Today AMD lifts the embargo on 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper reviews.
AMD Castle Peak
AMD unveils their Threadripper 3000 series alongside new TRX40 motherboards. The Castle Peak series will feature up to 64-cores, as AMD also revealed plans for Threadripper 3990X coming early next year.
The two SKUs revealed today: 3970X and 3960X offer 32 and 24 cores respectively. They both feature a maximum boost clock of 4.5 GHz with a base clock from 3.7 to 3.8 GHz. Both processors are rated at 280W TDP.
The new Threadripper series are AMD’s most expensive desktop processors to date, the 3970X will retail at 1,999 USD while the 24-core chip will be available for 1,399 USD.
| 2019 HEDT Processors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz.com | Cores/Threads | Base Clock | Intel Turbo 2.0 / AMD Max Boost | TDP | MSRP |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3000 HEDT (Castle Peak) | |||||
| TR 3990X | TBC | TBC | TBC | ||
| TR 3970X | |||||
| TR 3960X | |||||
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2000 HEDT (Colfax) | |||||
| TR 2990WX | |||||
| TR 2970WX | |||||
| TR 2950X | |||||
| TR 2920X | |||||
| Intel 10th Gen Core X-Series HEDT (Cascade Lake-X) | |||||
| Core i9-10980XE | |||||
| Core i9-10940XE | |||||
| Core i9-10920XE | |||||
| Core i9-10900XE | |||||
