Ryzen 9 or Threadripper no questions! (Obviously, if all you do is 3D creation and seeking to make a living out of it) - Ryzen 9 has more cores and higher CPU frequency/clock speeds, and better single-core performance. (especially go with the Ryzen 5000 series) - And threadripper is even better when it comes to Its core…
I have a 5950x in one system and a 10900k in another. Unless I am building code, running some sort of SIM or a shader build I do not use all the cores on either. If you mainly do normal game art on standard tools, save some money and put it towards the GPU which is where you'll see most benefit. If you use cpu based…