AMD's Beastly Threadripper 9000 CPUs Boast Up to 96 Cores!

AMD’s monstrous Threadripper CPU is back at Computex 2025 with both the Threadripper Pro 9000 WX series and the consumer-friendly Threadripper 9000 HEDT—both boasting a Zen 5 performance upgrade within the same socket and 350W thermal envelope.

Each time AMD introduces a fresh Threadripper series, we must emphasize to our audience that these chips are essentially workstation processors disguised as desktop PCs, ideal for tasks like CAD work and video editing. However, this doesn't prevent you from marveling at their specifications once more.

AMD's offerings maintain their familiarity: the high-end desktop (HEDT) series kicks off with the 9980X, featuring the well-known configuration of 64 cores and 128 threads. Similar to its predecessor, the older Threadripper 7980X, it sports a base clock speed of 3.2 GHz. However, the boost frequency has seen an uptick—from 5.1GHz up to 5.4GHz. Additionally, these new models are fabricated using a more advanced 4nm technology, whereas the previous Threadripper 7000 series utilized a slightly outdated 5nm process.

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AMD also features six Threadripper processors in the Pro 9000 WX lineup, boasting an impressive total of 96 cores and 192 threads.

AMD's most recent Threadrippers (formerly known as Shimada Peak) have arrived slightly later than anticipated. The new Threadripper Pro models from AMD are now available. 5000 series debuted in March 2022 , followed by the The 7000 series in October 2023 Certainly, the primary query from AMD isn’t Answering immediately is the crucial factor: pricing, even as the chips are set for shipment in July. Given the tariffs and possible demand, this price might end up being quite substantial.

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AMD’s Threadripper 9000: Components and Velocities

This is how AMD’s Threadripper 9000 (HEDT) series is structured. Each processor uses the familiar sTR5 socket and has a thermal design power (TDP) of 350 watts. Quite a bit of power required there.

・ Threadripper 9980X: 64 cores with 128 threads; starting at 3.2 GHz with a maximum of 5.4 GHz, featuring 256 MB of L3 cache

・ Threadripper 9970X: 32 cores/64 threads with a base clock of 4.0GHz and a maximum turbo frequency of 5.4GHz, featuring 128MB of L3 cache.

・ Threadripper 9960X: 24 cores with 48 threads; starts at 4.2 GHz base speed upping to 5.4 GHz, equipped with 128 MB of L3 cache

At first, AMD isn’t revealing much detail about the architecture of the latest Threadripper CPUs. It seems reasonable to think they’re constructed similarly to the 5000 series, with each so-called "Core Chiplet Die" featuring eight cores and 32MB of cache from AMD. However, the 9970X model has more cores but keeps the overall L3 cache unchanged. According to an AMD spokesperson, certain versions have inactive cores included. For instance, the 32-core variants such as the 9970X incorporate six active cores within each CCD, whereas others use all eight cores per CCD. Regardless, every CCD maintains a 32MB cache size.

AMD has further developed the Threadripper platform. Previously, the 7000 series allowed for DDR5-5200 memory, whereas the newer processors can handle up to 8-channel DDR5-6400. AMD did not disclose which chipset will accompany these updated Threadrippers. Nevertheless, similar to the 7000 series, the upcoming 9000 series will utilize PCIe Gen 5 with an identical allocation of 128 I/O lanes.

AMD isn’t yet disclosing any performance information regarding the new Threadrippers, however.

If you want to know which Threadrippers workstation vendors will have access to, it will begin with the Threadripper Pro 9995WX, with 96 cores, 192 threads, a 2.5GHz base clock (up to 5.4GHz) and up to 384MB of level-3 cache.

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We've witnessed new mobile processors unveiled at Computex, along with fresh desktop components. However, this time around, workstations and artificial intelligence could be the highlights of Asia's biggest technology exhibition this year.

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