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Title    AMD Threadripper 2 Available Starting on August 13
Date    Tuesday August 07 2018, @01:42AM
Author    Fnord666
Topic   
from the when-does-the-seamripper-go-on-sale dept.
https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/08/06/205254

takyon writes:

AMD's Threadripper 2 TR 2990WX will be available for retail on August 13. The CPU has 32 cores and the suggested retail price is $1,799, compared to $1,999 for Intel's 18-core i9-7980XE. A 24-core TR 2970WX will be available in October for $1,299.

The 16-core TR 2950X ($899, August 31) and 12-core TR 2920X ($649, October) replace their counterparts from the last generation of Threadripper CPUs, but have slightly improved "12nm" Zen+ cores like the other Threadripper 2 CPUs. The 16 and 12-core chips use 2 dies while the 24 and 32-core versions use 4 dies.

A benchmark leak shows the 32-core TR 2990WX outperforming Intel's 18-core i9-7980XE by 53% in the multithreaded Cinebench R15 (this is an early result, may not represent the final performance, and may be overly favorable to AMD).

Also at Tom's Hardware and Engadget.

Related: First Two AMD Threadripper Chips Out on Aug. 10, New 8-Core Version on Aug. 31
Intel Teases 28 Core Chip, AMD Announces Threadripper 2 With Up to 32 Cores
AMD Ratcheting Up the Pressure on Intel


Original Submission

Links

  1. "takyon" - https://soylentnews.org/~takyon/
  2. "available for retail on August 13" - https://www.anandtech.com/show/13123/amd-threadripper-2-teaser-pre-orders-start-today-up-to-32-cores
  3. "slightly improved "12nm" Zen+ cores" - https://www.anandtech.com/show/13123/amd-threadripper-2-teaser-pre-orders-start-today-up-to-32-cores/2
  4. "benchmark leak" - https://wccftech.com/amd-ryzen-threadripper-2990wx-crushes-intel-core-i9-7980xe-cinebench-benchmark/
  5. "Tom's Hardware" - https://www.tomshardware.com/news/amd-threadripper_2-vs-intel-core_x,37550.html
  6. "Engadget" - https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/06/amd-32-core-ryzen-threadripper-on-sale/
  7. "First Two AMD Threadripper Chips Out on Aug. 10, New 8-Core Version on Aug. 31" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=17/08/03/0242215
  8. "Intel Teases 28 Core Chip, AMD Announces Threadripper 2 With Up to 32 Cores" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/06/07/1314217
  9. "AMD Ratcheting Up the Pressure on Intel" - https://soylentnews.org/article.pl?sid=18/06/14/2019230
  10. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=28283

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