Saturday, May 27th 2017
Two 16-core AMD Threadripper Parts Listed Online
Ahead of their May 29 unveiling at AMD's pre-Computex 2017 show in Taipei, and their scheduled market availability for Summer 2017, two 16-core AMD Threadripper processor SKUs surfaced as online-store listings, on Greek online retailer Skroutz. These include the AMD Threadripper 1998, and the AMD Threadripper 1998X. The listings don't come with price-tags.
Some specifications of the two SKUs were revealed, too. To begin with, both chips feature 16 cores, and SMT enables 32 logical CPUs for the OS to address. The Threadripper 1998 is clocked at 3.20 GHz, with an unknown boost clock; while the 1998X is clocked higher, at 3.50 GHz, with unknown boost clocks. The "X" in the model number could denote XFR, which could unlock higher automated overclocks than the boost clock. Both chips are listed with AMD socket SP3r2 support, AMD's upcoming 4,094-pin LGA socket.
Source:
DigiWorthy
Some specifications of the two SKUs were revealed, too. To begin with, both chips feature 16 cores, and SMT enables 32 logical CPUs for the OS to address. The Threadripper 1998 is clocked at 3.20 GHz, with an unknown boost clock; while the 1998X is clocked higher, at 3.50 GHz, with unknown boost clocks. The "X" in the model number could denote XFR, which could unlock higher automated overclocks than the boost clock. Both chips are listed with AMD socket SP3r2 support, AMD's upcoming 4,094-pin LGA socket.
115 Comments on Two 16-core AMD Threadripper Parts Listed Online
In truth X299 line-up looks pathetic compared to what AMD has to offer. The only thing which is better is AVX-512 support, something completely useless for widely understood 'Enthusiast' user. Perhpas Intel should offer RGB CPUs?
If price is right and most important connectivity on the boards is what I need I'll get my first AMD chip since dinosaurs died off. :P
however 900\1000 is 100% possible judging by the lower end prices (R7) as these are just 2x R7 on one socket :)
Either way, R7's are just as fast as a 1000 dollar Intel chip and this really disrupts the market :)
Another possibility, given yields are supposed to be good is that we see a reduction in the price of R7, e.g. 1800X drops to 399 and the 10 core TR comes in at ~600 ....
The overall platform cost will still be higher and presumably AMD gets some money per motherboard, so they could potentially do that and still make the same margins.
The Intel HEDT boards all seem to be 200+ (and a lot more + in some cases) more than the enthusiast class.
They could go the other way too, cheaper motherboards and slightly pricier CPUs. Time will tell but it is looking like a fantastic platform. I'm kind of sorry I went with R7 but then again it presumably helped AMDs bottom line so worth it.
No vape news here.... :ohwell:
:D:p
it all sounds good but i see much benefit for average gaming enthusiast.. but i could be wrong.. he he
trog
ps..
Why AVX-512 is useless to him? Do you know what AVX-512 is? :)
also stop overclocking it, intel told you so
If CPU doesn't have it, it is a crappy CPU.
It gives such a tremendous benefits, it is simply outrageous that someone dared skipping this feature altogether in their pathetic near bancrupt parodies of labs.
Rumors say, AVX-512 opens chakras and improves karma too (on top of amazing benefit of 512 bit SIMD instruction set, which allows you to execute 512bit SIMD instructions, no less!!!)
Who knows, if it isn't AVX-512 that make SkyLake faster than Broadwell-E, eh?
How freaking dare they!?!?!? It's a tech from 2013, FFS!
Shame on you, AMD, I always knew your chips were too hot or, when not, had some other gotchas I have yet to google!
One does not simply use AVX. Software has to be written to take advantage of it.
Unless they are clocked really low and no one wants that from either cpu vendor so have a think and if you're going to try and mock Amd , make feckin sense would you.
And i got plenty of cooling ,im ready, I didn't cheap out on Any part of my pc bar cpu 159£ years ago and still doing ok.
I can see prices spanning 500-1000 on cpus i would really like a budget cpu option say 8 core 2 per ccx just as a first buy option at 450 notes but im likely dreaming.
As i am about the 1976X i have seen rumoured i was born in that year ,shits gota be lucky for me surely.