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With half as many CPU cores as its flagship cousin, AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 9970X ($2,499) is a lower-priced, lower-capacity processor than the leading Threadripper 9980X that still delivers extreme ...

For years, AMD's Threadripper series has been synonymous with brute-force multi-core power. With the new Ryzen Threadripper 9980X, AMD is sharpening that edge even further, bringing 64 cores and 128 ...

If you’re interested in Linux performance, you may want to take a look at our experiences with the 3990X here. In our look at AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper 3990X in Linux, we saw many occasions where the ...

AMD’s new 32-core/64-thread Threadripper 3970x continues AMD’s 2019 trend of sweeping the field in desktop and server processors. In recent weeks, Ars has tested Threadripper head to head versus Intel ...

AMD's latest Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series arrives with a familiar formula: massive core counts, eye-watering specs, and price tags to match. Built on the Zen 5 microarchitecture, these chips pack up ...

AMD claims its top Threadripper Pro chip trounces Intel’s Xeon CPUs. AMD claims its top Threadripper Pro chip trounces Intel’s Xeon CPUs. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been ...

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AMD looks to again turn the screws on Intel’s Xeon chips with a new Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5000-series of workstation CPUs that it claims will be far more efficient and faster than Intel’s best. Built ...

The Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-Series starts at $1,649 and ships on July 23rd. The Threadripper Pro 9000 WX-Series starts at $1,649 and ships on July 23rd. is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who ...

AMD’s monstrous Threadripper CPU is back at Computex 2025 with both the Threadripper Pro 9000 WX series and the consumer-friendly Threadripper 9000 HEDT—both boasting a Zen 5 performance upgrade ...

Last week, AMD dropped the Threadripper 9000 series, and it is amazing, starting with its name. In the world of technology, product names often range from the blandly numerical to the abstractly ...