Review: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and 3970X

Conclusion

AMD completes the 2019 premium consumer CPU line-up by releasing the Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and 3970X CPUs and announcing the 3990X.

Built on the evolving chiplet architecture and using 7nm process and Zen 2 architecture as key performance weapons, these new Threadrippers turn the performance wick up a few more notches.

Though housing the same 24C48T and 32C64T counts of the previous generation, increases in all-core frequency and architecture improvements combine to push application performance to hither-to unseen levels, helped by letting the processors breathe through an elevated 280W TDP. With the mainstream Ryzen 9 3950X trading blows with Intel's finest HEDT chip, the new 'rippers move the needle firmly to the right, to a space where Intel simply cannot compete.

The Ryzen Threadripper 3970X is oftentimes twice as fast as Intel's premier HEDT chip, the Core i9-10980XE, and sets benchmark standards that are in a different league to anything its rival can muster without having to resort to $10,000 Xeons.

AMD's pursuit of a feature-rich, balanced platform brings a new chipset, TRX40, into play, and anyone contemplating these new chips will need to invest in a brand-new board, pushing the entry into the ultra-HEDT space to around $2,000. For that, though, you receive best-in-class peripheral support alongside extreme performance.

Want the fastest, most feature-rich PC platform in 2019? There is only one choice: AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3970X

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X

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The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and 3970X HEDT processors are available to purchase at Scan Computers.

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