AMD Threadripper Pro 5000 WX-Series: Three CPUs tested!

1. Threadripper Pro 5000 WX-Series2. A Closer Look - AMD's Threadripper Pro3. A Closer Look - The WRX80 Platform4. Testing Methodology5. Technical: Power Consumption and Temperatures6. Tests: Blender & Cinebench7. Tests: Memory Bandwidth and Latency8. Tests: Handbrake & 7-Zip9. Technical: Performance Per Watt10. Closing Thoughts11. View All Pages

We know that Zen 4 is AMD’s latest-and-greatest on the mainstream, desktop CPU market. But let’s not forget about the big dog from years gone by for prosumers and workstation users – Threadripper. Today we put three of AMD's current Threadripper CPUs through their paces.

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Of course, the last HEDT prosumer-level Threadripper processors that we saw were the Zen 2-based 3000 series that was flagshipped by the awesome 64-core 3990X. AMD has, however, launched the more workstation-focussed Zen 3-based Threadripper Pro 5000 WX-series in recent months.

This line-up is once again led by a 64-core, £7,000 model – the Threadripper Pro 5995WX. We are also looking at the 32-core, £3,500 5975WX and 24-core, £2,500 5965WX in today’s mini review or ‘wow! look at that!’ piece of content.

So, with 120 total cores of Threadripper Pro 5000 WX-series processors, 256GB of DDR4 RAM, and a WRX80 motherboard at hand, let’s take a closer look…

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