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JonathanLA
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4 years ago
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12th Gen Intel vs Xeon for PowerBI App

I'm going to be gettng some quotes from our HP enterprise rep soon about a new computer and was wondering if there were any benefits to going with a 12th gen Intel and if so, how many power and effec...
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    lbendlin
    4 years ago

    Lots of cores, lots of memory - those are always good.  Note that Power BI Desktop is pretty bad at asking for more memory - you need to help it in the settings. 

     

    Either processor will be fine. Assuming they are running at more than 3GHz. Again, higher is better.

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4 years ago

Lots of cores, lots of memory - those are always good.  Note that Power BI Desktop is pretty bad at asking for more memory - you need to help it in the settings. 

 

Either processor will be fine. Assuming they are running at more than 3GHz. Again, higher is better.

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JonathanLA
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4 years ago

Thanks lbendlin 

Which cores are more important for powerBI? P or E?

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    lbendlin
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    4 years ago

    That depends on your setup.  P SKUs are for Premium environments (inside a company), E SKUs are for Embedded environments that are mostly used by ISVs etc. and targeted at users outside the company.