AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO Processors for Architects

3D modeling and design tasks are lightly threaded, meaning that they typically make use of just a few cores. A processor with a higher frequency can have a significant impact on performance and productivity if this is the primary task in your workflow. Another consideration is the amount of memory your workstation can address when dealing with large datasets.

If you wish to accommodate secondary multi-threaded tasks in your workflow, like rendering or reality capture, find the best balance of high core count and high clock speed.

Many architects and engineers rely on CPU based rendering engines to generate ultra-photorealistic renderings in order to win project bids and convey design intent to potential clients. If your primary workflow task involves frequent CPU rendering, you should procure a workstation with the most CPU cores that your budget allows.

If you wish to accommodate lightly threaded tasks in your workflow, like 3D modeling and design, you’ll want the best balance of high core count and high clock speed.

Laser scanners are an excellent tool to capture the existing condition of a building or site which can be used as a starting point for a BIM project. Manipulating and registering billions of data points across dozens of scans is a computationally intensive multithreaded process that can be accelerated on workstations with many CPU cores.

If you wish to accommodate single-threaded tasks in your workflow, like 3D modeling and design, you’ll want the best balance of high core count and high clock speed.

Virtual reality is very similar to high-end video games in terms of the CPU requirements for a seamless experience. Higher single threaded CPU performance and IPC can contribute to higher VR frame rates. AMD Ryzen  Threadripper PRO 5000-WX Series processors offer boost frequencies up to 4.5GHz across the entire stack.¹

If you need to accommodate additional multithreaded CPU tasks in your workflow like rendering, consider a model with more cores.