CPU Core utilization

[Anonymous]

Does Autodesk inventor 2019 utilize mutli-core processors.  I noticed the requirements have changed from the 2018 product to the 2019 product recommending more than 4 cores.  Would it still be advantageous to buy higher clock speed over cores when specing out the equipment?  Is there a recommended processor that comes to mind when building a new employee workstation?

[philip1009]

Yes, a higher clock speed is still preferable over core count, I don't recommend more than 8 cores unless you need more for running other software at the same time.  Pretty much only a few processes actually fully utilize multiple cores, i.e. Ray Tracing, if you plan on using Inventor for rendering 3D images, then going for more cores will help with that.

[DarrenP]

here is the list of what features of inventor uses multi-core processors

https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/inventor-products/troubleshooting/caas/sfdcarticles/sfdcartic...

like what was said above you will want to look at clock speeds & not core count unless you plan on rendering alot

any processor will work if the clock speed is good enough

[Frederick_Law]

Drawing views use multi-threads to update.

[johnsonshiue]

Hi! Inventor has been partially multi-cored and multi-threaded in some operations (see the link in above reply). Having more cores and RAM can help boost graphics performance in general.

Many thanks!