{"id":21336,"date":"2019-11-27T14:02:36","date_gmt":"2019-11-27T13:02:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=21336"},"modified":"2020-01-08T15:49:42","modified_gmt":"2020-01-08T14:49:42","slug":"64-cores-for-the-masses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/?p=21336","title":{"rendered":"64 cores for the masses?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-Post-Thumb wp-image-7998\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RyzenThreadripper_175-64x64.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RyzenThreadripper_175-64x64.png 64w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RyzenThreadripper_175-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/RyzenThreadripper_175.png 175w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 64px) 100vw, 64px\" \/>The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is the 32-core<br \/>\nThreadripper from AMD and already a beast when<br \/>\nit comes to multicore computing. Dotriaconta-core<br \/>\nCPUs aren&#8217;t often seen for personal systems.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->So the 3970X is a gamechanger here although the price with 2000 US$ per CPU is quite high.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ryzen_3990X.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21337\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ryzen_3990X-640x359.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"359\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ryzen_3990X-640x359.jpg 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ryzen_3990X-768x431.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ryzen_3990X-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/Ryzen_3990X.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But AMD goes one step further. The 3990X seems to be the first 64-core (tetrahexaconta-core) processor available for the standard Threadripper mainboards supporting the actual Zen2+ Threadripper processors.<\/p>\n<p>While the release date is set to February 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020, the price will be at 3990 US$ (MSRP).<\/p>\n<p>Also the processor will clock way lower compared to the 3950X as it&#8217;s TDP is still 280W but hey, is this a beast of a processor and it will definitely cause headache in the Intel camp.<\/p>\n<p>Specs of the Zen2 Threadripper family:<\/p>\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\"><strong>Processor type<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\"><strong>3950X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\"><strong>3960X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\"><strong>3970X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\"><strong>\u00a03980X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\"><strong>3990X<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\">Price<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">790 US$<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">1399 US$<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">1999 US$<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">2999 US$<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">3990 US$<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\">Cores<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">16<br \/>\n(hexadeca-core)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">24<br \/>\n(tetracosa-core)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">32<br \/>\n(dotriaconta-core)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">48<br \/>\n(octatetraconta-core)<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">64<br \/>\n(tetrahexaconta-core)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\">Threads<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">32<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">48<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">64<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">96<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">128<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\">L1 Cache<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">1 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">2.25 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">3 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">4.5 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">6 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\">L2 Cache<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">8 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">12 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">16 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">24 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">32 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\">L3 Cache<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">64 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">128 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">128 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">256 MB<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">256 MB<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\">Base Clock<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">3.5 GHz<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">3.8 GHz<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">3.7 GHz<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">3.5 GHz<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">2.9 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\">Boost Clock<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">4.7 GHz<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">4.5 GHz<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">4.5 GHz<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">4.4 GHz<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">4.3 GHz<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"width: 20%; text-align: center;\">TDP<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">105 W<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">280 W<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">280 W<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">280 W<\/td>\n<td style=\"width: 16%; text-align: center;\">280 W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h3><a href=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-21338\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2-640x360.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2-640x360.png 640w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2-500x281.png 500w, https:\/\/blog.netspark.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2.png 992w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a>Update January 7<sup>th<\/sup>, 2020:<\/h3>\n<p>Updated MSRP, added 3980X specs, updated release date.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is the 32-core Threadripper from AMD and already a beast when it comes to multicore computing. 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