AMD takes aim at Intel with new 96-core Threadripper 9000 series CPU

AMD has announced its latest Zen 5-based Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series of CPUs astatine Computex today. The 9000 Series and 9000 WX-Series are built for the demanding workstation market, and the apical Threadripper Pro 9995WX volition vessel with 96 cores and 192 threads.

This flagship Threadripper spot is designed for professionals who are moving connected ocular effects, simulations, and AI exemplary development. The Threadripper Pro 9995WX besides has up to 384MB of L3 cache and 128 lanes of PCIe Gen 5, making it perfect to brace with aggregate GPUs.

AMD claims that the Threadripper Pro 9995WX is 2.2x faster than Intel’s 60-core Xeon W9-3595X processor successful Cinebench 2024 multi-threaded rendering.

If you don’t request a 96-core CPU, AMD’s Threadripper 9000 Series are besides targeted astatine enthusiasts and creators who privation workstation-like performance. The Ryzen Threadripper 9980X has 64 cores and 128 threads, a basal frequence of 3.2GHz, and 320MB of L3 cache.

All of these caller Threadripper chips, pro oregon not, volition tally astatine a thermal plan powerfulness (TDP) of 350 watts and volition enactment (after a BIOS update) connected existing motherboards that enactment the sTR5 socket.

Both Threadripper 9000 Series and the Pro WX-Series processors volition beryllium disposable from retailers successful July, but AMD isn’t announcing pricing conscionable yet. Given the its high-end 7980X Threadripper CPU retailed astatine $4,999 successful 2023, it’s just to accidental these next-gen equivalents volition beryllium astir that price.