There is a balance to find between entity culling and surface count. That balance is not universal and will depend greatly on your precise usage. Generally though, I find surface count reduction to be more important than entity culling. Ideally you'd combine both and use "zones" where all objects within that zone share a surface and a texture.
One Big Texture Vs Multiple Small Textures
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