Blender 2.82 vs. 2.81 Benchmark Comparison AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core testing with a ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0702 BIOS) and AMD Radeon VII 16GB on Ubuntu 20.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Xeon Platinum 8280 2P: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon Platinum 8280 @ 4.00GHz (56 Cores / 112 Threads), Motherboard: GIGABYTE MD61-SC2-00 v01000100 (T15 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 378GB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPED1D280GA, Graphics: llvmpipe 377GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Intel X722 for 1GbE + 2 x QLogic FastLinQ QL41000 10/25/40/50GbE OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.5.0-050500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 19.2.4 (LLVM 9.0 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200123, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 EPYC 7742 2P: Processor: 2 x AMD EPYC 7742 64-Core @ 2.25GHz (128 Cores / 256 Threads), Motherboard: AMD DAYTONA_X (RDY1001C BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 504GB, Disk: 280GB INTEL SSDPE21D280GA + 256GB Micron_1100_MTFD, Graphics: llvmpipe 504GB, Monitor: VE228, Network: 2 x Mellanox MT27710 OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.5.0-050500-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.7, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 20.1.0-devel (git-35961b1 2020-02-08 eoan-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 9.0.1 128 bits), Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008 + LLVM 9.0.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Ryzen 9 3950X: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16-Core @ 3.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (1201 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 2000GB Force MP600, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700, Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-12-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.6, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200123, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Threadripper 3970X: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X 32-Core @ 3.70GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH II EXTREME (0702 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 64GB, Disk: 1000GB Force MP600, Graphics: AMD Radeon VII 16GB (1801/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Vega 20 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Aquantia AQC107 NBase-T/IEEE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-14-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.7, Display Driver: amdgpu 19.1.0, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20200203, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Blender 2.81 Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 38.40 |====================== EPYC 7742 2P .......... 26.95 |================ Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 82.88 |================================================ Threadripper 3970X .... 46.11 |=========================== Blender 2.81 Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 100.36 |===================== EPYC 7742 2P .......... 47.32 |========== Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 222.32 |=============================================== Threadripper 3970X .... 117.33 |========================= Blender 2.81 Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 64.72 |========================= EPYC 7742 2P .......... 44.17 |================= Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 120.71 |=============================================== Threadripper 3970X .... 68.63 |=========================== Blender 2.81 Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 155.30 |====================== EPYC 7742 2P .......... 95.26 |============= Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 333.97 |=============================================== Threadripper 3970X .... 187.04 |========================== Blender 2.81 Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 128.06 |====================== EPYC 7742 2P .......... 74.98 |============= Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 279.10 |=============================================== Threadripper 3970X .... 151.93 |========================== Blender 2.82 Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 38.83 |====================== EPYC 7742 2P .......... 27.06 |=============== Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 83.95 |================================================ Threadripper 3970X .... 46.83 |=========================== Blender 2.82 Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 100.45 |===================== EPYC 7742 2P .......... 47.62 |========== Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 223.60 |=============================================== Threadripper 3970X .... 117.71 |========================= Blender 2.82 Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 66.71 |========================== EPYC 7742 2P .......... 45.78 |================== Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 121.88 |=============================================== Threadripper 3970X .... 69.89 |=========================== Blender 2.82 Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 186.93 |========================== EPYC 7742 2P .......... 145.56 |==================== Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 338.03 |=============================================== Threadripper 3970X .... 192.45 |=========================== Blender 2.82 Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Xeon Platinum 8280 2P . 128.66 |====================== EPYC 7742 2P .......... 75.00 |============= Ryzen 9 3950X ......... 279.45 |=============================================== Threadripper 3970X .... 151.46 |=========================