The power and cooling requirements for this type of hardware is likewise high, with the processor rated for a 350-watt (350W) TDP. This huge core count is backed up by a similarly enormous 256MB pool of 元 cache and 64MB of L2 cache. The Intel Core i9-14900K appears better on this front, with its 24 CPU cores, but 16 of those cores are Intel's high-efficiency E-cores that don’t support SMT technology, leaving it also with just 32 threads to access. For comparison, the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X, which is the best "ordinary" Ryzen 9 processor at the time of writing, has just 16 CPU cores and 32 threads. This amount of cores and threads dwarfs all other consumer-based competition. The Threadripper 7980X is the top of the new Threadripper 7000 line, loaded with a monstrous 64 CPU cores with simultaneous multi-threading (SMT) technology that enables it to operate up to 128 threads, essentially allowing each CPU core to work on two tasks in unison. For those of you who have never played StarCraft, stop reading and come back after you have, but the Protoss army's Light Archon units in the game that "overwhelm" you with that key phrase are extremely powerful yet costly-just like the 7980X! Threadripper Returns: Power Overwhelming!ĪMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 7980X is a true behemoth of a processor for the consumer market, and as you’ll see in a moment, the "power overwhelming" StarCraft reference is fitting for the 7980X. Make no mistake, though: Mainstream tasks such as gaming or everyday content work are far, far below this chip's station, and it's not designed for (nor a good value for) such pedestrian pursuits. If you do work that is tailored to benefit from extreme multi-threaded processor performance, this chip could save you time and be well worth its cost. ![]() Providing, in certain scenarios, two or even three times the performance of the previous fastest desktop processor, the Ryzen Threadripper 7980X is a proper game-changer for those ready to pay up the $4,999 required, as well as foot the cost of the platform: premium motherboard, registered RAM, a robust CPU cooler. And with the top chip in the new Threadripper line, the 7980X, the maximum amount of performance you can draw out of a consumer desktop PC has been not so much raised as it has been multiplied. ![]() With the launch of its AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000-series processors, the "consumer class," non-Pro Threadripper chips are a thing again, and the so-called high-end desktop (HEDT) market as it was known in the 2010s has been reborn.
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