AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X

[W1zzard]

AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 2920X comes with 12 real cores, plus SMT, resulting in a total thread count of 24. At $650, the TR 2920X isn't much more expensive than Intel's Core i9-9900K, which loses against Threadripper in multi-threaded workloads.

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[HD64G]

Great value for professionals who want great multithreading power but don't want a server.

 

[Ruru]

Naah, I wouldn't say the "requires quad channel" as a con, Intel HEDT has the same thing. And at least we have more memory slots.

 

[Deleted member 178884]

More interesting thing is the 1950x's drop slightly further - I can find one for £500 used It's crazy though I've got a x299 setup

And at least we have more memory slots.

Sorry but that's trash talk, my x299 gaming carbon here has 8 ram slots. What board are you referring to then? I'm curious. Although threadripper is insane.

 

[erixx]

great to see my - often forgotten in tests - i9 7900X right there in the tops

 

[Basard]

great to see my - often forgotten in tests - i9 7900X right there in the tops

No offense, but, in the tops where?

 

[damric]

Would like to see comparisons of these HEDT processors being used to game while streaming/recording, and which ones allow highest FPS while doing so, and which ones can encode the highest detail settings while gaming.

 

[erixx]

No offense, but, in the tops where?

java, database pages. very important for my job, I didn't look any further

 

[Deleted member 178884]

No offense, but, in the tops where?

Skylake-x isn't as bad as people made out - it's poor value but that's not what it's intended for which is single threaded workloads.

 

[John Naylor]

7900x does pretty OK ... As with everything else, all application dependent ... Best bet before purchasing is confirm that the CPU / platform of choice actually perform better in the specific applications you are using. Even within applications, one CPU may be great in one operation and terrible in another.

 

[Deleted member 158293]

Not gonna lie, Really liking the 2920X... evaluating switching standard workstations over to Threadripper with ECC at this sweet price/performance ratio.

 

[Shatun_Bear]

Skylake-x isn't as bad as people made out - it's poor value but that's not what it's intended for which is single threaded workloads.

It is terrible for its price, which is the most important thing.

 

[Deleted member 178884]

It is terrible for its price, which is the most important thing.

What? To you? Well your not 100% of the market, which is why intel's profits have rose recently. I'm no intel fanboy myself, but the comment was just too silly - AMD is excellent for those who want value and performance whilst intel gives performance at a premium. It's your choice really.

Not gonna lie, Really liking the 2920X... evaluating switching standard workstations over to Threadripper with ECC at this sweet price/performance ratio.

It is awesome value, that'd be an awesome build, don't forget the 1st gen threadrippers though - with this gen out, they may drop in price making the 1950x a better buy for some.

 

[prtskg]

It is terrible for its price, which is one of the most important thing.

The new sentence is better I think.

 

[Deleted member 178884]

The new sentence is better I think.

Agreed, If price was the "most important" AMD would be selling everything and intel would cry.

 

[prtskg]

Agreed, If price was the "most important" AMD would be selling everything and intel would cry.

Indeed

 

[TheinsanegamerN]

Would like to see comparisons of these HEDT processors being used to game while streaming/recording, and which ones allow highest FPS while doing so, and which ones can encode the highest detail settings while gaming.

Educated guess: when streaming to twitch, there would be 0 difference, due to twitch's restrictions on upload quality and the limit on upstream bandwidth. Games do not use 8 cores equally, so there is plenty of CPU time left on a ryzen 7 chip to do encoding.

Streaming to other sites or recording is a different matter, but even then ryzen is so under-utilized in games I doubt there would be an appreciable difference, or if there were, it wouldnt justify the much higher price of thread-ripper.

 

[Mescalamba]

One might wonder if with these CPUs some CPU mining couldnt have a comeback.. Cause thats a lot of cores.

 

[Basard]

java, database pages. very important for my job, I didn't look any further

Ah, I see.... TR's been tearin it up, but everybody has their needs and time is money.

 

[Deleted member 158293]

It is awesome value, that'd be an awesome build, don't forget the 1st gen threadrippers though - with this gen out, they may drop in price making the 1950x a better buy for some.

For a personal rig I completely agree with the 1950x. However in this case I'd be looking at a deployment of maybe a dozen stations at a time. The 2nd generation Ryzen products look to be less finicky for support & maintenance and similar for 2nd Gen. Threadripper in a production environment.

 

[R0H1T]

I assume that 2970WX review is also coming up, since it's in a lot of charts? That one seems the true HEDT king, seeing how 2990WX can hobble with the gimped memory config more often than not.

 

[EatingDirt]

Out of curiosity, does SuperPi have a purpose? Is there a real world work application that does something similar to it?

It just seems like it's ancient code that favors intel by a significant margin regardless of clock speed(7900x vs 2920x/2700x). The old/outdated code is especially apparent when comparing its results to the other two number crunching applications (wPrime & veracrypt), that scale well with both clock speed & cores.

 

[RealNeil]

Good review and an excellent read.
I have an i9-7900X system sitting here, but if I didn't I would seriously consider this TR part. It's a real "sweet-spot" CPU.

 

[W1zzard]

I assume that 2970WX review is also coming up, since it's in a lot of charts?

Tomorrow probably, still need to do a lot of testing

 

[efikkan]

The high core count is not enough to make Threadripper 2920X a clear winner in the "sweet spot" CPU category, its performance is very workload dependent. Overall, the i9-9900K is outperforms it with just 8 cores and two memory channels.

Still, it will be interesting to see these compared to Skylake-X refresh coming in ~2 weeks.