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AMD RYZEN 1800X or Intel i7 7700K?
Dear Community, I have a trouble with choosing a right CPU for programming in Unity 3D. Does the engine perform better on higher single or multi core score? Ryzen is better when it comes to multi core performance and i7 7700K offers better single core performance. I really appreciate your help.
"Programming in Unity" mostly involves editing code with a text editor. You can do it on a 5yr old Pentium CPU just fine.
I am sorry but I think that this reply is simply wrong. I assume you have not worked on big (for example: 3D-VR) applications yet?
Yes, "Program$$anonymous$$ in Unity" involves editing code in a text editor - but it can still take Unity a lot of time to compile and build the code in order to show changes in the inspector and so on.
Also I'm very confident that you would not want to develop a AAA+ Game in DEBUG with a "5yr old Pentium CPU".
To answer the question, I would go with the Ryzen 1800(X if you want to overclock) over the i7 as I would assume that it would make my overall experience while developing with unity (for example having several instances open or having Blender/Illustrator open while doing Unity stuff) a lot faster and smoother.
Generally the 1700 should be enough for all sorts of games/applications. Here is a reddit post that might answer your question as well https://www.reddit.com/r/Unity3D/comments/5uc34w/i7_7700k_vs_ryzen_1800x_for_game_development_what/
You're correct - I don't make VR applications. I do make a living from making games for PC and mobile, however, which I've been doing for over 20 years. $$anonymous$$y answer was somewhat flippant but it served a point - that writing and compiling code is a trivial operation for any modern computer, and there are far more important factors to consider affecting your program$$anonymous$$g productivity (RA$$anonymous$$ and monitor real estate, to name two) than the choice between the two processors named.
Great! The second aspect of your response is perfect and I guess exactly what would have helped OP in the beginning!
I am no professional at how exactly Unity works. However, I purchased the 1800X and Asus x370 Prime-Pro after my desktop computer started lagging on Unity. Expecially on editing objects. I can say, since I installed the 1800X, it has not lagged at all. It loads projects really fast, including all the assets. It's around twice as fast in everything inside Unity 3D compared to the i7 7500U CPU I was using in my laptop.
2x speed up you say? That's interesting given that single core perfs are barely higher on Ryzen. That would mean Unity editor is multithreaded more than I saw on the windows perf monitor, a more logical explanation is that the 2X comes from the faster SSD you put in the new system.
VERY VERY INTERESSANT! no one makes benchmarks about it .. sad. compile time is I$$anonymous$$PORTANT for me.
