AMD shared its official pricing with us for its Threadripper Professional 5000 WX-series processors, on the identical time successfully marking the top of what we might take into account the corporate’s conventional HEDT lineup — AMD is not releasing non-Professional Threadripper processors anymore, and Threadripper Professional pricing is much out of attain for the overwhelming majority of fans.
AMD initially introduced the Threadripper Professional chips again in March, and as normal for this collection of chips, it got here completely in Lenovo’s OEM ThinkStation programs. As such, AMD did not launch chip pricing. Final week AMD introduced the Professional chips would come to different OEMs later this yr and that it could come to retail as a standalone chip to additionally serve the DIY/fanatic crowd — and that it could unify the non-Professional and Professional variations of Threadripper.
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX SEP is $6,499
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5975WX SEP is $3,299
- AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5965WX SEP is $2,399
Here is the official Threadripper Professional pricing that AMD shared with us as we speak, and it is clear that these chips are priced far above what we might anticipate for the normal definition of the HEDT phase.
AMD’s unique Threadripper lineups have been geared for the consumer-oriented excessive finish desktop (HEDT) market completely, however a number of generations down the road, the corporate launched its enhanced Threadripper Professional 3000-series fashions that got here with extra reminiscence channels (eight), thus gearing the chips, and their worth tags, for skilled workstation customers.
The usual and ‘Professional’ Threadripper lineups existed individually, however AMD’s announcement final week explicitly states that these two will now be one and the identical. “[…] There can be one set of Threadripper processors to select from, with one CPU socket and chipset, and each processor can be primarily based on AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO silicon.”
| Cores / Threads | MSRP/SEP | Base / Increase (GHz) | L3 Cache (MB) | TDP | PCIe | |
| Threadripper Professional 5995WX | 64 / 128 | $6,499 | 2.7 / 4.5 | 256 | 280W | 128 |
| Xeon W-3375 | 38 / 76 | $4,499 | 2.5 / 4.0 | 57 | 270W | 64 |
| Threadripper Professional 3995WX | 64 / 128 | $5,489 | 2.7 / 4.2 | 256 | 280W | 128 |
| Threadripper 3990X | 64 / 128 | $3,990 | 2.9 / 4.3 | 256 | 280W | 72 |
| Threadripper Professional 5975WX | 32 / 64 | $3,299 | 3.6 / 4.5 | 128 | 280W | 128 |
| Xeon W-3365 | 32 / 64 | $3,499 | 2.7 / 4.0 | 48 | 270W | 64 |
| Threadripper Professional 3975WX | 32 / 64 | $2,749 | 3.5 / 4.2 | 128 | 280W | 128 |
| Threadripper 3970X | 32 / 64 | $1,999 | 3.7 / 4.5 | 128 | 280W | 64 |
| Threadripper Professional 5965WX | 24 / 48 | $2,399 | 3.8 / 4.5 | 128 | 280W | 128 |
| Xeon W-3345 | 24 / 48 | $2,499 | 3.0 / 4.0 | 36 | 250W | 64 |
| Threadripper 3960X | 24 / 48 | $1,399 | 3.8 / 4.5 | 128 | 280W | 64 |
That is how Threadripper Professional pricing compares to each AMD’s previous-gen Professional chips, the non-Professional Threadrippers, and competing fashions from Intel. As a reminder, AMD’s Steered Etail Value (SEP) is akin to an MSRP.
The 64-core 128-thread Threadripper Professional 5995WX weighs in at $6,499, a $2,509 markup over the past Threadripper that was positioned for what we take into account a conventional HEDT platform, the 64-core Threadripper 3990X. That is additionally a $1,100 improve over the previous-gen Professional equal, the 64-core Threadripper Professional 3995WX.
For the 32-core Threadripper Professional 5975WX, there is a $1,300 markup over the previous-gen HEDT mannequin, the Threadripper 3970X, and a $550 markup over the previous-gen Professional equal.
Lastly, the 24-core Threadripper Professional 5965WX at $2,399 represents a $1,000 markup over the HEDT-geared 32-core Threadripper 3960X. (The previous-gen Threadripper Professional lineup did not have a 24-core mannequin.)
A Farewell Ode to HEDT
AMD’s determination to unite the Threadripper and Threadripper Professional lineups into one household successfully brings an finish to any enthusiast-geared HEDT processors from AMD — a minimum of in the interim.
Make no mistake, the Professional chips carry pricing premiums not solely within the silicon but in addition within the platform. You may pay extra for the motherboards and shoulder the price of populating eight reminiscence channels versus the 4 reminiscence channels discovered on the non-Professional fashions. Certain, you may merely not populate 4 of the reminiscence channels to avoid wasting money, however regardless, you are still paying the premium for eight channels within the chip and motherboard pricing, in order that appears a waste.
AMD’s determination to eradicate the non-Professional Threadripper household wasn’t all too shocking, although. AMD’s previous-gen Threadripper halo, the 3990X, value a whopping $3,990 and was actually a specialised chip for skilled customers anyway, versus what we might take into account a HEDT chip within the conventional sense. Fortunately, there have been nonetheless Threadripper fashions with decrease core counts and pricing that made them inside attain of some fans, however even then, AMD itself was already blurring the traces between HEDT and mainstream PCs.
AMD’s consumer-geared Ryzen household now stretches as much as 16 cores, bringing what we might have beforehand thought-about HEDT-class efficiency to the mainstream desktop PC. The arrival of Ryzen 7000 guarantees to push the efficiency of these 16 cores to even greater ranges, and its help for DDR5 will reduce the affect of getting solely two reminiscence channels as a substitute of the 4 discovered on HEDT platforms.
AMD has additionally divulged that Ryzen 7000 can have a peak 170W TDP, a major improve over the present 105W TDP restrict with the Ryzen 5000 processors, and a peak energy consumption (PPT) of 230W, one other improve over the earlier 142W restrict. These greater energy ranges will permit the chips to ship explosive efficiency positive factors in multi-threaded work, that means they will be even nearer to what we might have beforehand thought-about HEDT-class efficiency.
All of this stuff have apparently contributed to the top of the usual Threadripper lineup, and though it makes excellent sense, we’re unhappy to see it go. The unique arrival of the Threadripper 1950X in 2017 with a then-mind-blowing 16-cores was a shocking and superior present of pressure as AMD started the method of fairly actually muscling Intel out of competition within the fanatic HEDT market, a feat that you may see attain its completion in our Intel Core i9-10980XE Evaluation: Intel Loses its Grip on HEDT article from 2019.
Threadripper turned a logo of AMD’s sheer dominance. Actually, 2019 was the final time Intel launched an HEDT chip geared for fans. That is a very long time within the canine years of the semiconductor trade, and three years later we’re nonetheless listening to rumblings of Intel’s rumored Fishhawk Falls, a HEDT chip primarily based on Sapphire Rapids. Nonetheless, Intel hasn’t stated something concerning the chips and we’re undecided if they are going to truly be geared towards fans, or in the event that they will even be extra focused on the OEM workstation crowd.
Certain, a part of AMD’s reasoning to kill off the non-Professional Threadripper line most likely resides within the margins from its Professional and EPYC chips, however in equity, HEDT merely wasn’t making a lot sense anymore. For now, we have seen the top of the enthusiast-geared HEDT period. Possibly Intel will revive it now that it does not have to fret about going through a non-Professional Threadripper HEDT competitor anymore.
