Resolve Studio Using only One of my 2 Xeon CPUs

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Mark Weiss

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Resolve Studio Using only One of my 2 Xeon CPUs

PostThu May 22, 2025 4:13 am

I've been constantly curious why my CPU utilization is so low when doing all sorts of intensive tasks in Resolve.

In this example, I'm playing a DCI 4K XAVC clip with Depth Map and camera blur effects, as well as a grade. The GPU is about 56% but half of my CPU cores are idle.

Does Resolve have a limit on the number of cores it will utilize? Or how can I tell Resolve I have dual CPUs?


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Task Manager during 4K playback
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PRIMARY WORKSTATION: Dual Xeon E5-2667 vs, 128GB RAM, RTX3090Ti, Speed Editor, HP LP3065, LG 31MU97-B
SECONDARY WORKSTATION: i7-9700K, 64GB RAM, RTX3090, Speed Editor, HP LP3065

PROJECTION: Sony VPL-VW675ES
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Re: Resolve Studio Using only One of my 2 Xeon CPUs

PostThu May 22, 2025 5:08 pm

The thing I can't understand is when video playback stalls, the CPU and GPU utilization dip. I would expect them to max out, as in overload being the reason for the stutter/stalling. But it's the opposite.


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PRIMARY WORKSTATION: Dual Xeon E5-2667 vs, 128GB RAM, RTX3090Ti, Speed Editor, HP LP3065, LG 31MU97-B
SECONDARY WORKSTATION: i7-9700K, 64GB RAM, RTX3090, Speed Editor, HP LP3065

PROJECTION: Sony VPL-VW675ES

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