Last month AMD announced the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series along with the new Threadripper PRO 7000 WX Series for bringing Zen 4 to the HEDT and workstation space. Ahead of AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors becoming available via DIY retailers on the 21st, today marks the review/performance embargo expiration for the Threadripper 7000 series. First up today is a look at how the new Threadripper 7970X 32-core and Threadripper 7980X 64-core processors are performing for Linux HEDT workstations… Or the TLDR: the incredible Linux performance and potential for a wide-range of creator and developer workloads now possible with the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series.
As a reminder from last month’s article covering the Threadripper 7000 / PRO 7000 WX Series highlights, the Threadripper 7970X is the 32-core / 64-thread HEDT part with a 4.0GHz base frequency and 5.3GHz boost frequency. The 7970X has 128B of L3 cache and 350 Watt TDP. The Threadripper 7970X for DIY builds is expected to retail for $2499 USD.
