{"id":326901,"date":"2019-11-08T09:12:31","date_gmt":"2019-11-08T07:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=326901"},"modified":"2019-11-08T09:14:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-08T07:14:22","slug":"amd-launches-new-ryzen-9-threadripper-processors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/326901-amd-launches-new-ryzen-9-threadripper-processors.html","title":{"rendered":"AMD launches new Ryzen 9 Threadripper processors"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AMD has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/press-releases\/2019-11-07-amd-introduces-world-s-fastest-high-end-desktop-processors-3rd-gen-ryzen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>launched<\/strong><\/a> its third-generation Ryzen 9 Threadripper CPU line-up, which comprises three new processors &#8211; the Ryzen 9 3950X, 3960X, and 3970X.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c3rd-Gen Ryzen Threadripper processors combine leadership performance and energy efficiency to create the ultimate high-end desktop solution,&#8221; said Saied Moshkelani, senior vice president and general manager, AMD Client Compute.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are extremely excited to expand our leadership high-end desktop processor family and deliver the world\u2019s fastest processors.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 3rd-gen Threadripper lineup features two new processors which are built on a 7nm Zen 2 architecture and offer up to 88 PCIe 4.0 lanes with a 144MB cache.<\/p>\n<p>AMD claims that the better of these two processors, the 32-core 3970X, offers up to 90% faster performance when compared to &#8220;the competition&#8217;s top-end HEDT processor&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>According to AMD, this means that the 3970X is the fastest processor in the high-end desktop market.<\/p>\n<p>AMD also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amd.com\/en\/press-releases\/2019-11-07-amd-introduces-world-s-most-powerful-16-core-consumer-desktop-processor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>announced<\/strong><\/a> the release of its Ryzen 9 3950X processor, which was originally unveiled in September.<\/p>\n<p>The company had <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/hardware\/320947-amd-delays-its-most-powerful-ryzen-cpu.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><strong>delayed<\/strong><\/a> the release of this chip due to high demand, with AMD wanting to ensure that there was enough stock of the product at launch.<\/p>\n<p>AMD claims that the Ryzen 9 3950X is the fastest 16-core consumer desktop processor in the world, offering a 22% performance increase compared to previous generations.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWith our 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors, AMD is once again raising the performance bar significantly for creators, developers, and PC enthusiasts,\u201d said Moshkelani.<\/p>\n<p>These processors will be available worldwide from 25 November 2019.<\/p>\n<p>Pricing is as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ryzen 9 3970X &#8211; <strong>$1,999<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Ryzen 9 3960X &#8211; <strong>$1,399<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Ryzen 9 3950X &#8211; <strong>$749<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The specifications for the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors are below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"mybb_table\">\n<div class=\"table-responsive\"><table class=\"table\" style=\"width: 100%;\" width=\"100%\" cellpadding=\"7\">\n<thead>\n<tr style=\"text-align: left;\">\n<th style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"5\">AMD Ryzen 3rd-Gen Threadripper CPUs<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"CCCCCC\"><strong>CPU<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"CCCCCC\"><strong>Cores\/Threads<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"CCCCCC\"><strong>Base Frequency<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"CCCCCC\"><strong>Boost Frequency<\/strong><\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"CCCCCC\"><strong>TDP<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"20%\"><strong>Ryzen 9 3950X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">16\/32<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">3.5GHz<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">4.7GHz<\/td>\n<td width=\"20%\">105W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ryzen 9 3960X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>24\/48<\/td>\n<td>3.8GHz<\/td>\n<td>4.5GHz<\/td>\n<td>280W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Ryzen 9 3970X<\/strong><\/td>\n<td>32\/64<\/td>\n<td>3.7GHz<\/td>\n<td>4.5GHz<\/td>\n<td>280W<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">Now read: <a href=\"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/reviews\/326499-acer-conceptd-this-is-next-level-power.html\" rel=\"bookmark\">Acer ConceptD \u2013 This is next-level power<\/a><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMD has launched its third-generation Ryzen 9 Threadripper CPU line-up, which comprises three new processors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":341039,"featured_media":309667,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[577,59463,45003],"class_list":["post-326901","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hardware","tag-amd","tag-ryzen-9","tag-ryzen-threadripper"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326901"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/341039"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=326901"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326901\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":326909,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/326901\/revisions\/326909"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/309667"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=326901"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=326901"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=326901"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}