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AMD is smoothly scaling its Ryzen Threadripper Pro processors, dedicated to workstations. The Threadripper Pro 5000s feature Zen 3 cores, but retain all the features of the previous generation, including a maximum core count of 64.
Shortly before the conference during which Apple lifted the veil on its M1 Ultra chip, AMD took the lead and drew new processors for workstations: the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5000. ‘Apple aimed precisely at the same audience.
AMD remains relatively conservative in its innovations on this new series of processors. The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5000 take up all the characteristics of the 3000 series with the only change being the transition to Zen 3 architecture instead of the Zen 2 architecture used on the previous series.
The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5000 series revolves around five models that are distinguished by the number of cores they have and the amount of associated L3 cache. The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5945WX is the “smallest” of the family. It packs 12 cores and 24 threads, while the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX tops out at 64 cores and 128 threads. All Threadripper Pro 5000s support 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes, up to 2 TB of RAM and have an energy envelope of 280 W. The fineness of engraving does not change and remains based on the 7 nm FinFet from TSMC.
The Lenovo ThinkStation P620 workstation will benefit from AMD’s new Threadripper Pro. © Lenovo
Threadripper Pro 5000 processors will be available from March 21. They can be found in particular integrated into Lenovo workstations, such as the ThinkStation P620.