AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 WX CPUs Now Out for Sale
AMD’s "Shimada Peak" Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 WX series CPUs, built with the Zen 5 design, are now up for grabs. Top online stores like Newegg and Amazon have started to list these new work CPUs, with Newegg taking backorders now.
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9000 WX Series Costs and SKU Info
This group has five different SKUs, with cores from 16 to 96. The US prices are now shown on these store websites:
- Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9955WX (16-core/32-thread) $1,649
- Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9965WX (24-core/48-thread) $2,899
- Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9975WX (48-core/96-thread) $4,099
- Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985WX (64-core/128-thread) $7,999
- Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX (96-core/192-thread) $11,699
These CPUs are also on sale in Japan, with prices from 299,444 Yen to 2,354,444 Yen.
Big Wins of the Zen 5 Work CPUs
The star, the 96-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX, is made for top work, big in AI tasks. Per AMD, it's up to 26% quicker than its last model, the PRO 7995WX. In some AI tests, it runs up to 495% better than the Intel Xeon W9-3595X.
Early tests show what this CPU can do. In Cinebench R23, the PRO 9995WX hit a multi-thread mark of 186,000 points. This chip can also hold a speed of 5 GHz on all 96 cores, raising its mark to 222,766 points in the same test.