AMD Ryzen Threadripper demolishes Intel Core i9 in price vs performance stakes

AMD Ryzen Threadripper demolishes Intel Core i9 in price vs performance stakes

By Darren Allan

AMD has announced the availability and pricing for its beefy enthusiast Ryzen Threadripper CPUs, and at the other end of the scale, wallet-friendly Ryzen 3 desktop processors – all of which will be out within the next month.

Two Ryzen Threadripper models are going to be on shelves from early August, and in addition to the previously announced 16-core (32-thread) monster, there will be a 12-core (24-thread) model, with pricing starting at $799 (around £615, AU$1,035) for the latter.

And the good news for budget CPU fans is that the first pair of Ryzen 3 processors will go on sale come July 27, just two weeks from today – although the exact pricing hasn’t been confirmed in this case.

The core specs of the new Threadripper chips are as follows:

  • Ryzen Threadripper 1950X: 16-cores, 32-threads, 3.4/4.0GHz (base/boost clock), $999 (around £770, AU$1,295)
  • Ryzen Threadripper 1920X: 12-cores, 24-threads, 3.5/4.0GHz (base/boost clock), $799 (around £615, AU$1,035)

And the Ryzen 3 chips are as follows:

  • Ryzen 3 1300X: 4-cores, 4-threads, 3.5/3.7GHz (base/boost clock)
  • Ryzen 3 1200: 4-cores, 4-threads, 3.1/3.4GHz (base/boost clock)

Threadripper runs on the X399 platform and boasts support for quad-channel DDR4 memory, with 64 lanes of PCIe. As AMD demonstrates in the below launch video, the base …read more

Source:: techradar.com – Computing Components

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