Threadripper

Threadripper, or Ryzen Threadripper, is a brand of HEDT (high-end desktop) and workstation multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and marketed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and based on the Zen microarchitecture. It consists of central processing units (CPUs) marketed for mainstream and workstation segments, and as such comes in two line-ups, Threadripper and Threadripper PRO respectively.

Threadripper, which is geared for high-end desktops (HEDT) and workstations, was not developed as part of a business plan or a specific roadmap. Instead, a small team inside AMD saw an opportunity to give AMD the lead in desktop CPU performance. After some progress was made in their spare time, the project was greenlit and put in an official roadmap by 2016.

Threadripper chips have higher core counts, increased power requirements, support faster memory, and more expansion opportunities. The Zen 4 core's pipelines use a high-density leading-edge 5 nm process, which allows for larger instruction and data caches, deepening buffers and queues.[1]

These chips use larger sockets such as TR4, sTRX4, sWRX8, and sTR5 which support additional memory channels and PCI Express lanes. When compared to non-HEDT CPUs:

• Higher core count (up to 96 cores)
• Higher power consumption
• Additional memory channels
• Increased RAM capacity
• More PCIe lanes

The Threadripper PRO line-up debuted with the 3000 series for workstations and adds support for increased RAM capacity (2TB vs 1TB) and memory channels (eight channels vs four channels) when compared to regular Threadripper. It is targeted at the workstation market.

Common features of Ryzen 1000 HEDT CPUs:

• Socket: TR4.
• All the CPUs support DDR4-2666 in quad-channel mode.
• All the CPUs support 64 PCIe 3.0 lanes. 4 of the lanes are reserved as link to the chipset.
• No integrated graphics.
• L1 cache: 96 KB (32 KB data + 64 KB instruction) per core.
• L2 cache: 512 KB per core.
• Node/fabrication process: GlobalFoundries 14LP.

Common features of Ryzen 2000 HEDT CPUs:

• Socket: TR4.
• All the CPUs support DDR4-2933 in quad-channel mode.
• All the CPUs support 64 PCIe 3.0 lanes. 4 of the lanes are reserved as link to the chipset.
• No integrated graphics.
• L1 cache: 96 KB (32 KB data + 64 KB instruction) per core.
• L2 cache: 512 KB per core.
• Fabrication process: GlobalFoundries 12LP (14LP+).

Common features of Ryzen 3000 HEDT/workstation CPUs:

• Socket: sTRX4 (Threadripper), sWRX8 (Threadripper PRO).
• Threadripper CPUs support DDR4-3200 in quad-channel mode while Threadripper PRO CPUs support DDR4-3200 in octa-channel mode.
• L1 cache: 64 KB (32 KB data + 32 KB instruction) per core.
• L2 cache: 512 KB per core.
• Threadripper CPUs support 64 PCIe 4.0 lanes while Threadripper PRO CPUs support 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes. 8 of the lanes are reserved as link to the chipset.
• No integrated graphics.
• Fabrication process: TSMC 7FF.

Common features of Ryzen 5000 workstation CPUs:

• Socket: sWRX8.
• All the CPUs support DDR4-3200 in octa-channel mode.
• L1 cache: 64 KB (32 KB data + 32 KB instruction) per core.
• L2 cache: 512 KB per core.
• All the CPUs support 128 PCIe 4.0 lanes. 8 of the lanes are reserved as link to the chipset.
• No integrated graphics.
• Fabrication process: TSMC 7FF.

Common features of Ryzen 7000 HEDT/workstation CPUs:

• Socket: sTR5.
• Threadripper CPUs support DDR5-5200 in quad-channel mode while Threadripper PRO CPUs support DDR5-5200 in octa-channel mode with ECC support.
• L1 cache: 64 KB (32 KB data + 32 KB instruction) per core.
• L2 cache: 1 MB per core.
• Threadripper CPUs support 48 PCIe 5.0 and 24 PCIe 4.0 lanes while Threadripper PRO CPUs support 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes. In addition, all processor models have 4 PCIe 4.0 lanes reserved as link to the chipset.
• No integrated graphics.
• Fabrication process: TSMC 5FF.

• List of AMD Epyc processors
• List of AMD FX processors
• List of AMD Opteron processors
• List of AMD Ryzen processors