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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X - Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series 24-Core 4.2 GHz Socket sTR5 Processor -

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  • 350W
  • None Integrated Graphics
  • Cooling device not included - Processor Only
  • TSMC 4nm FinFET
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AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processors deliver battle-tested performance and capability to enable artists, architects, and engineers with the ability to get more done in less time.

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

Accelerate Your Vision and Advance Demanding Workloads

When deadlines are non-negotiable, professional artists, architects, and engineers need a workstation that excels. AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO processors offer a highly expandable platform with unmatched performance, enterprise-class security, and exceptional manageability. Empower your team like never before.

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

Increase Productivity

Save up to 27 minutes for every hour of productivity on the fastest workstation processors on the market.1

Designed for artists, architects, and engineers, these processors excel in both multi-threaded and lightly threaded workflows, offering exceptional power, performance, and platform expandability built on the leading Zen 4 architecture.

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

Create Without Restraint

Fast-track creative workflows with the performance, value, and reliability of next-gen professional GPUs and high-speed storage devices.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors support a range of advanced workstation configurations to meet the needs of cutting-edge visual work.

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

Accelerate AI Workflows

Enhance your engineering, creative, scientific and development workfloads and avoid paying expensive cloud subscription costs, with on-device genAI like LLM and diffusion models.

From conception to final production, integrate advanced AI tools into every phase of your project.

Advancing Productivity Across Industries

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

Architecture, Engineering, & Construction

Accelerate architectural workflows like editing point clouds, rendering and virtual reality.

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

Design & Manufacturing

Reduce simulation and render times while the system stays productive.

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

Media & Entertainment

Tear through complex rendering and VFX workloads while increasing creative iterations.

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

Software & Sciences

Reduce compile times and boost scientific discovery with rapid simulation and analysis.

Deploy Windows Enterprise Autopilot up to 41% faster2

All AMD Ryzen PRO processors offer 18 months of planned software stability, 24 months of planned availability, and an enhanced platform validation process to ensure enterprise-grade quality and long-term stability.

AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ Processors for Desktop Workstations

Choose the AMD Threadripper Platform to Fit Your Needs

Choose the AMD TRX50 chipset for focused, full spectrum performance with up to 80 PCIe lanes and 4-channel memory and choose the AMD WRX90 chipset for the ultimate PCIe® 5.0 expandability, 8-channel memory, and enterprise class manageability and security.

AMD WRX90 Platform AMD TRX50 Platform
PRO Manageability Yes
PRO Security Features Yes
Overclocking Support Yes (not enabled on OEM systems) Yes
PCIe® Lanes (Total/Usable) 148/144­ (w/ up to 128 PCIe® 5.0) 92/88­ (w/ up to 48 PCIe® 5.0)
Socket sTR5 sTR5
PCIe® 5.0 Lanes 128 80
Memory Configuration 8-Channel, up to 2TB (overclockable RDIMM) 4-Channel, up to 1TB (overclockable RDIMM)
Processor Support AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 WX-Series Processors AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series Processors

Comparison

Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 WX-Series

Name Graphics Model # of CPU Cores # of Threads Max. Boost Clock3 Base Clock4 Thermal Solution (PIB) Default TDP
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 9995WX Discrete Graphics Card Required 96 192 Up to 5.4 GHz 2.5 GHz Not Included 350W
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 9985WX Discrete Graphics Card Required 64 128 Up to 5.4 GHz 3.2 GHz Not Included 350W
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 9975WX Discrete Graphics Card Required 32 64 Up to 5.4 GHz 4 GHz Not Included 350W
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 9965WX Discrete Graphics Card Required 24 48 Up to 5.4 GHz 4.2 GHz Not Included 350W
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 9955WX Discrete Graphics Card Required 16 32 Up to 5.4 GHz 4.5 GHz Not Included 350W
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ PRO 9945WX Discrete Graphics Card Required 12 24 Up to 5.4 GHz 4.7 GHz Not Included 350W

Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series

Name Graphics Model # of CPU Cores # of Threads Max. Boost Clock3 Base Clock4 Thermal Solution (PIB) Default TDP
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 9980X Discrete Graphics Card Required 64 128 Up to 5.4 GHz 3.2 GHz Not Included 350W
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 9970X Discrete Graphics Card Required 32 64 Up to 5.4 GHz 4 GHz Not Included 350W
AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ 9960X Discrete Graphics Card Required 24 48 Up to 5.4 GHz 4.2 GHz Not Included 350W
Notes:

