Does CPU core count matter for Blender these days? (GPU for rendering)

[jlags]

Does the CPU core count matter much for Blender in 2023/2024?

I can't find much info after 2020.
Back then people said single core performance was most important for Viewport performance and stuff.

Will use the GPU for rending obviously, and so all the CPU render benchmarks are useless.


This is also for a friend, and they're looking at maybe getting a PC with these specs for Blender work:

i9/ Ryzen 9
64-128GB RAM
RTX 3060-4060