Threadripper 7980X and 7980X benchmarked

[Marzipan]

fast. very fast. hot. very hot. and expensive...very expensive.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X review

We review the all-new Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors. The many-core beasts are paired with a TRX50 motherboard. We tested the Ryzen Threadripper 7980X with is 64-core based on Zen4 (that's 128-threads by the way). And then we also will place a focus on the Ryzen Threadripper 7970 with...

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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X review

Meet the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processors, in this review we'll deal with the 32-core/64-threaded Threadripper 7970X, which is paired with a TRX50 motherboard. We'll look at multithreaded performance, but we will not shy away from game performance either. We'll perform a bit of...

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[Helzy]

The only thing i found confusing about the 7980X review was this:

"We are conducting an analysis of two 7000 series generation Ryzen CPUs. Intel supplied these processors for our review. For the tests, we utilized an ASUS TRX50 motherboard coupled with G.Skill DIMMs, configured at 4x16GB 6400 MHz."

 

[Marzipan]

The only thing i found confusing about the 7980X review was this:

"We are conducting an analysis of two 7000 series generation Ryzen CPUs. Intel supplied these processors for our review. For the tests, we utilized an ASUS TRX50 motherboard coupled with G.Skill DIMMs, configured at 4x16GB 6400 MHz."

seems a bit odd for a competitor would supply a fellow competitors product for review...but I've seen this happen before, it's just not terribly common.

 

[Bond007]

GN review. They never really had heat issues. And despite the high power, its the most efficient CPU they have ever tested.

 

[Marzipan]

these aren't gaming CPU? what? that's what HEDT is supposed to be about. I get them giving that advice though as it's AMD that messed up.

 

[Sagath]

these aren't gaming CPU? what? that's what HEDT is supposed to be about. I get them giving that advice though as it's AMD that messed up.

It's considered a HEDT option. Just that nowadays that means 2000+ versus the 1000+ it used to be. Welcome to inflation.

 

[crazyea]

these aren't gaming CPU? what? that's what HEDT is supposed to be about. I get them giving that advice though as it's AMD that messed up.

It has always been more about heavy workload and productivity than gaming.