I'm building a (cheap) deep learning / data analysis workstation. Staying within my budget limits, I've found the option I mentioned in the thread headline. I can buy them for the same price, more or less. They are from the same generation (Skylake), and I expect them to draw the same amount of power.
The 5120T should be much better, but let's see what passmark says:
1. They have the same CPUmark, despite the 5120T having almost twice the number of cores (14 vs. 8).
2. Importantly, the single core score for the 2140B is 2500 vs. 1800 for the 5120T, wich is *a lot*.
Should I trust these numbers?
Additional question about the mobos:
the 2140B would go upon a Supermicro X11SRA, a board that is very well tested and reviewed, while for the 5120T I'd go for the Gigabyte MU71-SU0. It is the only xeon scalable board that is ATX (not CEB/EEB) and with a sufficient number of 16X slots (I need at least three of them). But I know nothing about this board, and was unable to find a review.
Thanks.
The 5120T should be much better, but let's see what passmark says:
1. They have the same CPUmark, despite the 5120T having almost twice the number of cores (14 vs. 8).
2. Importantly, the single core score for the 2140B is 2500 vs. 1800 for the 5120T, wich is *a lot*.
Should I trust these numbers?
Additional question about the mobos:
the 2140B would go upon a Supermicro X11SRA, a board that is very well tested and reviewed, while for the 5120T I'd go for the Gigabyte MU71-SU0. It is the only xeon scalable board that is ATX (not CEB/EEB) and with a sufficient number of 16X slots (I need at least three of them). But I know nothing about this board, and was unable to find a review.
Thanks.