerate the rendering of simple triangle meshes, Hair systems like Ornatrix and Hairfarm, proxy objects, e.t.c.
For things not supported by the Embree raycaster, the V-Ray one will be used instead.
opened and hit render on 3dsmax 2014 Sp5 and V-Ray 3.10.02. Dual Xeon E5-2650@2GHz and 64GB ram.
Without Embree
2m 40.3s
With Embree
2m 25.7s
Just use a pencil to connect the dots together on the L1 bridges of the CPU.
disclaimer: don’t actually try this on a modern CPU, in case anyone reads this and doesn’t get the reference
New test with VRay 3.10.01:
Embree on, paging off.
Time: 1 min. 34,7 sec
CPU: i7-5960x @ 4.2 GHz
Max: 2015
Win: 7
woaw, that’s a pretty nice time mate!
those 5960x really seems to rock.
Stan
Hello,
With VRay v3.10.01, 3dsmax2014 SP5, Windows 7.
bi-Xeon E6_2630 v2 @ 2.6 GHz / 32 Go RAM
Embree ON: 1’55"
CPU: DUAL xeon x5670 @2,93Ghz (OC: 4,1Ghz)
MOBO: Evga SR-2
Vray: 3.1
Max: 2014
Win: 7
Embree: OFF
Time: 1 min 44s.
Embree: ON
Time: 1 min 34s.
This “old-technology” machine (socket 1366) performs pretty much simillar to i7 5960x … and this is what I expected 
CPU: Dual Intel Xeon E5-2680 v3 @2,5 Ghz
Vray: 3.1
Max: 2014
Win: 7
Embree: OFF
Time: 1 min 2 s.
Embree: ON
Time: 57 s
Oh u did nvm, Sorry my bad!
Just ignore this post…
please, can you share how you over clocked your Xeon’s.
He did not OC his xeons. They are unOCablea as far as I know.
that’s what I thought, but he says he did, didn’t he?
