Ryzen Threadripper 9000: First performance data from AMD
AMD promises a double-digit increase in speed for the top model Threadripper Pro 9995WX with 96 cores. The manufacturer also allows overclocking RAM.
There are several chiplets under the Threadripper 9000's heatspreader: the large I/O die in the middle, around which the CCDs with the CPU cores are grouped.
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Following the announcement at the end of May at the Computex IT trade fair, AMD has published initial details on the performance of the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 “Shimada Peak” series of high-end desktop and workstation processors. Compared to its predecessors, the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 “Storm Peak”, performance is expected to increase by an average of 16 percent at the same clock rate and with the same number of cores thanks to the switch from Zen 4 to Zen 5 architecture. For AI and machine learning applications, AMD promises a somewhat larger increase of 25 percent thanks to the now 512-bit floating-point units.
In a direct comparison of the top variants Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX and Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX, each with 96 CPU cores, the computing power improves above all in video software such as Adobe AfterEffects (+26 percent), rendering programs such as Keyshot (+26 percent) and large-language models such as DeepSeek R1 TTFT (+23 percent). The comparison with Intel's current high-end workstation CPU Xeon w9-3595X “Sapphire Rapids” seems somewhat unfair because it only has 60 cores. The 96-core from AMD is said to perform rendering tasks on the CPU with Chaos V-Ray up to 145 percent faster.
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Faster memory for more throughput
The six Threadripper Pro 9000WX for workstations with 12 to 96 cores and the three Threadripper 9000X with 24 to 64 cores run on existing WRX90 and TRX50 main boards respectively. The 9000WX also work on the cheaper TRX50 platform. The reverse is not true. Among other things, TRX50 boards only offer four instead of eight memory channels for registered DIMMs. The memory speed of both series increases from DDR5-5200 to DDR5-6400. In addition, AMD allows the use of overclocking modules with EXPO profiles of DDR5-7000 and higher.
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The Threadripper Pro 9000WX workstation processors receive improved remote maintenance functions, which means that such systems can now also be administered via WLAN using AMD Integrated Management Technology (AIM-T). The nine Ryzen Threadripper 9000s are due to go on sale in July. Partner manufacturers for the workstations include Dell, HP, Lenovo, Supermicro and Wortmann.
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