best cpu for data analysis

[Nikhil Vidhani]

Hi Guys,

 

I need to shop for a Desktop PC CPU. My main purpose is to run MATLAB, Python and R for financial data analysis. My data sets maybe large.

 

I want to buy a CPU within reasonable price. Intel i5 and i7 looks very costly as compared to similar AMD processors.

 

Can you pls suggest ?

 

Thanks

Nikhil

[Enderman]

thats because i5s and i7s are better than "similar AMD processors"

 

you should give a budget if you want realistic suggestions

otherwise go buy a 6950X

its very cheap, only $1750

[pyrojoe34]

Look for high single core performance. R only uses a single thread (unless you integrate parallel processing scripts which only work for certain things and may require a lot of work to integrate). Python can use multi-threading, but again, you have to code it in, it won't do it on it's own. I'm not familiar with MATLAB so I'm not sure if it can multi-thread well.

 

Having said that, definitely go Intel (way faster single core than AMD), then either an i5 or i7, i5 should be just fine since you probably won't need hyperthreading.

 

Like the other guy said, we need a better idea of your budget to know for sure what would be best for you.