AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X & 7980X, Benchmarks, Power & Cooling

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00:00 - Welcome to Hardware Unboxed
00:28 - Ad Spot
01:18 - Introducing Threadripper 7000
02:20 - Threadripper 7000 Pro Specs
04:29 - Memory Specifications
05:02 - 7970x + 7980x Specs
06:22 - Test System Specs
07:03 - Cinebench 2024 [Multi Core]
07:53 - Cinebench 2024 [Single-Core]
08:23 - Blender Open Data
08:44 - 7-Zip File Manager [Compression]
09:07 - 7-Zip File Manager [Decompression}
09:25 - Adobe After Effects 2023
09:48 - Adobe Photoshop 2024
10:09 - Adobe Premiere Pro 2023
10:25 - Browser Benchmark
10:40 - Baldur’s Gate 3
11:23 - Cyberpunk 2077 Phantom Liberty
12:22 - Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
12:54 - Assassin’s Creed: Mirage
13:22 - Watch Dogs: Legion
13:52 - Hitman 3
14:34 - Operating Temperatures [7970X]
15:00 - Operating Temperatures [7980X]
15:17 - Overclocking [PBO]
15:50 - Our Threadripper experience to date
22:13 - Future Concerns for Threadripper
24:00 - Final Thoughts

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X & 7980X Review

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[DrearierSpider]

As a mere PC gamer, Threadripper is way beyond anything need or even can afford. That said I love seeing how insane CPU's can get, and there's something to be said for massively expanded IO connectivity.

[Mateus]

7:45 crazy to compare the 7980x power consumption vs the 14900k

[OnlyAnOpinion]

That 7970x was definitely the star here in my opinion, so close to the previous 64core flagship with half the cores, some might even say it’s good value 👀

[Sesami]

Surprising how the 7980X without PBO enabled use roughly the same amount of power as a 14900K given the amount of cores it has, sure it's not efficient as a gaming CPU but it was never made to be one anyway, but sure is efficient with the amount of cores it packed.

[OzTalksHW]

that's insane that y'all got a motherboard that was never released because of low demand 😭

[mitchhezel]

Congrats on the million subs Steve, Tim, and the rest of the folks at HUB. A year ago I hardly knew anything about computers. I was overwhelmed with all the information out there while researching my first build, but luckily stumbled upon this gemstone of a channel. One video turned into 2, into a dozen, and soon I was watching videos purely for the entertainment and education.

Fast forward to today I am obsessed with all things computer tech and have been loving every moment of it, and it's all thanks to you guys, your wisdom, and the passion you share with the community.

Here's to the next million. Thanks for all you guys do ❤. Don't change a thing.

[GewelReal]

Can't wait for them to become affordable in 10 years

[pdamasco]

Great content again! Very glad you shared your experience with the 5995WX and the MSI board that wasn't put into mass production. It's important information to have. Even as a system administrator, these parts are outside of my needs but they are super impressive for those that need this type of multi-threaded performance.

[Noobsaucer]

I really like that you started highlighting the part you're talking about in a table by blurring out the rest. Makes it easier to focus and find the part :)

[earllemongrab]

The "Our Threadripper experience to date" part of the video was really insightful and enjoyable to listen to. The fact that "niche" but extremely expensive products have worse support than the mainstream commercial offerings. Makes sense but at the same time it's somewhat shocking to hear.

[cLickphotographySEA]

Good To know that I wasn't the only one to experience 5000 series problems!

[terencea.]

Congrats on hitting gold! You've been so great for so long at delivering the absolute best graphs on YT! 1M is way too low for the quality of content you guys put out! Well deserved!

[anthonytech]

Damn... Steve I just have to say I've watched HUB for YEARS, I can remember the old HUB spinning intro like it was yesterday. I remember watching 7th gen Intel reviews (I think that's about when I found the HUB channel) and man you do a bang up job

[wawaweewa]

You should do a engineering based simulation benchmark, theres these cool channels that test projectiles hittting armor and seeing how it reacts, very intensive calcualtion stuff

[Jaco_Schutte]

Never in the history of mankind have so many W's, 9's, 5's, and X's been spoken in so little time by so few reviewers. Heroic effort.

[GeorgePerakis]

Your experience with Threadripper 5000 is definitely interesting to hear about. It definitely goes to highlight why I'm glad AMD seems to have changed its approach now with the 7000 series. The Pro and Enthusiast class Threadrippers can now share a platform, and they start at an actually somewhat reasonable pricepoint, closer to the way Threadripper 1000 and 2000 worked, and I really think those early hits were AMD's best effort, they were simply groundbreaking for their time. The broader the audience, the more the support, fewer problems in the long run. And these chips and boards hold their value pretty darn well in the used market.
I like the pricing for the 32 core, 2500 is not bad for a chip like that, but it does have to be stated it's 500 more expensive than its 2990WX ancestor, with fewer PCI-E lanes. Inflation, I suppose, but I do feel like it would be much more appealing at 2 grand rather than 2.5.
That 24 core, though, sheesh, with only 24 cores you're still basically competing with the 7950X in multicore performance, and that chip is only 600 dollars, without a bundle or a black friday sale. 1500 dollars for the entry level is rough. Entry level for HEDT threadripper used to be a measly 500 dollars. I really think AMD needs to rethink this. Drop that to a flat 1k and it will be within budget for a lot more people. Dropping over a grand on a CPU is just too hard a pill to swallow for too many people, especially when that was once the price of the original Threadripper flagship.
It really goes to show how competition is good for consumers. AMD was much better about its pricing when they weren't dominating the server space and Intel actually had competing products in HEDT.
As for the Pro sku pricing, yeah let's not even start with that, that's a whole different ball game, that's "take out a long term loan just to build a computer" level. 10 grand for the 96 core, yikes. Really only aimed at people who need insane performance for a truly insane workflow.

[RafitoOoO]

HEDT motherboards look so cool. They literally mean business lol.

[noahdoerfler]

Thats actually crazy how the intel CPU's use more power than the threadripper parts lmao

[ominoussage]

When your mainstream processor consumes more power than the best HEDT 32 and 64 core CPUs but it's nowhere near the performance of those chips, you know something's wrong.

[TheOneKnow]

Love that pic on the battery at 2:40 Its like an adult holding the threadripper out of reach of the kid..."nah nah nahhhh this is for grown ups little timmy" lol