News Zen 5-based Threadripper 9000 CPU shipping manifest hints at imminent launch

[Admin]

More Zen 5-based Threadripper 9000-series 'Shimada Peak' CPUs were spotted in shipment manifests.

Zen 5-based Threadripper 9000 CPU shipping manifest hints at imminent launch : Read more

 

[newtechldtech]

I dont get it , how on earth the 16 cores Threadripper has the same TDP of the 96 cores one ? and why 350W ??? The 16 cores Ryzen is only 170W ?

 

[Notton]

There are many inconsistencies in the shipping manifest, so I'll assume the 350W is incorrect as well.

 

[Neilbob]

All Threadripper models have always had the same TDP, regardless of core count. I'm pretty sure there is some technical reason for that to be the case, but I can't be bothered to search for it.

 

[emike09]

I dont get it , how on earth the 16 cores Threadripper has the same TDP of the 96 cores one ? and why 350W ??? The 16 cores Ryzen is only 170W ?

Probably a much higher base and boost clock. Or the data is wrong.

 

[derekullo]

I dont get it , how on earth the 16 cores Threadripper has the same TDP of the 96 cores one ? and why 350W ??? The 16 cores Ryzen is only 170W ?

https://www.amd.com/en/products/processors/workstations/ryzen-threadripper.html#specifications

Threadripper 7000 series, but you get the picture.

Just for comparison ...

https://www.amd.com/en/partner/articles/amd-ryzen-7000-series-desktop-processors.html

CPU		Cores	Threads	Boost Clock	Base Clock	CPU Cooler	TDP
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 7945WX		12	24	Up to 5.3 GHz	4.7 GHz	Not Included	350W
AMD Ryzen™ 9 7900X		12	24	Up to 5.6 GHz	4.7 GHz	Not Included	170W

 

[usertests]

I wouldn't worry about the TDP much, look at how much it pulls in reviews once it's out.

Or don't look at all since most people aren't going to be buying into the Threadripper platform.

I doubt a 16-core could pull much more than a 9950X though.
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/amd-ryzen-9-9950x-cpu-review/4

 

[The Historical Fidelity]

I dont get it , how on earth the 16 cores Threadripper has the same TDP of the 96 cores one ? and why 350W ??? The 16 cores Ryzen is only 170W ?

TDP stands for “thermal design power” and is more a description of how much power-derived heat can be dissipated by the package (the actual term references the amount of heat one can expect to need to dissipate during normal stock settings usage and is a helpful figure when determining the minimum performance cooling solution to use). Since the threadripper package size is massive vs consumer desktop parts, the heat spreader used allows equally massive cold plate coolers to efficiently remove heat from the package (IE pretty much all threadripper coolers are rated for 350 watts simply due to size plus the low volume nature of threadripper does not make it economical to make multiple performance levels of cooler when the majority of threadripper sales are the 64+ core models) .
A real life example of TDP vs power usage is Intel’s flagship desktop CPUs. Looking at the Core i7-14900k, the TDP is 125 watts, but the power usage at its rated maximum boost frequency is 253 watts and Intel limits the amount of time the processor can pull that much power due to thermal runaway that would occur if a 125 watt TDP rated cooler is used. Enthusiasts with high end CPU coolers can run the CPU at 253 watts indefinitely but Intel does not consider that exception to rate the 14900k at 253 watt TDP because the majority of their customers (Dell and other system builders) do not use such high end coolers in their products.