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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990X with 32 cores gets listed for 1509 euros in webshop
A German web store is listing the upcoming Ryzen Threadripper 2990X processor and does so for a price of just 1509 euros. A lot of money sure, but for 32-cores, I mean that's value even at less than 50 EUR per core.
The price actually would make sense as it is double that of the 16-core Threadripper 1950X. Of course, with all prices that get listed prior to a release, we're not sure if it'll stick. But this one feels plausible right? AMD released Threadripper 1950X at a suggested retail price of 999 euros, but it's now listing for 770 euros.
The 32-core and 64-threads processor is based on a 12nm LP process from GlobalFoundries, also called Zen+. The 8-core dies are based on what is called Pinnacle Ridge architecture, four of them placed on the multi-core chip package. The new 32-core processor fits into the current SP3 socket with your existing X399 motherboard, accompanied by a firmware update you should be good to go. Again, it has four eight-core dies under that heat spreader, this new 12 nm 8-core "Pinnacle Ridge" dies to bring the advantages of Precision Boost II and XFR 2.0 into play.
The Ryzen Threadripper 2990X is listed by the German webshop with a clock speed of 3.4 GHz and a turbo of 4 GHz and a 180 Watt rated TDP (which we doubt a little). Check 'r out and say hellooow to my future little friend! (not that I need 32-cores in my PC, but hey, bragging rights man!).
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#5560881 Posted on: 06/27/2018 10:49 PM
They will have huge problems trying to drop the prices. The 18 core chip already comes at a 484 mm2, the 28 core version does 698 mm2 which is absolutely massive. These kind of chips will have a ton of problems with yields because of their size, making the cost to produce them high.
A decent price, for sure. The MCM approach is paying major dividends for AMD, and it looks like they are going to absolutely dominate the HEDT market this year (makes the 7980XE look wildly overpriced). I wonder if Intel will consider lowering the price of the Core i9?
They will have huge problems trying to drop the prices. The 18 core chip already comes at a 484 mm2, the 28 core version does 698 mm2 which is absolutely massive. These kind of chips will have a ton of problems with yields because of their size, making the cost to produce them high.
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#5560907 Posted on: 06/28/2018 12:32 AM
It's for sure a typo. TDP is 250W for 32 cores.
The price doesn't surprise me at all, sits at around 375€ per die. A 2700X costs around 350€ so AMD is keeping it very very competitive. Intel for sure is having cold feet for a long time.
Yes, based on the 1950x prices, I'd have thought it would ring the bell at $1999, for sure...
AMD is being super-competitive all across the spectrum--glad to see it!
It's for sure a typo. TDP is 250W for 32 cores.
The price doesn't surprise me at all, sits at around 375€ per die. A 2700X costs around 350€ so AMD is keeping it very very competitive. Intel for sure is having cold feet for a long time.
Yes, based on the 1950x prices, I'd have thought it would ring the bell at $1999, for sure...
AMD is being super-competitive all across the spectrum--glad to see it!
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#5560912 Posted on: 06/28/2018 12:57 AM
It's allot of dough, but it seems like a pretty good deal based on the current market.
$1500 for a CPU
$400 for a Mobo
$800 for 64GB DDR4 3200
Maybe I'll stick with my measly Ryzen 1700X for now.
You'll appreciate this little bit of perspective, then. Back in 1995 I bought the very last OEM machine I ever owned (after that I started building my own and have done ever since.) It was a Micron 166MHz Pentium III (?--it's vague) with I believe 8 whole MEGA-bytes of system ram, very slow EDO ram, IIRC, a GPU with 32-or 64 MEGA-bytes of onboard ram, a 1 (one) Gigabyte scsi hard drive, a Jazz tape drive, sound-blaster derivative, mouse, keyboard, Win95 or 2K (it's vague)--and etc. It was a bargain @ $4795... Believe it, or not... (It's true) So these days I tend to think a bit differently about current prices, as in "Man, that's inexpensive! Whew!"... It's interesting I think to note that as the market for computer tech has grown huge, the computer hardware market (x86) is the only market I know of that experiences *negative* inflation year in and year out--in that the systems grow ever more powerful and spacious even as the prices continue to fall per Gigabyte, per cpu core, etc. And even so the market still continues to grow.
