Server vs Computer

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LucianGVx
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Server vs Computer

Post by LucianGVx »

au) 2xEPYC 7742 225 MN/s $12.5k
bu) Ryzen 9 5950X 50 MN/s $750

Is possible 10xRyzen 500 MN/s $7.5 K ?
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Re: Server vs Computer

Post by smatovic »

Depends on the use case, what do you use chess engines for?

Consider:
https://talkchess.com/forum3/viewtopic. ... 16#p926316

In case of chess engine programming, 10xRyzen could be useful for engine-engine game generation to train NNUE neural networks and SPRT-testing.

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Re: Server vs Computer

Post by LucianGVx »

I want to use it for analysis and get the better Nodes/second performance at low cost... if i buy 10 PC gamer in the day i can Rent and in the night use it for chess in a cluster. I don't understand why to Buy emyc but maybe is because use less energy.
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Re: Server vs Computer

Post by smatovic »

AFAIK there is a Stockfish MPI cluster version, take a look at Ipman benches:

http://ipmanchess.yolasite.com/amd--int ... ckfish.php

by numbers (NPS) this should work, if 10xRyzen can compete with 2xEpyc in chess analysis - idk, the chess engine has to distribute the work across network to 10 clients, latency, comunication overhead, idk how efficient this can be done.

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