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AMD Announces 2nd Generation Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX and 2920X Availability Date
AMD today announced the availability date of two additional models of the 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper family, the 2970WX and 2920X processors. These two models will be available for purchase worldwide on October 29th, 2018 from global etailers, building on the excitement and momentum of the 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX and 2950X launched in August. The Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX, with 24 cores and 48 threads, meets the demands of creators and innovators for the most intense workloads, while the Ryzen Threadripper 2920X delivers astounding processing power for enthusiasts and gamers with 12 cores and 24 threads. 2nd Generation AMD Ryzen Threadripper lineup: MODEL CORES / THREADS BOOST / BASE FREQUENCY (GHZ) L3$ (MB) TDP (WATTS) PCIe® Gen 3.0 LANES SEP (USD) AMD Ryzen™ Threadri...
First Gaming Benchmarks For AMD Ryzen Threadripper Show Impressive Results
For those living under a rock, the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X is AMD’s latest workstation grade CPU that comes with 16 cores and 32 threads. While it’s not exactly aimed at gaming, it’s a little hard not to wonder how it would perform in games. But thanks to Linus Tech Tips, we have a look at the first Threadripper gaming benchmarks. The tests have been done on an Alienware Area 51 machine that comes with the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X with a clock speed of 3.4 GHz and a 40MB cache. The CPU is priced at USD 999. The Linus benchmarks test the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X against the Intel Core i9 7900X, Intel Core i7 7700K and the AMD Ryzen 1800X. All these were set up with 32GB DDR4 RAM and an NVIDIA GTX 1080Ti. The only game tested at the moment was Rise of the Tomb Raider, ...