AMD Unleashes a Beast with 96 Core Threadripper Processor with High Performance

By leveraging its latest high-performance Zen 4 architecture cores, AMD is introducing the Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series, with up to 96 physical cores and 192 total threads, 384MB of L3-cache and 480MB of total cache memory, and a boost frequency up to 5.3 GHz at 350 W, setting another peak performance mark for a single-processor tower workstation. The new Threadripper series also supports up to eight channels of DDR5 5200MHz ECC (Error Correction Code) memory for up to 2 TB of total memory, 128 PCIe Gen 5 lanes, and AMD Pro manageability features. In contrast, Intel Xeon W-3400 processors offer up to 56 cores with a maximum of 4 TB of DDR5-4800 memory and a base clock of 1.9 GHz band boost clock of 4.8 GHz (at 420 W).

AMD entered the workstation and high-end desktop (HEDT) segments in 2017 with a version of its Epyc server processors scaled to fit into a tower workstation the size of a desktop PC tower. This was the start of the Ryzen Threadripper products. The company powered the first-generation Threadripper with 16 cores—the highest CPU core count at the time with an abundance of memory and I/O, making it the industry leader. Since then, AMD has scaled the Threadripper processor to 32 and 64 cores with successive generations of the Zen architecture.

To maximize performance with the Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series, AMD chose to use Zen 4 cores over the smaller and more efficient Zen 4c cores. But to be price sensitive, AMD decided to maximize the memory through additional memory channels rather than going with the more expensive 3D V-cache.

The Threadripper Pro 7000-WX series will be available in 12-core (7945WX), 16-core (7955WX), 24-core (7965WX), 32-core (7975WX) and 64-core (7995WX) versions. Additionally, AMD introduced a Threadripper 7000 prosumer series that is available in 24-core (7960X), 32-core (7970X) and 64-core (7980X) configurations with four DDR5 non-ECC memory channels, and 48 PCIe Gen 5 lanes for the HEDT market. Motherboards from various vendors will be available later this year.

Also introduced with the Threadripper are four new Radeon Pro graphics cards: W7500, W7600, W7800 and W7900. At the ultra-high end of the product family, the Pro W7900 features 96 Compute units, 48 GB of 384-bit GDDR6 ECC memory, 61 TFLOPS of single-precision FP32 performance, and 80 Gb/s video bandwidth with a DisplayPort 2.1 interface. the Radeon Pro W7900 has 50% more performance than its previous generation graphics cards, According to AMD. The other products round out the Radeon product family for the high-end and mainstream workstation graphics segment.

The result is up to an 11× increase in performance, or according to AMD, users can “save up to 27 minutes per hour of productivity.” The huge increase in performance brings many applications like virtual production, auto simulation, scientific modeling and even some AI applications that could previously only be run on servers to a desktop environment. Companies using Threadripper platforms include Electronic Arts and Epic for game development, DreamWorks and Industrial Light and Magic for entertainment production, and Austin Martin and Predator Cycling for engineering and design.

In conjunction with the announcement, both Dell and HP announced new products using the Threadripper Pro 7000 WX-series processors. Both companies will offer the systems in multiple processor configurations and with AMD and Nvidia GPU configurations, but the systems from the two couldn’t be more different. The HP Z6 G5 A can support up to three double-wide GPU cards using six PCIe Gen 5 lanes, while the Dell Precision 7875 is limited to two cards using four PCIe Gen 5 lanes, which Dell feels is optimal for processor centric workloads.

According to Dell, the Threadripper would be overkill for GPU-centric applications and they’re probably correct. The Dell platform also features a very innovative cooling vent system that allows the system to fit into a PC-sized tower. The Dell platform also comes preconfigured with 10G ethernet support, and two externally accessible SSD drive bays. The HP Z6 G5 A, however, also has configurable I/O ports that are linked directly to the motherboard, allowing for additional I/O without the need for an additional add-in card, and four front-accessible SSD drive bays, but it’s only preconfigured with a 1G Ethernet port. Both systems, however, support eight DDR5 memory channels.

Lenovo, the third major workstation vendor and the first to ever launch a workstation on the Threadripper platform, indicated that it will be announcing a new tower workstation with the Threadripper Pro 7000 WX-Series later this quarter.

Pricing wasn’t provided for the new Threadripper Pro 7000 WX-series processors, but the prosumer Threadripper 7960X, 7970X and 7980X will be available for $1,499, $2,499 and $4,999, respectively. Additionally, the Radeon Pro W7900, W7800, W7600 and W7500 will be available for $3,999, $2,499, $599 and $499, respectively. General availability of the processors, GPUs and systems is set to begin this month.

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