Monday, December 30th 2019
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3980X is a 48-core Monster for When 64 Cores Are Too Many, 32 Too Few
In the press-deck of its 3rd Generation Ryzen Threadripper 3970X/3960X launch, AMD teased its flagship HEDT part for the TRX40 platform, the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, with a 2020 launch date. It should come as little surprise then, that the core-count gap between the 3970X and the 3990X has an SKU in the middle - the 3980X. This SKU reportedly surfaced in CPU-Z 1.91 code. The 3980X is a 48-core/96-thread monstrosity for when 64 cores are too many, and 32 too few.
Like the 3990X, the 3980X will likely be built with eight "Zen 2" CCDs (chiplets) for optimal IFOP bandwidth utilization and heat-spread. Each CCD will likely be configured with 6 cores (3 per CCX), adding up to 48 cores on the package. Much like the 3990X, clock-speeds of the 3980X remain under the wraps. AMD is expected to launch the two some time in 2020, featuring compatibility with existing AMD TRX40 chipset motherboards. The company could target a sub-$3,000 price-point to make the Xeon W-3175X obsolete both in performance and value.
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Like the 3990X, the 3980X will likely be built with eight "Zen 2" CCDs (chiplets) for optimal IFOP bandwidth utilization and heat-spread. Each CCD will likely be configured with 6 cores (3 per CCX), adding up to 48 cores on the package. Much like the 3990X, clock-speeds of the 3980X remain under the wraps. AMD is expected to launch the two some time in 2020, featuring compatibility with existing AMD TRX40 chipset motherboards. The company could target a sub-$3,000 price-point to make the Xeon W-3175X obsolete both in performance and value.
71 Comments on AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3980X is a 48-core Monster for When 64 Cores Are Too Many, 32 Too Few
Yet when overclocking, Intel still slightly ahead in single thread performance. Not by much, lol :)
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Next 36months should see an amazing increase in ST performance from both manufacturers since it's FINALLY a real competition. :clap:
Maybe it's only a feeling, but I think these high core counts for processors are going to plateau, and both AMD and Intel will begin to refocus on single and slightly threaded performance which seems to be more difficult. :)
At stock settings, this ST bench (below) is almost ALL AMD at the top.
Intel 8000 and 9000 CPUs when overclocked can score 100-200-300 some CPUs 400 points higher (on ambient air) on this ST benchmark. :)
For MT performance, AMD just wins and wins and keeps on winning. lol
Go figure ...
For it's use case, one can argue it's actually cheap, short of going Epyc or Intel's equivalent, which cost a heck of a lot more than $4000 for same / similar number of cores.
Maybe they should have, I don't know, innovated? Now ARM is right on their heels and AMD is kicking the shizz out of them for goodness sake! :laugh:
That moment never arrives. :oops: :p
No one needs floating point for home use
No one needs quad core, it's to complicated to write programs for more than 2 threads
Everytime someone claims it's overkill it turns out it's not. A core 2 quad stayed relevant until 2015 while the e8400 went from being faster to unusable by 2012.
Someone with a 48 thread cpu may have it last longer than someone with 8 or 16 cores.
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"Something that normally would takie 5 minutes (before) is now taking 5 seconds"
thats the money shot.
-How many workloads are still unoptimized ? for ryzen? doesn't seem to need it.
-Niche segment, well.. who do you think bought 6900k and such ?
Major companies to switch.
cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/amd-epyc-processors-come-to-google-and-to-google-cloud
consent.yahoo.com/collectConsent?sessionId=3_cc-session_814f5ce6-3707-49cd-b9cc-949de3233918&lang=&inline=false
aws.amazon.com/ec2/amd/
azure.microsoft.com/nb-no/blog/announcing-new-amd-epyc-based-azure-virtual-machines/
-Aftereffects, I don't quite see where it lost ?
after effects 2nd bench
- Handbrake - Finally something correct!
images.anandtech.com/graphs/graph15044/113607.png
From a technical point of view you could be right.
From a more personal view, It's their call and cost to build, not anyone else's and if they do I'm sure they'd have reason(s) for it.
In short - Your singular view of what's needed doesn't apply to everyone or even anyone else, that's up to the user to decide for themselves in each instance as you have for yourself. Some of us would want the extra cores for that very reason, These machines can be used for more than just gaming too.
There's simply too many reasons as to "Why" a person could want a big multi-cored setup at home for their own use. Maybe part of a home business, perhaps a bit of a hobbyist tinkering/learning about rendering/creating 3D stuff....... Maybe just to not spend all day getting things/projects completed.....
The list goes on.
Since the TR version has better ST performance I assume the same.
That is blasfemy and utter sacrilege.