1. Based on AMD performance lab testing as of July, 2023, using the SPEC Workstation 3.1 Media and Entertainment metric, SPEC Workstation 3.1 Product Development PTC Creo subset metric, SPEC Workstation 3.1 Life Sciences overall metric, SPEC Workstation 3.1 Financial Services overall metric, SPEC Workstation 3.1 Energy overall metric, the V-Ray CPU performance benchmark, the PugetBench for Adobe AfterEffects v0.95.7 benchmark, the PugetBench for Premiere Pro v0.98.0 benchmark, the SPECapc Maya 2023 CPU composite metric, the Unreal Engine 5.1 compilation benchmark, the Chromium Compilation 115.0.5740 benchmark, the SPECapc for Solidworks 2022 CPU composite metric, the Keyshot CPU rendering benchmark, the Puget Metashape total Processing time (Rock Model) benchmark, and the Corona rendering (Rays/Sec) benchmark, Blender Rendering Benchmark, to compare the performance of AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX, 5975WX, 5965WX, 5955WX, 5945WX processors in reference systems configured with 8x64GB DDR4, NVIDIA Quadro RTX A5000, 1TB SSD, Win 11 vs. a similarly configured BOXX workstation with Intel Xeon w9-3495X, w9-3475X, w7-3455X, w5-3435X, w5-3425X, w7-2495X, w7-2465X processors Workstation manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. Results may vary. CGP-45

2. Based on AMD performance lab testing as of August, 2023, using the SPECapc for Solidworks 2022 CPU composite metric to compare the performance of the full stack of AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series processors and the AMD 5965WX and 5955WX processors in a reference system configured with 8x32GB DDR5, NVIDIA Quadro RTX A5000 graphics, 1TB SSD, Win 11 vs.similarly configured BOXX workstations with the full stack of Intel Xeon w-3400 series and and the Intel w7-2495X and the Intel w7-2465X processors. Workstation manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. Results may vary. SPP-15

3. Max boost for AMD processors is the maximum frequency achievable by a single core on the processor running a bursty single-threaded workload. Max boost will vary based on several factors, including, but not limited to: thermal paste; system cooling; motherboard design and BIOS; the latest AMD chipset driver; and the latest OS updates. GD-150

4. Represents the average effective base frequency of all cores.

AMD RYZEN THREADRIPPER 9960X 24 CORES 48 350 SP6 152MB 5400

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The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X is a 24-core, 48-thread sTR5 workstation processor with boost speeds up to 5.4 GHz, suited to professionals building systems for demanding content creation, engineering, and other heavily multithreaded workloads.

Recommended For

  • Video editors and 3D creators who regularly run CPU-heavy exports, rendering, or several production applications at once can use the 9960X’s 24 cores and 48 threads to support sustained, parallel workloads.
  • Workstation builders who need several high-speed PCIe devices—such as multiple GPUs, capture cards, or fast storage—can use its workstation platform’s PCIe 5.0 connectivity and up to 88 usable PCIe lanes.
  • Developers and technical teams running multiple virtual machines, compiling large projects, or combining CPU work with local AI experiments can benefit from its high thread count and workstation-oriented system expansion.
  • Workstation users who need ECC memory support for long-running professional or compute workloads can build around the 9960X’s registered DDR5 memory support and four memory channels.

Real-World Use Scenarios

  • When a 3D artist renders scenes with a CPU renderer such as V-Ray or Blender, the 9960X can use its many CPU cores to finish CPU-rendered work sooner; GPU-rendered scenes depend more on the graphics card.
  • When a developer rebuilds a large codebase or an Unreal Engine project, the 9960X can run many compile tasks in parallel, helping shorten CPU-heavy build and shader-compilation waits.
  • When an editor works in DaVinci Resolve with CPU-heavy codecs or effects, the 9960X offers headroom for those processor-bound tasks; playback, effects, and export speed can still depend substantially on the GPU and the specific workflow.
  • When a post-production workstation needs multiple GPUs or other PCIe add-in cards for a specialized setup such as live broadcast or virtual production, a TRX50-based 9960X system can provide a platform for that hardware; the cards and software determine most of the resulting media-processing performance.

