The original post: /r/datahoarder by /u/Critical-Ad7413 on 2024-12-08 19:50:06.

Are there any tests or benchmarks comparing an old server cpu like a 26xx xeon vs newer consumer model like a 12600k with their typical alotment of RAM? I understand that in raw compute power the new one crushes it but I am curious how other factors affect it? It seems pretty reasonable to get a TB of RAM on the xeons vs the typical max of 128GB that most consumer boards support, plus the server chips have way more pcie lanes. I don’t know much the added ram and pcie lanes help handling a server with several dozen drives.

Does a SSD cache makeup for the difference in RAM?

**Not asking about transcoding, simply in file serving perfomance.