New AMD Threadripper 7980X, 7970X, 7960X, & Threadripper Pro CPUs Announced

AMD announced its new Threadripper CPUs today, including CPUs in the non-Pro lineup and the Pro lineup alike. This marks the first time in years that AMD has launched non-Pro class Threadripper CPUs, debuting with the 7980X, 7970X, and 7960X on November 21, 2023. The MSRP will range from $1500 to $5000, depending on the core count and capabilities. The Pro CPUs include the Threadripper Pro 7995WX, 7985WX, 7975WX, 7965WX, 7955WX, and 7945WX. Core counts go as high as 96 cores and 192 threads and bottom-out at 12 cores and 24 threads for the Pro lineup, or up to 64 cores on the non-Pro (enthusiast) lineup. The new socket is sTR5, with two chipsets launching.



TIMESTAMPS

00:00 - AMD Announces Ryzen 7000 Threadripper CPUs
02:44 - The Full Pro CPUs
06:56 - Threadripper 7000 CPUs - HEDT Enthusiast
08:23 - I/O Capabilities
09:31 - New Platforms
11:48 - Performance Claims
12:41 - Cooler Compatibility
13:52 - Pricing & Availability
14:43 - Conclusion

CORRECTIONS:

07:17 - This voice-over read should say "64 cores," not 68 cores. The slide shown on screen is correct. All other instances of this CPU being named were correct.

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[MrMartinSchou]

With a TDP of 350W, that puts it almost on par with a 14900K.

[lodbldbol]

The "thanks, Steve" and "back to you, Steve" stuff never gets old XD

[LordApophis]

Software licenses are often a reason to choose lower core counts. A lot of professional software charges extra for supporting/running on more cores.

[riven]

AMD took the 14900k personally lmao

No way they didn't plan this announcement immediately following the 14900k after knowing how disappointing it is beforehand.

[nohs]

the biggest loss in the new threadrippers is that none of them have weird boxes

[volvo]

Threadripper LN2 overclocking would be awesome!

[alistairblaire]

I’ll never own these CPUs but it’s fun to see what people can do with virtualization on them. One of the annoying things about virtualization on consumer platforms is the limited PCIe lanes.

[solidreactor]

Adding about the low CPU count like the 12 core variants, they are good for mainly 2 scenarios;
1) MS SQL license have a cost per core so having low core count with high frequency and a TON of cache is very beneficial.
2) Computation that are not highly parallelized can benefit from the high cache size (all of the 384MB cache is still there).

[Grainer]

Now we need as many as possible tech youtubers going "thanks, Steve" and full 20 minute compilation at the end

[castform]

Nice that there was a mention of keeping the error correction support between pro and non-pro models. Now if only the motherboards would support it too, that'd be nice.

[codylinn]

Now just to wait for asrock to create a TRX50 mitx board haha.

Would love if they still allowed for expandability by using breakout ports for the lanes!

[ajc-thei]

I think part of the open pro and HEDT compatibility on the TX50 is to allow the 12 and 16 core CPUs to use the platform. You can buy those and the lower cost TX50 MB for entry for those wanting the lower core counts. That will depend on the cost of those two chips.

[MickeyMishra]

11:28 The Reason why AMD made it possible to run those PRO CPU's on Consumer level boards is so that the Budget enthusiast (AKA: The De'' Poor Figs) 10 years later can still use these High end CPU's on these Easy to obtain consumer parts. Way to go AMD!

[cobaltfire]

Something to note on the 3000 and 5000 Pro systems that's not commonly understood and may hold true here:

The 12/16 core variants (X945WX and X955WX) had the full 8 channel RAM controller on the IO die, but with only some CCD links populated could only saturate 4 channels at a time. So they had an interesting hybrid there, where populating more than 4 channels really didn't do much.

[Phaevryn]

That 14th gen testing cut deep, didn't it.

[BrakeForLoop]

Really excited about Threadripper! I would be curious about a machine learning tests for CPUs and GPUs.

[prnzssLuna]

Man I was looking at the 7950X yesterday to upgrade from my 3950X, but the 7960X also looks nice. Might be worth waiting for some benchmarks (mostly doing productivity work but I do like to game sometime). Especially since I'm rather short on PCIe lanes with the regular 7950X too. I didn't know they'd announce today, but I'm glad I didn't just impulse buy yesterday lmao

[TYKA]

also a reason for lesser core counts is sometimes software licencing where you pay for core count. e.g. some Oracle database where you pay a higher amount the more cores the maschine its running on has

[rapidrotation]

Wow, it's been a big year for AMD chips! Can't wait to see what the test results show for these, they look like absolute powerhouse chips

[mattm]

looking forward to the GN review of these! excited to see the performance and AMD's "return" to HEDT!!! great work GN