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 need to start out by saying that we don’t have access to the Intel Xeon competitors to these Threadripper Pro processors. Instead, this is more of a showcase video for us, where we get to examine the Threadripper Pro platform and see the raw power of the processors in some of our common benchmarks.

That means that we will be putting the CPU’s scores into our recent charts that contain the new mainstream desktop processors from Intel and AMD.

For memory, Kingston kindly loaned us 256GB of their Fury Renegade DDR4 RGB memory. This comes in 8x32GB form so will run eight-channel in this test system.

The memory is non-ECC, but that’s fine for our testing – ECC support is available on the platform if your specific workloads require it. And the speed is 3200MHz CL16 running 1.35V XMP.

CPU cooling comes in the form of the superb IceGiant ProSiphon Elite. This four-fan, aluminium CPU cooler uses thermosiphon technology to achieve comfortably the best Threadripper cooling performance that we have observed in previous testing.

280W of heat load is easy for this CPU cooler. And that’s particularly true with Threadripper, given the ProSiphon Elite’s ability to fully cover the heatspreader, thanks to its massive base and sturdy mounting solution.

• Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX = around 3.1GHz.
• Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5975WX = around 4.0GHz.
• Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5965WX = around 4.2GHz.
• Core i7-13700K (253W) = 5.3GHz P-cores.
• Core i9-13900K (253W) = 5.5GHz on the P-cores.
• Ryzen 7 5800X3D = around 4.4GHz.
• Ryzen 9 5900X = around 4.25GHz.
• Ryzen 9 5950X = around 3.85GHz.
• Ryzen 9 7900X = around 5.1GHz.
• Ryzen 9 7950X = around 5.05GHz.

CPU Test System Components:

• WRX80 Motherboard: ASUS Pro WS WRX80E-SAGE SE WiFi
• Memory: 256GB (8x32GB) Kingston Fury Renegade DDR4 RGB 3200MHz CL16 @ 1.35V
• Dedicated Graphics Card: Sapphire Nitro+ Pure Radeon RX 6950 XT
• CPU Cooler: IceGiant ProSiphon Elite
• Power Supply: Seasonic Prime TX-1600
• Operating System: Windows 11 Pro

Tests:

• Cinebench R23 – All-core & single-core CPU benchmark (CPU)
• Blender – All-core rendering of the Classroom benchmark (CPU)
• HandBrake H264 – Convert 1440p60 H264 video to 1080p60 H264 using the YouTube HQ 1080p60 preset (CPU)
• HandBrake H265 – Convert 4K30 100Mbps H264 video to 1080p30 40Mbps H265 using the H.265 MKV 1080p30 preset (CPU & Memory)
• 7-Zip – Built-in 7-Zip benchmark test (CPU & Memory)
• SiSoft Sandra – Memory bandwidth and Cache bandwidth/latency tests (Memory)
• AIDA64 – Memory bandwidth & memory latency (Memory)

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