Cycles not using both NUMA Nodes on Dual Xeon Setup #61535

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opened 2019-02-14 13:13:22 +01:00 by Andrea Müller · 9 comments

System Information
Operating system: Windows 7 pro 64bit
CPU: 2*Intel Xeon e5-2696v3

Blender Version
Broken: 2.80.xx
Worked: 2.79

Short description of error
When i render, Cycles wont use both NUMA Nodes (or CPU Groups) but only one. Even if i change from "Auto detect" to "Fixed" and fill in "72" inside the Performance-Tab, it spawns 72 Buckets but will actually use only 36 CPU Threads. While the auto detect option also didnt work in 2.79, the "fixed" parameter worked and used all 72 Threads for rendering.

Since this occurs only on this machine and not my second one (only 48 threads), my guess is that this is an issue with Windows CPU Grouping that will split everything that exceeds 64 Threads into Groups. If a software is not aware of this, they can only use one NUMA Node (or cpu Group). In my case that would be exactly 36 Threads.

**System Information** Operating system: Windows 7 pro 64bit CPU: 2*Intel Xeon e5-2696v3 **Blender Version** Broken: 2.80.xx Worked: 2.79 **Short description of error** When i render, Cycles wont use both NUMA Nodes (or CPU Groups) but only one. Even if i change from "Auto detect" to "Fixed" and fill in "72" inside the Performance-Tab, it spawns 72 Buckets but will actually use only 36 CPU Threads. While the auto detect option also didnt work in 2.79, the "fixed" parameter worked and used all 72 Threads for rendering. Since this occurs only on this machine and not my second one (only 48 threads), my guess is that this is an issue with Windows CPU Grouping that will split everything that exceeds 64 Threads into Groups. If a software is not aware of this, they can only use one NUMA Node (or cpu Group). In my case that would be exactly 36 Threads.
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Added subscriber: @Archimondro

Added subscriber: @Archimondro

#66549 was marked as duplicate of this issue

#66549 was marked as duplicate of this issue

Added subscriber: @brecht

Added subscriber: @brecht

Which exact 2.79 and 2.80 version are you testing (date from the splash screen)?

Which exact 2.79 and 2.80 version are you testing (date from the splash screen)?
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Sorry,
Dosent work with: 2.80.44 (2019-02-07)

Works with : 2.79.6 (2018-11-09)

Sorry, Dosent work with: 2.80.44 (2019-02-07) Works with : 2.79.6 (2018-11-09)

Added subscriber: @bazuka

Added subscriber: @bazuka

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'

Changed status from 'Open' to: 'Resolved'
Brecht Van Lommel self-assigned this 2019-11-06 20:49:44 +01:00

Should be fixed by 8f1a558.

Should be fixed by 8f1a558.
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Can confirm that it is working again on my dual e5-2696v3 machine. Autodetect will (as before) only show one node (36 threads in my case) but if i put in 72 manually, it uses all cores/threads. Thanks for fixing!

Can confirm that it is working again on my dual e5-2696v3 machine. Autodetect will (as before) only show one node (36 threads in my case) but if i put in 72 manually, it uses all cores/threads. Thanks for fixing!
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