AMD has unveiled the performance benchmarks of its upcoming Ryzen Threadripper 9000 CPUs, offering over 2x uplift versus the competition.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 HEDT CPUs Continue Their Ripping Spree of Intel Xeon Chips, Over 2x Faster In Latest Benchmarks
At Computex, AMD officially introduced its next-gen Ryzen Threadripper 9000 "Shimada Peak" CPU family, which packs the latest Zen 5 cores and aims at the desktop workstation segment. AMD's PC ecosystem has expanded into various segments since the introduction of the Zen architecture, but the HEDT space has been a long commitment from the Red Team.
The company states that workstations alone are going to grow by 9 million units by 2029. That's a significant amount, and AMD is currently the leader in this space and has been so for many years. Workstations serve a diverse market with applications in the Cloud, Healthcare, Industrial, Automotive, Connectivity, PCs, Gaming, and AI segments. The demand for these markets is ever-growing, and AMD isn't slowing down on the workstation front.
Since 2017's Threadripper 1000 series, based on the original Zen core architecture, the workstation platform has seen a 6x increase in core count, a 4x increase in memory bandwidth, and a 4x increase in PCIe bandwidth.
The multithreaded performance has seen an uplift of 80%. Some of the world's leading creative professionals and studios rely on AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs for their creations, and with AI, the demand for compute has increased substantially. That's where the next-generation Ryzen Threadripper 9000 CPUs come in.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 CPU Architecture, IO & Configuration Details
With Ryzen Threadripper 9000 HEDT CPUs, AMD offers upgrades on two fronts: the new Zen 5 core architecture and the other is the new and improved SOC.
The Zen 5 core architecture has already offered a 16% uplift in IPC, and with the Threadripper series, the Zen 5 CCD, with its 8 cores per CCD, can scale up to 40 MB of total cache per CCD and 480 MB of total system cache.
The core architecture improvements deliver a 16% improvement across 10 workstation workloads when compared against the Zen 4 "Threadripper 7000" series at a fixed frequency. The uplift scales up to 26% when looking at SPEC Workstation - AI & ML workloads.
The core architecture is one aspect, and now we talk about the other upgrades landing on AMD's Ryzen Threadripper 9000 CPUs. These include up to DDR5-6400 MT/s support across 8 channels, up to 410 GB/s peak theoretical bandwidth (8 channels x 8B x 6.4 GT/s), and support for over DDR5 7000 MT/s speeds with overclocked modules. You still retain options for 2, 4, 6, 8 memory channel interleaving, RDIMM support, up to 2 TB memory capacity support (1 DIMM/channel), and high bandwidth with higher efficiency in both dual-rank and single-rank setups.
On the IO front, each AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 "Zen 5" HEDT CPU will retain up to 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes with up to 32 Gbps speeds, up to 32 IO lanes for SATA, and new PCIe aggregate bandwidth improvements thanks to internal SOC topology changes. These chips are also drop-in-compatible with existing sTR5 socketed platforms and offer an AMD PRO Manageability Processor with AIM-T wireless LAN support.
The top configurations will feature up to 8 Zen 5 CCDs with 8 cores per CCD and 32 MB of L3 cache per CCD. The IO die includes PCIe Gen5 lanes, DDR5-6400 IMC, 3rd Gen Infinity Fabric, Secure CPU support, USB, and Manageability. The CPUs also feature AVX-512 support with a full 512-bit datapath.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 CPU Benchmarks
In terms of benchmarks, AMD first compares the flagship Threadripper PRO 9995WX against the Threadripper PRO 7995WX. Across various benchmarks, the new Zen 5 offering delivers up to a 26% generation performance leap and a 19.8% average performance uplift.
AMD also showcases the performance differences of its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 CPUs against the Intel Xeon W-3500 offerings. Compared to Intel's flagship offering, the Threadripper 9995WX offers over 2x performance uplift in Design & Manufacturing workloads, up to 2.5x uplift in Media and Entertainment workloads, up to 2.18x uplift in Architecture, Engineering & Construction workloads, up to 75% uplift in Software & Sciences workloads, and a 49% uplift in AI workloads.
Last but not least, we also see a comparison of the 64-core Threadripper 9980X against the 60-core Xeon-3595X. Here, the Zen 5 HEDT chip offers up to a 108% performance uplift versus Intel's Xeon offering, and an average uplift of 66%.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000:
Starting with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 WX-Series, there are a total of six SKUs: 9995WX with 96 cores, 9985WX with 64 cores, 9975WX with 32 cores, 9965WX with 24 cores, 9955WX with 16 cores and 9945WX with 12 cores. The flagship features a 96-core and 192-thread configuration, making it the ultimate CPU option in the family.
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX CPU features a boost clock speed of up to 5.45 GHz (2.5 GHz base clock), 384 MB of L3 cache, 128 PCIe Gen5 lanes and a 350W TDP. The PRO CPUs are going to support 8-channel DDR5-6400 memory in ECC configs.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 CPUs:
Moving over to the standard Ryzen Threadripper 9000 CPUs, AMD is offering three SKUs: 9980X with 64 cores, 9970X with 32 cores, and 9960X with 24 cores. The top model comes with 64 cores and 128 threads, plus it features the same clock speeds as the 64-core PRO SKU, at 3.2 GHz base and 5.4 GHz boost. The CPU packs 256 MB of L3 cache and gets 4-channel DDR5-6400 memory support. All CPUs once again feature a TDP of 350W.
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 "Zen 5" HEDT CPUs are slated for launch in July in both boxed and OEM variants, so stay tuned for more info in the coming weeks.
AMD Threadripper 9000 CPU Family Specs:
| CPU Names | Family | Cores / Threads | Base / Boost Clock | L3 Cache | Memory Support | TDP | Pricing (SEP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Threadripper PRO 9995WX | Threadripper PRO "Zen 5" | 96 / 192 | 2.5 / 5.4 GHz | 384 MB | 8ch DDR5-6400 | 350W | $11699 |
| Threadripper PRO 9985WX | Threadripper PRO "Zen 5" | 64 / 128 | 3.2 / 5.4 GHz | 256 MB | 8ch DDR5-6400 | 350W | $7999 |
| Threadripper PRO 9975WX | Threadripper PRO "Zen 5" | 32 / 64 | 4.0 / 5.4 GHz | 128 MB | 8ch DDR5-6400 | 350W | $4099 |
| Threadripper PRO 9965WX | Threadripper PRO "Zen 5" | 24 / 48 | 4.2 / 5.4 GHz | 128 MB | 8ch DDR5-6400 | 350W | $2899 |
| Threadripper PRO 9955WX | Threadripper PRO "Zen 5" | 16 / 32 | 4.5 / 5.4 GHz | 64 MB | 8ch DDR5-6400 | 350W | $1649 |
| Threadripper PRO 9945WX | Threadripper PRO "Zen 5" | 12 / 24 | 4.7 / 5.4 GHz | 64 MB | 8ch DDR5-6400 | 350W | TBD |
| Threadripper 9980X | Ryzen Threadripper "Zen 5" | 64 / 128 | 3.2 / 5.4 GHz | 256 MB | 4ch DDR5-6400 | 350W | $4999 |
| Threadripper 9970X | Ryzen Threadripper "Zen 5" | 32 / 64 | 4.0 / 5.4 GHz | 128 MB | 4ch DDR5-6400 | 350W | $2499 |
| Threadripper 9960X | Ryzen Threadripper "Zen 5" | 24 / 48 | 4.2 / 5.4 GHz | 128 MB | 4ch DDR5-6400 | 350W | $1499 |
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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