AMD Ryzen Threadripper Update

 

According to recent reports AMD's upcoming CPU series "Threadripper"  is going to have up to 16 cores, 32 threads, turbo clock up to 4GHZ and start at $799. 

Isn't competition wonderful?

These are some damn impressive numbers if they turn out to be true, not only do they go toe to toe with Intel's latest i9 series in specs, but they are a hell of a lot better value. If the performance lives up to this hype, then these no doubt will be the CPU choice for creators, and the better choice for value when it comes to servers.

Here are some tables from anandtech.com. highlighting what we know about the current releases and what we suspect about the upcoming ones.

 

AMD Ryzen CPUs
  Threadripper
1950X		 Threadripper
1920X		 Ryzen 7
1800X
Socket TR4 (LGA)
4094-pin		 AM4 (PGA)
1331-pin
Cores/Threads 16 / 32 12 / 24 8 / 16
Base Frequency 3.4 GHz 3.5 GHz 3.6 GHz
Turbo Frequency 4.0 GHz 4.0 GHz 4.0 GHz
XFR ? (+100?) ? (+100?) +100 MHz
L3 Cache 32 MB 32 MB ? 16 MB
TDP 180W* 180W* 95 W
PCIe 3.0 Lanes 60 + 4 60 + 4 16 + 4 + 4
DRAM Frequency 1DPC ? ? DDR4-2666
2DPC ? ? DDR4-2400
Chipset Support X399 X399 X370
B350
A320
Price (List) $999 $799 $499
Price (Retail) TBD TBD $419
Comparison: Threadripper 1950X vs Core i9-7980XE / Gold 6150
AMD
Threadripper 1950X		 Features Intel
Core i9-7980XE		 Intel
Xeon Gold 6150
16 / 32 Cores/Threads 18 / 36 18 / 36
3.4 / 4.0 GHz Base/Turbo ? 2.7 / 3.7 GHz
60 PCIe 3.0 Lanes 44 44
512 KB/core L2 Cache 1 MB/core 1 MB/core
32 MB L3 Cache 24.75 MB 24.75 MB
180W* TDP ? (165W?) 165W
$999 Price (List) $1999 $3358
Comparison: Threadripper 1920X vs Core i7-7820X / i9-7900X
AMD
Threadripper 1920X		 Features Intel
Core i7-7820X		 Intel
Core i9-7900X
12 / 24 Cores/Threads 8 / 16 10 / 20
3.5 / 4.0 GHz Base/Turbo 3.6 / 4.5 GHz 3.3 / 4.5 GHz
60 PCIe 3.0 Lanes 28 44
512 KB/core L2 Cache 1 MB/core 1 MB/core
32 MB ? L3 Cache 8.25 MB 11 MB
180W TDP 140W 140W
$799 Price (List) $599 $999

 

 

Further reading and sources: videocardz.com,  anandtech.com.

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