OSdevr Threadripper goes up to 16 cores. EPYC (aka Naples) maxes out at 32 cores in one package. I think it uses 4 full dies.



I'm really curious to see how EPYC competes with Intel's monsters at the ultra high end.

Naples will have single socket boards as well allowing 128pcie lanes, 8 channels of ram and 32c/64t. I doubt they will be compatible with the thread ripper boards... and even if they were... probably limited to 64 pcie lanes and quad channel.By reducing the core count AMD can clock these higher and target a prosumer/workstation workload. The 32c chips are clocked very low... 1.4ghz 2.8ghz turbo.Intel 2066 is also limited to single socket and will only launch with up to 12 cores... the 14/16/18 xeon transplants won't be available this year, they were a pure kneejerk response to threadripper.It will be interesting to see how much AMD x399 boards cost... G34 boards were and stayed incredibly pricey compared to 2011 and g34 had 1944 contacts, these have 4094.The chips will have to be somewhat cheaper just to make the system cost competitive.Naples will be competitive if for nothing other than NVME storage boxes. Intel simply can't compete with 128pcie lanes off a single chip.