AMD RYZEN 2950 Speed issue

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viditchess
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Re: AMD RYZEN 2950 Speed issue

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Re: AMD RYZEN 2950 Speed issue

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Michael Sherwin wrote: Fri Mar 01, 2019 5:29 pm Magic bitboard engines are going to run the slowest on the 2950x. That is why Crafty gains virtually nothing from the 2nd 16 cores. SF is not magic and does better than Crafty.
Stockfish does use some form of magic bitboards, although the tables may be smaller than those used in Crafty.