Tuesday, June 19th 2018
First Benchmarks, CPU-Z Screenshots of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32-core CPU Surface
First benchmarks and CPU-Z screenshots of AMD's upcoming Ryzen Threadripper 32-core monster have surfaced, courtesy of HKEPC. The on-time-for-launch (as AMD puts it) 12 nm "Pinnacle Ridge" processor has apparently been christened "Threadripper 2990X", which does make sense - should AMD be thinking of keeping the 2920X moniker for 12 cores and 1950X for 16-cores, then it follows a 20-core 2960X, a 24-core 2970X, a 28-core 2980X, and the aforementioned 32-core 2990X. whether AMD would want to offer such a tiered lineup of HEDT processors, however, is another matter entirely, and certainly open for discussion - too much of a good thing can actually happen, at least where ASP of the Threadripper portfolio is concerned.
On the CPU-Z screenshot, the 2990X is running at 3.4 GHz base with up to 4.0 GHz XFR, and carries a 250 W TDP - a believable and very impressive achievement, testament to the 12 nm process and the low leakage it apparently produces. The chip was then overclocked up to 4.2 GHz on all cores, which caused for some thermal throttling, since performance was lower than when the chip was clocked at just 4 GHz on all cores. Gains on this particular piece of silicon were reserved up to 4.12 GHz - the jump to 4.2 GHz must have required another bump in voltage that led to the aforementioned throttling. At 4.12 GHz, the chip scored 6,399 points in Cinebench - a remarkable achievement.
Sources:
HKEPC, via Videocardz
On the CPU-Z screenshot, the 2990X is running at 3.4 GHz base with up to 4.0 GHz XFR, and carries a 250 W TDP - a believable and very impressive achievement, testament to the 12 nm process and the low leakage it apparently produces. The chip was then overclocked up to 4.2 GHz on all cores, which caused for some thermal throttling, since performance was lower than when the chip was clocked at just 4 GHz on all cores. Gains on this particular piece of silicon were reserved up to 4.12 GHz - the jump to 4.2 GHz must have required another bump in voltage that led to the aforementioned throttling. At 4.12 GHz, the chip scored 6,399 points in Cinebench - a remarkable achievement.
70 Comments on First Benchmarks, CPU-Z Screenshots of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 32-core CPU Surface
Hate this Core War,16 cores is the perfect sweetspot, give us 10-16 Cores @ 4.8Ghz out of the box instead.
I'm just amazed with the 32/64 performance possibilities... just imagine how sweet this processor will be.
There is no Core War, Amd won, get over it.
Are you referring to the one that was cooled by a Chiller? LOL
EDIT
I mean, it will fit into existing X399 boards perfectly, but probably wont be able boost that much.
Impressive...
Skylake-x IPC is indeed not mighty, it's not having same ipc as coffee, please see:
4.6 ghz vs 4.2 and it's a even fight...
Coffee lake is great, but skl-x is the biggest disappointment I've seen from Intel the past 10 years.
2700x 4.4ghz doing The same as my old 6900k @4.4ghz In The benchmarks i need to run.
Sorry mate there is soo much wrong with everything you wrote.
If you not gaming then core is irrelevant on most of the cases, most WORK apps need high bandwich, high IPC, fast memory with low latency at a good temp and low power consumption... you really a fool if you think 5ghz 6 cores that gives you 2000CB is better than 3.8ghz 8cores that gives you 2200CB and consumes less energy and needs less cooling. just stop it man.
14-18 cores is for my NEEDS of use, not Gaming, but 3D benchmarking.