[KingOfCoders]

(Not a gamer)

For me as a developer Geekbench Clang benchmarks:

    M2 Ultra   233.9 Klines/sec
    7950x      230.3 Klines/sec  
    14900K     215.3 Klines/sec  
    M3 Max     196.5 Klines/sec

[mmaniac]

Even including M2 Ultra in that comparison is a bit unfair. That's a HEDT workstation CPU. The competition for this is a Threadripper.

[KingOfCoders]

If you include a Threadripper:

      376.6 Klines/sec Threadripper 7970X (32 cores)

[daemin]

Wouldn't you want to go all the way with a 7990X (64 cores) ?

I know the 7970X is more affordable but this is for a benchmark!

[KingOfCoders]

I do think the compilation benchmark breaks down, as seen with the 96-core CPU:

    406.2 Klines/sec 7995WX

3x the cores but only slightly faster (8%).

Also 32-core threadripper machines seem to be in the price range of M2 Ultra machines.

[Edit] I found a 491.5 klines/sec result for the 7985WX

[andy_ppp]

M4 Ultra is going to be interesting, it could be approaching 300?