Rumored AMD Ryzen 9 ‘Threadripper’ Lineup Includes CPUs With Up To 16 Cores & 32 Threads

With Computex right around the corner (May 30 – June 3), leaks of what could be announced during the show are hitting the web hard. That includes a Ryzen update that caters to the most hardcore enthusiasts – those able to take advantage of more cores than the 8-core Ryzen 7 SKUs offer.

The folks at WCCFTech report that Ryzen 9 parts are en route, and so far, the lineup will include an appropriate total of 9 models. These models (as pictured below) will start with 10 core / 20 thread parts (125W) and peak with 16 core / 32 thread parts (155W).

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Considering just how fast Ryzen 7 can be in myriad workstation scenarios, the idea of a Ryzen 9 1998X with twice the number of threads as the Ryzen 7 1800X is downright exciting. Almost too good to be true, even (and perhaps it is – this is all rumor at this point).

What’s truly interesting about this leak is that these many-core parts do not have the caveat that Intel’s biggest core count parts do: a modest clock speed. Instead, the top-end 1998X is shown to enjoy a clock speed of 3.5GHz, and boost to 3.9GHz. That kind of overall horsepower is extreme, and there’s no other way to look at it: a launch like this could leave Intel dumbfounded. If the R7 1800X keeps close to the Core i7-6900K, then a chip like the 1998X could blow right past Intel’s 10-core i7-6950X – outside of IPC / single-threaded performance, at least.

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This rumor comes hot on the heels of another that touts the potential of Intel releasing, for the first time ever, Core i9 chips. These would fall under the Skylake-X architecture, and is currently said to top out with a 12-core (24 thread) part.

Is it just us, or are CPUs becoming fun again?