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Q&A Intel Embree

Q8. Can Embree run on an AMD processor? Embree should run on any CPU that fully supports any of the following instruction sets: SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2 or AVX

List of CPU's that support the minimal SSSE3 instruction set necessary to run Embree:

AMD

Athlon 64 (since Venice Stepping E3 and San Diego Stepping E4) Athlon 64 X2 Athlon 64 FX (since San Diego Stepping E4) Opteron (since Stepping E4) Sempron (since Palermo. Stepping E3) Phenom Phenom II Athlon II Turion 64 Turion 64 X2 Turion X2 Turion X2 Ultra Turion II X2 Mobile Turion II X2 Ultra APU FX Series

Intel:

Celeron D Celeron (starting with Core microarchitecture) Pentium 4 (since Prescott) Pentium D Pentium Extreme Edition (but NOT Pentium 4 Extreme Edition) Pentium Dual-Core Pentium (starting with Core microarchitecture) Core Xeon (since Nocona) Atom

Some reading regarding Embree:

Embree in C4D R15 

Embree in Simlab Composer 2014

Simlab Composer 2014

Please read carefully the links above, then we will continue the discussion further.

Please note that I am not giving into passionate and cheap fanboyism. I am making a level-headed engineering case for Embree versus Octane/Lux, based on price, performance, survival ability in the future, support by a reputable company, and all the factors that an engineering team take into consideration when making a decision for one technology versus another.