CPU choice

What is a good way of measuring cpu performance for minecraft servers?
I'm in the middle of buying a homelab server. On it I'll be hosting most likely max 2 servers
First one for big modpacks - max 5 players
Second one vanilla with some plugins (dynmap for example) - also max 5 players

What I'm interested in is having a cpu that will pretty efficiently generate chunks without stutters.
I will be most likely doing also some pregeneration, but still I want to be able to fly my elytra and see where I am lol.
I'll use the server for plex as well, so I'm looking right now what would be a starting point for a cpu for minecraft, and work myself up from there.

CPU recommendations would be great!
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