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Message 149504 - Posted: 17 Mar 2021 | 13:04:35 UTC
Last modified: 17 Mar 2021 | 13:05:25 UTC

Hi.
Currently BOINC is allowed to use 6 out of 16 threads on my Ryzen 7 5800X, which means i run SOB with 6 cores. I also run a GPU task and it also needs a cpu thread?

The question is, should i let BOINC use 7 out of 16 threads so the GPU can get a core as well for better performance? Or does the GPU app do this automatically?

The thing i want to avoid is the GPU app sharing 1 of the 6 threads with SOB slowing it down.

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Message 149508 - Posted: 17 Mar 2021 | 14:10:52 UTC - in response to Message 149504.

Hi.
Currently BOINC is allowed to use 6 out of 16 threads on my Ryzen 7 5800X, which means i run SOB with 6 cores. I also run a GPU task and it also needs a cpu thread?

The question is, should i let BOINC use 7 out of 16 threads so the GPU can get a core as well for better performance? Or does the GPU app do this automatically?

The thing i want to avoid is the GPU app sharing 1 of the 6 threads with SOB slowing it down.

GPU core sharing is hardly a problem, especially since you have an SMT capable CPU. Use all 8 cores for SoB, it will hardly make a difference for the GPU, but will surely help on the SoB end.

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Message 149509 - Posted: 17 Mar 2021 | 14:14:26 UTC

If I understandard you question correctly...
BOINC doesn't care about CPU core affinities, nor does PG (or other) application.
You can set how many cores each application uses but not which ones.

The way to go about this are Process Lasso and the like, where you can set what cores, how many for each apps.
It is good if you have dual-CPU system to make sure that one app doesn't bounce between those CPUs and slowing down.

This is an OS issue, not app settings.
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Message 149511 - Posted: 17 Mar 2021 | 17:07:08 UTC

Thank you for the answers. Just wanted to make sure!

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