Over the weekend AMD France prematurely published benchmark scores for an as yet unreleased second gen Ryzen Threadripper CPU. A Guru3D forum user shared the information concerning the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX. This 32C/64T processor and its Cinebench benchmark score was listed on the footnotes of a page since taken down. Thanks to the Google Web Cache you can still see the footnotes here though.
I’ve tabulated the AMD labs comparison below for clarity:
| AMD | Intel |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX
sTR4 motherboard socket X399 GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card (driver 24.21.13.9793) 4 x 8GB DDR4-3200 Windows 10 x64 Pro (RS3) Samsung 850 Pro SSD |
Intel Core i9-7980XE
Gigabyte X299 AORUS Gaming 9 GeForce GTX 1080 graphics card (driver 24.21.13.9793) 4 x 8GB DDR4-3200 Windows 10 x64 Pro (RS3) Samsung 850 Pro SSD |
| Score: 5,099 | Score: 3,335 |
Above AMD pitted its new 32C/64T CPU against Intel’s current enthusiast flagship, the Core i9-7980XE, which packs 18C/36T. AMD’s processor is approximately 50 per cent faster in this rendering benchmark.
According to a leak published by VideoCardz just ahead of the weekend, the upcoming Threadripper 2990WX will cost $US1799 at launch. This compares very nicely with the Intel chip in the benchmark comparison above, which has an MSRP of a dollar or two under US$2000. In this leak story we are told that a ‘WX’ suffix means that the processor has been designed for “creators and innovators”. Meanwhile ‘X’ suffixed processors are for gamers.
As well as leaking the intended pricing of the Threadripper 2990WX, VideoCardz shared that its base clock would be 3.0GHz with a boost to 4.2GHz, and that it has a 250W TDP. It will be joined by three other second gen Threadrippers; the 2970WX with 24C/48T costing $1299, the Threadripper 2950X with 16C/32T costing $899, and the Threadripper 2920X with 12C/24T costing $649. Those last two are 160W parts.