Hello everyone. In view of buying a new PC for my studio (on windows system). I am very confused about what to choose, I do not understand the differences between the various i9 CPUs, for example if there is a substantial difference in the audio field on the CPU acronyms (14900K or KF)… Can someon…

[image] OnkelGrusom: I would say that is rather “empical testing” And you would be wrong, sir/ma’am :slight_smile: It’s nearly 100% subjective. But look, it’s OK. You’re happy with it, so rock on.

Well I still have my old rig up and running too. When I see that the same project makes the older AMD rig almost groan to a halt, while the new Intel rig just chews through it at 32 samples latency with no hiccups that actually is an objective observation. It’s not something I “feel”

Yep, you’re halfway there - you’ve observed, now you have to measure. THEN it will be empirical. :slight_smile: Please don’t feel like you need to “prove” something to me. I was just giving my opinion for the benefit of others who may take your strongly presented data as postulate. If you want…

[image] Thor.HOG: I don’t know “Vince’s site,” or what operational metrics they use to generate benchmarks. Yeah, sorry, I was lazy and didn’t post the actual sites in my original post. [image] AMD’s 9950X3D & 9900X3D Tested, Has X3D Finally Struck Studio Gold? …

Thanks for the reference - indeed, they’re using the DAWBench test for simultaneous instances of the SGA plugin. And thus is the double-edged sword of DAW “performance” testing. Arriving at a benchmark metric (like instance count before drops) presumes a stipulated, standardized control method. …

Here are my results in general [image] Are there performance issues with Nuendo and Apple's M4 Max CPU? Nuendo We observed many interesting result. To briefly conclude what I and my friends have got these days: I have not come across any compatibility issue on M4Max (4e…

[image] We Tested A Bunch of CPUs' Performance with Varieties of Plugins in Cubase 14. Here are the results Steinberg Lounge Original Video: 【全平台音乐编曲性能横评！Mac/Intel/AMD哪家最适合Cubase？-哔哩哔哩】 We gathered a few musicians and tested many CPUs’ performance in Cubase. …