Based on a Tweet by Hoang Anh Phuh (opens in new tab), AMD’s 7nm Ryzen Threadripper Professional 5000WX processors with Zen 3 cores are lastly promoting in China. Nonetheless, costs are extremely excessive in comparison with its Zen 2 predecessors, with pricing on the 64-core mannequin double that of the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X‘s MSRP of $4,000. For now, take these outcomes with a grain of salt. There’s a risk that these costs are usually not official. Fortunately these excessive worth hikes are solely regulated in China for now. Hopefully, we can’t see the identical phenomenon in different markets.
Beginning with the most affordable fashions, the 24-core Ryzen Threadripper Professional 5965WX is on sale for 17,200 CNY or $2,572. The 32-core Ryzen Threadripper Professional 5975WX goes for twenty-four,000 CNY or $3,589, and the 64-core Ryzen Threadripper Professional 5995WX has a considerably larger worth at a whopping 47,000 CNY or $7,029.
These costs are considerably larger than the total MSRP of AMD’s earlier technology Ryzen Threadripper Professional 3000WX elements. For instance, the 32-core Threadripper Professional 3975WX sells for $2,749, and the 64-core Threadripper Professional 3995WX prices “simply” $5,489. Sadly, there isn’t a 24-core mannequin to match outcomes.
Costs on Threadripper Professional 5000WX are fairly excessive and never a worth discount like AMD’s mainstream Ryzen 5000 chips. Nonetheless, the core-heavy chips will appease prosumers and workstation customers that want firepower for heavy duties, reminiscent of rendering, picture, video manipulation, and so on.
AMD has the HEDT market hostage since Intel, presently has nothing to compete inside this market. As well as, HEDT processors are slowly disappearing from the market, in response to some stories. Admittedly, it has been some time since we have seen a brand new HEDT platform from Intel or AMD. Nonetheless, AMD’s dedication to the HEDT stands agency because the chipmaker has already shared a consumer roadmap detailing the next-generation Threadripper chips with Zen 4 cores, which can arrive in 2023.
