AMD has announced the in-store availability of its Threadripper PRO processors, an evolution over the original third-generation Threadripper processors that already dominated the professional desktop CPU market. Let's see what news they bring us and what are their technical specifications.
AMD Threadripper PRO is now available in stores: know its features and improvements
Threadripper PRO manages to extend the advantage of its Threadripper series, which is already imposing itself in the high-performance market compared to Intel thanks to models such as the 3990X, with an overwhelming 64 cores and 128 threads at relatively high frequencies, being the most powerful on the market for tasks like CPU rendering. All this under the very capable Zen 2 architecture and efficient 7nm manufacturing process from TSMC.
The PRO series includes the entire series of security features that the other AMD Pro CPUs already have, such as the AMD Memory Guard, which fully encrypts communications with the RAM memory, defending the most advanced users from physical attacks.
In addition to this, we have a much more powerful platform than normal Threadripper thanks to the inclusion of 128 PCIe lanes instead of 64, and 8 memory channels instead of 4. The latter is incredibly important to take advantage of the 64 cores and 128 threads of the 3390X, with the 3995WX being a much better option for this type of user. The special improvements of the platform are completed with the increase in the maximum RAM capacity, so we can have up to 2TB of memory, double that of a normal Threadripper 3000.
The big problem is that all these improvements in characteristics require the use of a new socket, the WRX80, of which models have already begun to be known.
As we say, the great key is that we already have these CPUs available in stores, since before they were relegated to pre-assembled brand workstations.
Technical Specifications Threadripper PRO 3000
Let's now see the full specifications of the three processors that have just been released to the public.
| Processor | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3995WX | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX | AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX |
| Architecture | Zen 2 | ||
| Lithography | 7 nm FinFET | ||
| Transistors | 39,500,000,000 | ||
| Nuclei | 64 | 32 | 16 |
| Threads | 128 | 64 | 32 |
| Base frequency | 2.7 GHz | 3.5 GHz | 3.9 GHz |
| Turbo frequency | 4.2 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 4.3 GHz |
| Cache | 256 MB | 128 MB | 64 MB |
| Maximum RAM | 2 TB | ||
| RAM support | DDR4-3200 | ||
| Maximum memory channels | 8 | ||
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 204.8 GB / s | ||
| Maximum PCIe lanes | 128 | ||
| TDP | 280 W | ||
| Integrated graphics | Do not | ||
| Socket | WRX80 | ||
The key model is undoubtedly the 3995WX because as we have already indicated, it is the one that will allow us to take better advantage of the benefits of this platform and that particular CPU. The other two CPUs are also great beasts, but less imposing due to their number of cores, 1/2 and 1/4 of the 3995WX respectively, although that affects higher frequencies.
AMD has not given prices for these processors, nor has it given additional indications about their availability. They have simply indicated that they are already available in retail stores. We assume that their availability will increase over time.
In short, AMD Threadripper PRO comes to offer a significant set of platform improvements over normal Threadripper. We keep all the advantages in terms of performance and architecture, but with a few added features that will seduce many professional users who really need to give it all on a desktop PC.
What do you think of these processors from the professional segment? Do they dominate Intel Xeon? We invite you to leave your comments.
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