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Intel i5-12500 vs i5-13500 Unraid (self.unraid)

submitted 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago) by gazoinksboe to c/[email protected]

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Kind of a dumb question but I’m genuinely curious: is this a worthwhile upgrade? I run a server with a single vm and a few dozen docker containers. I’m intrigued by performance and efficiency cores and whether there would be a noticeable effect on both energy efficiency and performance vs the 12th gen. I’ve looked at the cpu benchmark comparison and see the numbers and there looks like a big increase in performance with little downside other than the cost of doing it. Any input is appreciated.

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago (2 children)

How performant are the efficiency cores and does Linux/docker make good use of them? I'm skeptical of the new variant of performance/efficiency core make up. 24 cores is great, but aren't most of them the equivalent to an intel Atom?

[–] gazoinksboe 3 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Good point. Most of the info I see related to unraid and 13th gen is “it works fine” but would love more details. I am also very curious about unraid being able to make use of p vs e cores. Thanks for the input!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I went from an i5-7600K to an i5-13600K and the performance improvement has been worth every penny. Obviously a bit of a different upgrade than what you asked so it's hard for me to say if it's worth it in your case.

That being said the significant upgrade in core count has helped a ton, I usually have around 30 docker containers running and haven't had any performance issues, previously my whole server would lock up when any docker ran an intensive process unless I pinned cores for unraid itself. Ive also seen a huge improvement with transcoding due to the improved iGPU but I think that was the same one in the 12th gen so you probably wouldn't see value there.

[–] gazoinksboe 3 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

I appreciate the info! My 12500 has been great to be honest but 13th gen just seems like such a performance jump with the same power draw. The Intel UHD 770 is a beast of an iGPU. I’ve had it for a couple years now and I am still blown away by the efficiency and quality compared to the P1000 that I had before.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Bah! I totally forgot that they have the new "efficiency" cores...

Performance Cores: 6 Cores, 12 Threads, 2.5 GHz Base, 4.8 GHz Turbo
Efficient Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads, 1.8 GHz Base, 3.5 GHz Turbo

Hmmm, I'd still say its totally worth it because the 12500 only has 6 core (12 threads) total. You are getting 8 extra core/threads.

Linux/docker/anyOS will make use of 8 extra cores regardless of the workload. Sure they might not be as performent on the lower end but a process running 12 threads vs a process running 20 threads will always be more performant.

[–] gazoinksboe 1 points 9 months ago

The extra cores do sound sweet huh? I’m gonna set up a price watch. Will report back if I do it.