AMD Releases the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X Eight-core HEDT Processor

[btarunr]

AMD today released the Ryzen Threadripper 1900X eight-core HEDT (high-end desktop) processor. This product is targeted at pro-sumers who could use the quad-channel memory bandwidth and added I/O which the Threadripper HEDT platform brings to the table, but can make do with 8 cores/16 threads, which is why the chip is priced just $50 higher than the 8-core/16-thread Ryzen 7 1800X, at USD $549. The Threadripper 1900X comes with higher clock speeds than the 1800X, with 3.80 GHz nominal clock-speed (compared to 3.60 GHz of the 1800X), 4.00 GHz boost, and XFR adding another 200 MHz to the boost clock, if your cooling is good enough.

The Ryzen Threadripper 1900X gives you the full quad-channel DDR4-3200 memory interface, with support for up to 2 TB memory, and ECC support. There's even unofficial RDIMM support. The chip also offers the full 64-lane PCI-Express interface, with the same PCI-Express device configurations as the higher 1920X and 1950X parts. AMD created the 1900X by disabling two cores per CCX in each of the active 8-core dies on the Threadripper MCM. The chip also only features 16 MB of L3 cache, that's 4 MB per active CCX. Its TDP continues to be rated at 180W. AMD put out its internal testing performance numbers for the 1900X.



AMD's performance slides follow.



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[dozenfury]

Liking the price/specs on this one, especially for streaming or multi-tasking. I'm not going to spend $1000 on a HEDT cpu, but $550 for this beast starts to get doable.

 

[Frick]

Liking the price/specs on this one, especially for streaming or multi-tasking. I'm not going to spend $1000 on a HEDT cpu, but $550 for this beast starts to get doable.

Just remember the TR4 motherboards are crazy expensive. In a way this CPU only makes sense if you use what X399 brings to the table, otherwise you might as well get the 1920* or Ryzen.

*The 1920 is a lot more, but you're spending all that money anyway and if you plan to upgrade "when you can afford it" you end up paying loads more for the second CPU; the only time considering the "I'll upgrade later"-way makes sense is if you go entry-level CPU (think Celeron) from the get-go, but on a HEDT platform? Naaah.

 

[Gasaraki]

I want to see the benchmarks between this a the 1800X

 

[HisDivineOrder]

Liking the price/specs on this one, especially for streaming or multi-tasking. I'm not going to spend $1000 on a HEDT cpu, but $550 for this beast starts to get doable.

Ehhhh, I'm not seeing why you'd want this over Ryzen if all you're doing is streaming and you don't want the extra cores to improve the quality of your x264 encoding via brute force higher quality.