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    AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X - Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series 32-Core 4.0 GHz Socket sTR5 350W None Integrated Graphics Processor - 100-000001594WOF

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    • None Integrated Graphics
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    • 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 9970X 32 CORES 64 350 SP6 160MB 5400

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    The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X is a 32-core, 64-thread sTR5 workstation processor with boost speeds up to 5.4 GHz, suited to professionals running demanding, highly threaded workloads such as rendering, software builds, and 3D production.

    Recommended For

    • 3D artists and visualization professionals who regularly run CPU-based Blender, V-Ray, or similar renders and can keep many CPU cores busy.
    • Video and content-production teams that run CPU-heavy exports, transcodes, or several demanding creative tasks at once, and need workstation-class throughput.
    • Software developers who frequently compile large codebases and want to shorten CPU-bound build jobs on a dedicated workstation.
    • Linux workstation users running parallel compute or CPU-based AI inference who can use the TRX50 platform and its workstation memory and expansion options.

    Real-World Use Scenarios

    • When a 3D artist renders scenes on the CPU in Blender or V-Ray, the 9970X can finish CPU-bound render work faster than a mainstream desktop processor; GPU-rendered scenes still depend primarily on the graphics card.
    • When a video editor exports CPU-intensive intraframe footage in Premiere Pro, the 9970X can reduce processing waits; results for other codecs and GPU effects vary with the graphics card, codec, and software version.
    • When a game developer builds code or compiles shaders for a large project, the 9970X can keep many CPU threads busy and shorten some compile tasks, helping developers get back to testing changes sooner; gains depend on the specific project and task.
    • When a 3D artist works in Blender or V-Ray, the 9970X supports an interactive production workflow alongside CPU rendering, so the artist can continue adjusting a project while final frames are processed; the renderer and scene determine how much of the work uses the CPU.

    Spec Summary

    AttributeValue
    Best ForWorkstation builds and multithreaded workloads that can use 32 cores and 64 threads
    Cores And Threads32 cores and 64 threads
    Clock Speeds4.0 GHz base frequency, with boost speeds up to 5.4 GHz
    Cache And Power2.5 MB L1 cache, 32 MB L2 cache, 128 MB L3 cache, and 350 W TDP
    Socket And PlatformSocket sTR5; compatible with AMD TRX50 chipsets
    Memory ConfigurationSupports DDR5-6400 memory across four channels, with ECC support
    Expansion And Storage SupportPCIe 5.0 with up to 92 total and 88 usable PCIe lanes; listed storage support includes PCIe 3.0, 3.1, 4.0, 5.0, and SATA
    Graphics And CoolingNo integrated graphics; cooling device not included
    Manufacturing And Instruction SetTSMC 4nm FinFET manufacturing process; 64-bit instruction set
    Operating System SupportSupports 64-bit Windows 10 and Windows 11, RHEL, and Ubuntu
    Model IdentifiersAMD Ryzen Threadripper 9970X, Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series; model 100-000001594WOF

    Reference Q&A

    Q: Threadripper 9970X or 9960X for a workstation?

    A: Choose the 9970X when your work regularly scales across many CPU cores, such as rendering or compiling, and you can use its 32 cores and 64 threads. The 9960X has 24 cores and 48 threads; Puget Systems found it performed similarly to the 9970X in its 2D motion-graphics tests, so it may be the more suitable choice when those tasks dominate and the extra cores are unlikely to help.

    Q: Should I get the Threadripper 9970X or spend more on the 9980X?

    A: Choose the 9980X if your software can keep its 64 cores and 128 threads busy and you need the additional throughput. In Puget Systems’ content-creation testing, the 9980X was about 70% faster than the 9970X overall. The 9970X is the more balanced option when 32 cores already meet your workload’s needs and you prefer not to move up to the 64-core tier.

    Q: Is the Threadripper 9970X a worthwhile upgrade from the 7970X?

    A: The 9970X keeps the 7970X’s 32-core, 64-thread configuration but moves to the newer generation. Puget Systems measured roughly a 10% overall gain for the 9970X over the 7970X in its content-creation testing, while results varied by application. It is a more compelling upgrade when your specific workload benefits from that measured improvement; for an existing 7970X system that already meets performance needs, the benchmark results alone do not establish a need to replace it.

    Q: Threadripper 9970X or Ryzen 9 9950X3D for gaming and workstation work?

    A: Choose the 9970X for CPU-heavy workstation tasks that can use its 32 cores, such as rendering; choose the Ryzen 9 9950X3D when gaming is a priority and your work does not require Threadripper’s higher core count and workstation platform. TechSpot’s testing found the 9970X substantially faster in Blender rendering, while also noting that gaming should not be a priority when choosing a Threadripper.

    Q: What kind of work is the Ryzen Threadripper 9970X suited for?

    A: It is a workstation CPU best suited to demanding, highly threaded tasks such as rendering, simulation, software compilation, and engineering or creative workloads. Its 32 cores and 64 threads are geared toward sustained compute work; a complete build also needs a compatible motherboard, memory, cooling, and graphics card.

    Q: Does the Ryzen Threadripper 9970X have built-in graphics?

    A: No. It has no integrated graphics, so a discrete graphics card is needed for display output.

    Q: Does the Ryzen Threadripper 9970X include a CPU cooler?

    A: No. The processor is sold without a cooler, so plan to purchase a compatible cooling solution separately. Its listed thermal design power is 350W, making cooling an important part of the build.

    Q: What motherboard and memory does the Ryzen Threadripper 9970X need?

    A: It uses the sTR5 socket and is listed as compatible with TRX50 motherboards. It supports four-channel DDR5-6400 memory and ECC memory; check the motherboard’s compatibility information when choosing specific memory modules.

    Q: Who is the Threadripper 9970X a good fit for?

    A: It is best suited to workstation tasks that can use many CPU cores, such as rendering or other heavily multithreaded work. For everyday computing or workloads that do not benefit from 32 cores, a less expensive processor may be a better fit.

    Q: Is the 9970X a good choice for a gaming PC?

    A: It can be used for gaming, but its 32-core workstation design may not be the best value if gaming is the main goal. A Reddit discussion comparing it with a gaming-focused system mentions trade-offs in frame rates and smoothness in some games; results can vary by game and resolution.

    Q: What motherboard and memory should I plan for?

    A: Plan on an sTR5 motherboard with the TRX50 chipset, plus compatible DDR5 memory. The processor supports four memory channels and ECC; Reddit builders discuss checking motherboard memory compatibility lists and choosing a supported kit before buying.

    Q: Does the 9970X include a cooler, and what should I consider for cooling?

    A: No cooler is included. The processor has a 350W TDP, so you will need to select a compatible cooling solution and plan your build around its power and thermal requirements. Reddit build discussions include custom-loop cooling for this processor.