Does AMD’s Threadripper 7000 make a good compiling workstation?

AMD’s Monstrous Threadripper 7000 CPUs Aim For Desktop PC Dominance (pcworld.com) 22

AMD’s powerhouse Threadripper chips are back for desktop PCs. … AMD announced three new Ryzen Threadripper 7000-series chips on Thursday, with up to 64 cores and 128 threads — and the option of installing a “Pro”-class Threadripper 700 WX series for a massive 96 cores and 192 threads, too.

Take a deep breath, though. The underlying message is the same as when AMD released the Threadripper 3970X back in 2019: these chips are for those who live and breathe video editing and content creation, and are optimized for such. Nevertheless, they almost certainly represent the most powerful CPU you can buy on a desktop, for whatever purpose.

Let’s say I want to recompile a lot of code (think Android, or Linux or any other large code base)… is it a good choice?

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