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takyon [soylentnews.org] writes:

AMD's Threadripper 2 TR 2990WX will be available for retail on August 13 [anandtech.com]. 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 [anandtech.com] 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 [wccftech.com] 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 [tomshardware.com] and Engadget [engadget.com].

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

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