By now, many enthusiasts know the story of AMD Ryzen™ Threadripper™ processors: powerful creative performance, smooth gaming, and an uncompromising platform with tons of ports and lanes. The award-winning Threadripper 1950X and Threadripper 1920X CPUs proved that AMD is serious about HEDT performance, and that disrupting the status quo still matters in the most elite PC segment.

However, it’s a basic economic truth that not every creative user is able to spend up to $999 on a powerful processor. That does not diminish their appetite for a full complement of PCI Express® lanes, or quad-channel memory, or a feature-rich motherboard. But it did get us thinking about how to make that goodness more accessible, and we built the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X processor to answer the call. It’s available starting today with a manufacturer-recommended price of $549 USD!

About the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X CPU

“Just choose a core count” has been our mantra summarizing the consistent feature set of the Threadripper family, and that extends to the Threadripper 1900X, which has a lot in common with its big brothers: boost clocks up to 4.0GHz, Extended Frequency Range (XFR) clocks up to 4.2GHz, quad channel DRAM support, 64 PCIe® lanes, and a 180W TDP. In fact, you can count the differences on one hand:

The Threadripper 1900X has a higher base clock at 3.8GHz

There’s 20MB of L2+L3 cache

It has 8 cores and 16 threads

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1920X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X Cores/Threads 8/16 12/24 16/32 CCX Configuration 4+0 (Die0) / 4+0 (Die1) 3+3 (Die0) / 3+3 (Die1) 4+4 (Die0) / 4+4 (Die1) L2 Cache Configuration 512K per core (4MB total) 512K per core (6MB total) 512K per core (8MB total) L3 Cache Configuration 8MB per die (16MB total) 16MB per die (32MB total) 16MB per die (32MB total) Base Frequency 3.8GHz 3.5GHz 3.4GHz All Cores Boost Frequency Up to 3.9GHz Up to 3.7GHz Up to 3.7GHz Boost Frequency Up to 4.0GHz (4 cores) Up to 4.0GHz (4 cores) Up to 4.0GHz (4 cores) XFR Frequency Up to 4.2GHz (4 cores) Up to 4.2GHz (4 cores) Up to 4.2GHz (4 cores) PCIe® Gen3 Lanes 64 64 64 DDR Channels 4 4 4 ECC Support Yes Yes Yes TDP 180W 180W 180W

The Threadripper 1900X for Content Creators

During the launch of the AMD Ryzen™ 7 1800X processor in March, we were pleased to see how digital content creators (DCC) especially took to an 8-core CPU as the new normal. But we did hear feedback from some that more lanes and more memory channels would be the perfect complement to that kind of CPU. We could only smile coyly at the time, knowing that one day the Threadripper 1900X would exist to answer those needs to a T. And here we are!

The Ryzen Threadripper 1900X processor represents a tip of the scales towards the DCC side, enabling new performance upside and scalability over our most powerful CPU in the mainstream AMD AM4 Platform. For example: anyone with a thirst for GPU acceleration—Blender cycles or V-Ray, anybody? —can pack up to seven PCIe x8 accelerators into the Threadripper platform! That kind of expansion just can’t be found in any other HEDT platform today.

See footnote #1 for complete test configuration.

The Threadripper 1900X for Gaming

When work is done and it’s time to play, the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1900X packs a punch in the gaming department. In fact, it’s in the ballpark with the 8-core AMD Ryzen 7 processors, which are still winning awards for their excellent gaming performance. Naturally, we still recommend an AMD Ryzen 7/5/3 processor for anyone that just wants to game, but the Threadripper 1900X comfortably holds its own when it’s time to win some chicken dinners after a hard day’s work.

See footnote #2 for complete test configuration.

The “Threadripper Experience”

At AMD, we put a lot of thought into what it means to own an ultra-high-end PC platform, and made it our mission to cram all that goodness into AMD Ryzen Threadripper processor and the AMD X399 Chipset:

Powerful multi-threaded creative performance beyond the AMD Ryzen 7 1800X

A fully-featured chipset (e.g. 60 usable PCIe® lanes)

Quad-channel DDR4 infrastructure

ECC memory support up to 512GB per DIMM slot

Smooth and comfortable gaming at the important 60/120/144Hz thresholds

A soldered heatspreader with an indium alloy TIM for optimal heat exchange to your cooler

Top-5% die selection for higher clockspeeds at lower voltages

Unlocked voltage and multipliers for overclocking 3

Premium motherboards with 10-layer PCBs, robust VRMs, and extensive I/O

A diverse selection of coolers designed for Threadripper

Can we brag? Have you seen the packaging?

For creators who game, and gamers who create, it’s hard to do any better than that. And starting today at $549 USD SEP with the new Threadripper 1900X model, the uncompromising Threadripper platform has never been more accessible.

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Footnotes:

1. Testing by AMD performance labs as of 8/22/2017. System configuration: ASUS ROG Zenith X399 (1900X), Asus Crosshair VI Hero (1800X), 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 14-14-14-36 (1900X), 2x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 14-14-14-36 (1800X), GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (driver 384.94), Windows® 10 RS2, AMD Ryzen™ Balanced Power Plan. Raw Scores (1900X vs. 1800X): Cinebench R15 (1743 vs. 1646), Handbrake (8m44s vs. 9m09s) lower is better, POV-Ray (3550 vs. 3404), Blender (50m vs. 49m30s) lower is better, 7-Zip (44186 vs. 43539), VeraCrypt 1GB AES (14.7 vs. 13.6), Adobe Premiere Pro CC (12m19s vs. 12m17s) lower is better. Performance may vary with latest drivers. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. RZN-75

2. Testing by AMD performance labs as of 8/22/2017. System configuration: ASUS ROG Zenith X399 (1900X), Gigabyte GA-AX370-Gaming5 (1800X), 4x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 14-14-14-36 (1900X), 2x8GB DDR4-3200 @ 14-14-14-36 (1800X), GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (driver 384.94), Windows® 10 RS2, AMD Ryzen™ Balanced Power Plan. Testing results are an average of 5 runs. Performance may vary with latest drivers. PC manufacturers may vary configurations, yielding different results. Performance may vary based on the graphics card.

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