Shmya-2 Cluster upgrade

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Shmya-2 Send message Joined: 18 May 20 Posts: 2 Credit: 65,191,219 RAC: 117,768	Message 4054 - Posted: 3 Nov 2025, 17:52:13 UTC Last modified: 3 Nov 2025, 18:05:05 UTC I am going to upgrade team's cluster in next two months. I choose between add more CPU miniPC machines (i5-10400 or ryzen 5 3600) and multi 8x GPU (CH70X GTX 3070ti mining card). Question: CPU or GPU will be better for Number Fields? ID: 4054 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote

Eric Driver Project administrator Project developer Project tester Project scientist Send message Joined: 8 Jul 11 Posts: 1434 Credit: 806,984,829 RAC: 873,374	Message 4055 - Posted: 3 Nov 2025, 18:23:10 UTC - in response to Message 4054. I am going to upgrade team's cluster in next two months. I choose between add more CPU miniPC machines (i5-10400 or ryzen 5 3600) and multi 8x GPU (CH70X GTX 3070ti mining card). Question: CPU or GPU will be better for Number Fields? NumberFields does well with both. I find my GPUs crunch more tasks per hour than the multi-core CPUs, but the GPU app is considered less efficient when compared to other projects. ID: 4055 · Rating: 0 · rate: / Reply Quote