Steer on Processors for DXO Deep Prime

[MarkLavender383]

Hi there,

I would appreciate recs on which CPU is best for editing pics in DXO Photolab. My current PC struggles to batch process DXO denoising software ( Intel I5 CPU circa 2016). I plan to have a new PC built to order. I do not do gaming or video editing.
Thanks,
Mark L.

 

[TonyCarter]

I believe the general filters/effect of Photolab rely on the CPU and DeepPrime AI stuff leverages the GPU more, so depending on the level of performance you're after and which is your priority, you could get away with anything from a (£1500) Ryzen 7 7700X and RTX3060Ti, to a (£2500) Ryzen 7 9700X and RTX5070ti / RX9070XT, all the way up to a (£4500) R9 9950X and RTX5090 & 192GB of RAM if your photography is your business and your workload requires it.

Choice really comes down to budget...and the higher end GPUs can really take a chunk out of it.

I don't believe anyone on here would recommend any of the 13-15th gen Intel CPUs due to their inherent design issues/failure.

FYI, here's a chart of GPU performance in PhotoLab...

 

[TonyCarter]

The alternative of course is a Mac Studio M4 Max as the neural engine cores accelerate the AI part of DeepPrime instead of using a discrete GPU (but that's only an option if your current workflow is platform independent)

 

[MarkLavender383]

Thanks Tony. Looks like the AMD 7600 X gives better value than the 7700 X. I am a microsoft user and an amateur photographer, so massive workflow/file size is not an issue. I am looking to move over from Lightroom to improve image quality. Capture one is the Fuji specialist software, but I have trialled both and prefer DXO.

As a novice with PC design, your insight is illuminating to me and much apprecjated.

Mark L.

 

[TonyCarter]

Yes, the 7600X is cheaper, but also loses 2 cores to the 7700X (6 vs 8).

Also, the 9000 series CPUs of the same tier offer about 10% extra performance per cycle, so a 9600X will be about the same single core performance as the older generation 7700X.

For example, using Photoshop/Lightroom as there are no consistent DXO benchmarks, this is the difference between the generations…

AMD Ryzen 9000 Content Creation Review

Introduction Following some launch delays, AMD has now released their entire AMD Ryzen 9000 Series of processors. These CPUs are based on AMD’s new Zen 5

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Even where Intel CPUs seem better, their reliability & power consumption rules them out of recommendations.