Gawd, I'd love to have all the money I dumped into Amigas and x86 DOS/Windows machines so long ago. People sometimes say, "Wow, I wish I had lived through the time of the Amiga, et al; it was the Golden Age of computing." My response is, "You're kidding! Right now--we are smack in the middle of the true computer 'Golden Age', imo. It's never been possible to buy as much power as is available today and at such incredibly low prices, along with so much available software it's hard to know what to do with it all!"
Another really bad thing in comparison with today is *how dreadfully long* it took between major computer advances in hardware and the production of quality software--especially games! Sometimes the wait would be years in between. Nope--I don't miss the old days at all...!
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It's allot of dough, but it seems like a pretty good deal based on the current market.
$1500 for a CPU
$400 for a Mobo
$800 for 64GB DDR4 3200
Maybe I'll stick with my measly Ryzen 1700X for now.
You'll appreciate this little bit of perspective, then. Back in 1995 I bought the very last OEM machine I ever owned (after that I started building my own and have done ever since.) It was a Micron 166MHz Pentium III (?--it's vague) with I believe 8 whole MEGA-bytes of system ram, very slow EDO ram, IIRC, a GPU with 32-or 64 MEGA-bytes of onboard ram, a 1 (one) Gigabyte scsi hard drive, a Jazz tape drive, sound-blaster derivative, mouse, keyboard, Win95 or 2K (it's vague)--and etc. It was a bargain @ $4795...
Believe it, or not... (It's true) So these days I tend to think a bit differently about current prices, as in "Man, that's inexpensive! Whew!"... It's interesting I think to note that as the market for computer tech has grown huge, the computer hardware market (x86) is the only market I know of that experiences *negative* inflation year in and year out--in that the systems grow ever more powerful and spacious even as the prices continue to fall per Gigabyte, per cpu core, etc. And even so the market still continues to grow.Gawd, I'd love to have all the money I dumped into Amigas and x86 DOS/Windows machines so long ago. People sometimes say, "Wow, I wish I had lived through the time of the Amiga, et al; it was the Golden Age of computing." My response is, "You're kidding! Right now--we are smack in the middle of the true computer 'Golden Age', imo. It's never been possible to buy as much power as is available today and at such incredibly low prices, along with so much available software it's hard to know what to do with it all!"
Another really bad thing in comparison with today is *how dreadfully long* it took between major computer advances in hardware and the production of quality software--especially games! Sometimes the wait would be years in between. Nope--I don't miss the old days at all...!
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#5560947 Posted on: 06/28/2018 06:39 AM
250w is incredibly impressive. Hopefully AMD gains a lot of lot more market share than they currently have. The price is not high either for the amount of cores.
250w is incredibly impressive. Hopefully AMD gains a lot of lot more market share than they currently have. The price is not high either for the amount of cores.
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You would think that but it entirely depends on them pushing OEM's to create SKU's with it. You still can't buy a HEDT machine from Dell/HP and/or Lenovo with a TR in it (with the exception of that one alienware machine). Epyc is suffering from similar issues - I have friends trying to price out Epyc servers but the SKU variations are so disjointed that finding ones that fit specific requirements is impossible - so you end up having to either spend more overall on the Epyc server with unnecessary features or buying an Intel variant that fits the spec.
Obviously both processors are really good, especially for the price, but it takes time for OEM's to seed them into retail products and AMD has to be pushing these OEM's to speed that effort up. There was an anandtech article several years ago about how AMD's lack of clout in the industry was one of the major barriers holding them back. I'm hoping Lisa & Co. change that going forward - it's one thing to engineer great processors but you have to be able to sell them as well.