Whereas AMD jacked up the value of its Threadripper Professional chips to equal a used automotive, shoppers are getting a break: AMD is now leaving the value of its Threadripper 9000 sequence unchanged from the prior era.
AMD mentioned Friday that the brand new Threadripper 9000 sequence of chips will start transport on July 31. The value of the high-end 64-core/128-thread Ryzen Threadripper 9980X will stay at $4,999, the identical value that the Ryzen 7980X debuted at in 2023. Primarily based on how inflation has fared since then (about 2.5 p.c), that’s a “low cost” of about $130 or so.
AMD introduced the Threadripper 9000 HEDT (high-end desktop) on the finish of Might, alongside the 9000 WX or Professional components for servers. The 96-core/192-thread 9995WX prices $11,699 whereas the 96-core 7995WX Professional launched at $9,999.
Listed below are the costs of the brand new Ryzen Threadripper 9980X components—once more, the identical as their predecessors:
The brand new Threadrippers are designed to make use of the identical TR5 socket as their predecessors, with reminiscence help as much as 1TB of DDR5-6400 RDIMMs throughout 4 channels. A complete of 92 lanes of PCIe can be found, with 80 PCIe 5.0 lanes.
Do you have to purchase a brand new Threadripper? In all probability not, particularly with the vary of Ryzen 7 9800X3D components as an alternative. AMD mentioned that it’s aiming the brand new Threadrippers at AI mannequin coaching, whereas components just like the Ryzen 7 9800X3D and particularly the brand new Ryzen AI Max and Max+ (Strix Halo) processors are optimized for gaming and AI inferencing.
