AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) could be launching 4th Gen Ryzen Threadripper processors as early as August, finally bringing the Zen 3 architecture to its high-end desktop (HEDT) platform for the first time.
The latest rumor suggests AMD could be announcing the new CPUs at its June 1st Computex Keynote, which will be live-streamed on its YouTube channel.
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AMDAMD's Zen 3 CPUs haven't missed their marks across the range, generally outperforming Intel at every price point. The high-end desktop market is almost entirely AMD's domain; despite the fact its Threadripper CPUs such as the Threadripper 3960X are made using the older Zen 2 architecture, Intel's own HEDT models struggled to compete either on price or performance, with the company having to slash prices to remain competitive.
Currently, the Ryzen 9 5950X is also giving Intel headaches, given it mostly matches Intel's Core i9-10980XE, but costs less and is available on a much cheaper platform. However, the Ryzen 9 5950X has also meant that introducing CPUs below the 24-core Threadripper 3960X was questionable, given how powerful the 5950X is, with AMD opting instead to continue availability of its older Threadripper CPUs such as the Threadripper 2950X for those that need more memory channels and PCIe lanes.
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The latest leak, though, points at a 16-core model being available this time and even better is that you will be able to use the new Threadripper CPUs, which will likely offer 24, 32 and 64-core models too, on existing TRX40 motherboards, albeit with a BIOS update.
The leak comes from ServerTheHome Forums (via Wccftech), which points at availability in September, so is still a few months away at least. It's likely the 16-core model could be seeing the light of day given the poor availability of AMD's Ryzen 9 5950X, or that it sees extra PCIe lanes and memory channels as being attractive to potential owners.
Current TRX40 motherboards are likely to be compatible with AMD's new Threadripper CPUs
MSIThere's certainly a huge gap in price and performance between the Ryzen 5950X and Threadripper 3960X - the latter costs $1400 while the former just $995 right now on Amazon. AMD would then likely kill off its older Threadripper CPUs - the Threadripper 2950X is still readily available for example.
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