Spec Summary

AttributeValue
Best ForWorkstation workloads that can use 24 cores and 48 threads
Cores And Threads24 cores and 48 threads
Clock Speeds4.2 GHz base frequency, boosting up to 5.4 GHz
Cache And TDP1,920 KB L1, 24 MB L2, 128 MB L3 cache; 350 W TDP
Socket And PlatformSocket sTR5 with AMD TRX50 chipset support; PCIe 5.0 and up to 92 total or 88 usable PCIe lanes
Memory SupportFour-channel DDR5-6400 memory with ECC support
Architecture And GraphicsTSMC 4 nm FinFET manufacturing process, 64-bit instruction set, and no integrated graphics
Storage SupportSupports PCIe 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, and 5.0, plus SATA, SATA II, and SATA III storage
Operating System SupportWindows 10 and 11 64-bit, RHEL x86 64-bit, and Ubuntu x86 64-bit
CoolingCooling device not included; processor only
Model IdentifiersAMD Ryzen Threadripper 9960X, Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series; model 100-000001595WOF

Reference Q&A

Q: Should I choose the Threadripper 9960X or 9970X?

A: Choose the 9960X for workstation tasks that benefit from many cores but do not scale much beyond 24; choose the 9970X when heavily parallel rendering, compiling, or simulation can use its 32 cores. Both are rated at up to 5.4 GHz and 350W, while the 9970X adds 8 cores and 16 threads.

Q: Is the Threadripper 9960X enough, or should I step up to the 9980X?

A: The 9960X is a better fit when 24 cores cover your workloads; choose the 64-core 9980X when your main tasks, such as CPU rendering, can use substantially more parallel processing. Puget Systems found that the 9960X and 9980X performed identically in its After Effects 2D scores, illustrating that extra cores do not improve every application or workflow.

Q: Is the 9960X a worthwhile upgrade from the Threadripper 7960X?

A: The 9960X is worth considering when your workload benefits from the newer generation’s measured performance gains and you are building or refreshing a workstation. Both have 24 cores and 48 threads; in Puget Systems’ After Effects testing, the 9960X was 15% faster than the 7960X in its 2D scores. Actual gains vary by application, so an existing 7960X system may not need an upgrade if it already meets your needs.

Q: Should I get the Threadripper 9960X or a Ryzen 9 9950X3D?

A: Choose the 9960X for workstation workloads that need Threadripper’s high-core-count platform and expansion capacity. Choose the Ryzen 9 9950X3D for a more typical desktop or creator build, especially when your work is lightly threaded or GPU-dependent and you do not need workstation-class expansion. Puget Systems found the 9950X3D slightly ahead in its After Effects tracking tests, while the 9960X performed better in its 2D scores.

Q: Who is the Ryzen Threadripper 9960X suitable for?

A: It is best suited to workstation users running heavily multi-threaded tasks such as 3D rendering, video encoding, software compilation, scientific workloads, or multiple virtual machines. Its 24 cores and 48 threads are likely more than needed for routine office work.

Q: Does the Ryzen Threadripper 9960X include a cooler?

A: No. The processor is sold without a cooling device. Because it has a 350W TDP, plan for a suitable sTR5-compatible cooler and verify compatibility before buying.

Q: Does this processor have integrated graphics?

A: No. The Ryzen Threadripper 9960X has no integrated graphics, so a discrete graphics card is needed to connect a display.

Q: What motherboard is compatible with the Ryzen Threadripper 9960X?

A: It uses the sTR5 socket and is listed as compatible with AMD TRX50 chipsets. Check the motherboard’s CPU support list and BIOS requirements before installation.

Q: What memory does the Ryzen Threadripper 9960X support?

A: It supports DDR5-6400 memory across four memory channels and supports ECC. Confirm the motherboard’s memory compatibility list and the supported speed for your specific memory configuration.

Q: Who is the Threadripper 9960X suited for?

A: It is aimed at workstation users who can use 24 cores and 48 threads—for example, people running demanding parallel workloads or several applications at once. Its sTR5 platform also offers four memory channels and up to 88 usable PCIe lanes, but requires a compatible TRX50 motherboard.

Q: Is the 9960X a good choice if I also want to game?

A: It can handle gaming, but discussions describe it as a workstation-first compromise rather than a top choice for gaming alone. If consistently high gaming performance is the priority, commenters favor an X3D desktop processor; the 9960X makes more sense when workstation tasks also benefit from its many cores.

Q: What cooling should I plan for with the 9960X?

A: Plan for a separate, sTR5-compatible cooler: this processor is rated at 350W, and the product listing says cooling is not included. A Threadripper owner discussion recommends the SilverStone XE360-TR5, but cooler choice should also account for the case and workload.

Q: Does the 9960X make sense for a multi-GPU workstation?

A: It may suit a build that needs multiple GPUs: the listed platform provides up to 88 usable PCIe lanes, and users discuss pairing the processor with multiple graphics cards. Check the motherboard’s slot layout and lane allocation before choosing a specific configuration.