The latest information reveals the appearance of AMD’s Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000 Workstation CPUs based on the Zen 3 core architecture within MilkyWay@Home. The platform is distributed computing platform which is dedicated to creating a 3D model of the Milky Way Galaxy.
These two chips are a part AMDs workstation ‘WX’ series lineup and will be based on the Zen 3 core architecture. The two chips mentioned are the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and the Threadripper PRO 5945WX. We don’t have any key specifications of the cards such as core clocks, L3 cache sizes, or TDP figures.
The only information we know so far is that AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX will be the flagship Zen 3 HEDT CPU and will be boasting 64 cores, 128 threads, and up to 256 MB cache. This workstation SKU from AMD will have full 128 PCIe Gen 4 lanes and up to 2 TB DDR4 memory support. The TDP is expected to be around 280W according to the leaked Gigabyte documents.
Coming up next is the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX which features just 12 cores and 24 threads and we are looking at a 4+1 chipset SKU rather than the 8+1 chipset SKU that is used on the 32 core and above Threadripper HEDT CPUs. The chip will be featuring the rest of the specs in line with the Threadripper PRO 3945WX which included 64 MB of cache, a TDP of 280W, and 128 PCIe Gen 4 lanes.
| CPU Name | CPU Cores | CPU Thread | Base Clock | Boost Clock | L3 Cache / PCIe Lanes | TDP | Memory Support | Price | Announcement |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 5995WX | 64 Core | 128 Thread | TBD | TBD | 256 MB / 128 PCIe Gen 4 | 280W | 8-Channel DDR4 (2 TB) | TBD | Q4 2021 |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 5975WX | 32 Core | 64 Thread | TBD | TBD | 128 MB / 128 PCIe Gen 4 | 280W | 8-Channel DDR4 (2 TB) | TBD | Q4 2021 |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 5965WX | 24 Core | 48 Thread | TBD | TBD | 128 MB / 128 PCIe Gen 4 | 280W | 8-Channel DDR4 (2 TB) | TBD | Q4 2021 |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 5955WX | 16 Core | 32 Thread | TBD | TBD | 64 MB / 128 PCIe Gen 4 | 280W | 8-Channel DDR4 (2 TB) | TBD | Q4 2021 |
| AMD Ryzen Threadripper 5945WX | 12 Core | 24 Thread | TBD | TBD | 64 MB / 128 PCIe Gen 4 | 280W | 8-Channel DDR4 (2 TB) | TBD | Q4 2021 |
in terms of performance, we only know that the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX scores 5.56 GFLOPs/core compared to 5.39 GFLOPs/core for the Threadripper 3970X. The per-core performance seems to have received the biggest upgrade since we are looking at a brand new core architecture in the form of Zen 3.
