AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
13th August, 2018Type
High-End Desktop ProcessorPrice
$1799.99 USTest Setup
For this review, I had access to the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX flagship processor. AMD did not provide us with any equipment or processors for this review. The motherboards were sent by ASRock and we will be using their lineup until we get access to an X399 refresh sample in the future. My review is entirely based purely on facts and precision.
The full test setup configuration can be seen in the provided list below:
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Test Bench:
| Processors | AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X Intel Core i9-7980XE Intel Core i9-7920X Intel Core i9-7900X Intel Core i7-7820X Intel Core i7-8700K AMD Ryzen 2700 |
|---|---|
| Motherboards | ASRock X399 Professional Gaming ASRock X399 Taichi ASUS PRIME X299 Deluxe AORUS Z370 Gaming 7 ASUS ROG Crosshair VII HERO |
| Memory | Teamgroup Xcalibur RGB Series 32 GB (4 x 8GB) CL16 3200 MHz |
| Video Cards | ASUS GeForce GTX 1080 Ti STRIX OC |
| Power Supply | Corsair AX1200i PSU |
| Cooling Solutions | Corsair H115i Pro AIO Liquid DeepCool Castle 280 RGB AIO Liquid DeepCool Fryzen Threadripper Air |
| Solid State Drive | Samsung SSD 960 EVO M.2 (512 GB) |
| BIOS Used | ASRock X399 Professional Gaming v3.20 ASRock X399 Taichi v3.20 |
| OS | Windows 10 64-bit |
I would like to thank Teamgroup for providing me their latest Xcalibur RGB DDR4 memory kits, ASUS for providing the GTX 1080 TI STRIX OC and Deepcool for providing their latest Castle 280 RGB AIO liquid and Fryzen air coolers for this test.
For overclocking, the maximum clock speeds I was able to achieve on the ASRock FATAL1TY X399 Professional Gaming was 4.1 GHz across all cores with a voltage supply of 1.345V. The X399 Taichi managed 4.0 GHz across all cores with a supply of 1.32V. Anything above that is way too stressful for the VRMs but even having 4.0 GHz across all 32 cores is a feat in itself.
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The core revolution is here and AMD is leading the charge with their monstrous 32 core and 64 thread behemoth, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. Simply put, it crushes and rips through the entire Core-X lineup with a disruptive price tag and performance further refined with 12nm Zen+ cores. This is a premium enthusiast grade and work station ready chip for the performance hungry masses.
- First 32 core and 64 thread high-end desktop processor
- Destroys the competition with an absolutely stellar price per core, price per thread and price to performance value
- Single-Thread performance enhanced with Zen+ Cores
- Incredible Multi-threading performance
- Highly efficient 12nm Design
- Up To 80 MB of Cache on the chip
- Up To 64 PCIe lanes on the chip
- Compatible with all existing X399 motherboards
- Compatible with the faster Spec'd DDR4 memory
- Overclock up to 4-4.2 GHz possible across all 32 cores
- Dedicated Gamer mode and Compute mode for optimized performance
Pros
- Highly competitive but very high-price ($1799 US)
- Not all X399 motherboards may allow good OC
- Very High TDP (250W), Requires good cooling solutions
- Very High Power Consumption when overclocked
Cons
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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