Windows 10 Workstation vs Professional

[sucko]

What is the difference? From Microsoft's site:

 

"You'll save valuable time on file transfers between server and PC with SMB Direct.2 It uses RDMA-(Remote Direct Memory capable network adapters to get full throughput from high speed networks."

 

That one doesn't sound like a home user issue.

 

But this one:

"Choose high performance configurations including server-grade Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors, with up to 4 CPUs and add memory up to a massive 6TB. That provides the power you need to run advanced workloads, with CPU cycles left free to run other apps simultaneously."

 

I remember hearing that using more than four cores needed workstation. I'm assuming I am wrong or that changed, as this Ryzen 3700x is running just fine on Professional.

 

Is there anything an enthusiast would care about in Workstation?

 

[Oshino Shinobu]

I guess native ReFS support is really the only thing I'd say is useful for general users. 

 

Unless you need the encryption or quotas supported by NTFS, you can use ReFS on all volumes other than the boot one, because there's not really any reason not to. 

[GoodBytes]

4 hours ago, sucko said:

What is the difference? From Microsoft's site:

 

"You'll save valuable time on file transfers between server and PC with SMB Direct.2 It uses RDMA-(Remote Direct Memory capable network adapters to get full throughput from high speed networks."

 

That one doesn't sound like a home user issue.

Nope. Even for many businesses. 

 

 

4 hours ago, sucko said:

But this one:

"Choose high performance configurations including server-grade Intel Xeon and AMD Opteron processors, with up to 4 CPUs and add memory up to a massive 6TB. That provides the power you need to run advanced workloads, with CPU cycles left free to run other apps simultaneously."

 

I remember hearing that using more than four cores needed workstation. I'm assuming I am wrong or that changed, as this Ryzen 3700x is running just fine on Professional.

CPUs aren't Cores. I doubt you have a computer with 4 CPUs, let alone 2 CPUs.

 

 

4 hours ago, sucko said:

 

Is there anything an enthusiast would care about in Workstation?

 

Nope. I don't think so.

[tech.guru]

workstation is designed for high performance computing.

you would need a 4U server for this to make sense and would be bare metal.

 

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/memory/memory-limits-for-windows-releases

 

windows 10 pro allows 2TB of RAM and 2 physical CPU.

perfect for 2U server bare metal. 

 

think massive computation using 4 x telsa v100 and 4 physical xeon platinum processors, with all ram banks filled for windows 10 workstation to make sense

[sucko]

looks like I confused CPUs with cores. Thanks all.