# Hardware Question **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussions\ **Created:** [April 25, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-question/143298 "2016-04-25T16:02:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![alexboorman](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/alexboorman/32/10440_2.png) [@alexboorman](https://forums.plex.tv/u/alexboorman)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-question/143298/1 "2016-04-25T16:02:53Z")
Hi I wasn’t able to locate a hardware specific thread so I’m guessing this is the best place to ask. I read the FAQ for hardware but this question isn’t directly answered – Does Plex benefit from multithreading? Will i get better performance out of a 6-core Xeon or a CPU with faster single thread performance? ---
**Author:** ![OttoKerner](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/plex/user_avatar/forums.plex.tv/ottokerner/32/10079_2.png) [@OttoKerner](https://forums.plex.tv/u/OttoKerner)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2016, 8:51pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-question/143298/2 "2016-04-25T20:51:14Z")
If you have the choice between two cpus which have [comparable passmarks](http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html "comparable passmarks"), but one of them has a better single-thread performance, then pick this one. Some algorithms in the Plex Transcoder are better ‘multi-threaded’ than others so it again depends on the type of video files being processed whether multiple cores are efficiently used. ---
**Author:** ![system](https://global.discourse-cdn.com/plex/original/3X/2/a/2acb9765406f63293d357b4ec509ec39aa28f2ad.png) [@system](https://forums.plex.tv/u/system)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 9:20pm UTC](https://forums.plex.tv/t/hardware-question/143298/3 "2020-01-07T21:20:52Z")