I’m looking at some old Intel and Pentium CPUs that are in a NUC. Are cores and max clock speed the only things that matter? Would a Pentium be good enough to run Immich? I have a i7-4790, and the NUCs I’m looking at range from a Pentium J5005 to a i3-1115G4. I do run Docker, does that affect anything?
CPUbenchmark.net is the best way to compare 2 CPUs.
Directly comparing cores and speed is only useful across the same architecture, comparing brands and different generations should only be done via benchmarks.
I can’t provide any feedback about if those CPUs are enough for immich as I do not use it.
Don’t forget to compare a consumption too, or perhaps “performance per watt” metric. If plan to run this CPU in a server, this makes a difference in the electricity bill - especially for always on server.
Docker doesn’t make a difference. Containers run natively and with no emulation.
I think more important is compute per watt and idle power consumption than raw max compute power.
Buy a used tiny/mini/micro from eBay. Best bang for buck and good efficiency. I got a Dell with a 9500T for $110.
