Threadripper , or Ryzen Threadripper , is a brand of HEDT (high-end desktop ) and workstation multi-core x86-64 microprocessors designed and marketed by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), and based on the Zen microarchitecture . It consists of central processing units (CPUs) marketed for mainstream and workstation segments, and as such comes in two line-ups, Threadripper and Threadripper PRO respectively.
4-705: Threadripper, which is geared for high-end desktops (HEDT) and workstations, was not developed as part of a business plan or a specific roadmap. Instead, a small team inside AMD saw an opportunity to give AMD the lead in desktop CPU performance. After some progress was made in their spare time, the project was greenlit and put in an official roadmap by 2016. Threadripper chips have higher core counts, increased power requirements, support faster memory, and more expansion opportunities. They use larger sockets such as TR4 , sTRX4 , sWRX8 , and sTR5 which support additional memory channels and PCI Express lanes. When compared to non-HEDT CPUs: The Threadripper PRO line-up debuted with
8-419: Is a zero insertion force land grid array (LGA) CPU socket designed by AMD supporting its first- and second-generation Zen -based Ryzen Threadripper desktop processors, launched on August 10, 2017 for the high-end desktop and workstation platforms. It was succeeded by Socket sTRX4 for the third generation of Ryzen Threadripper processors. TR4 is AMD's second LGA socket for a consumer product after
12-545: The 3000 series for workstations and adds support for increased RAM capacity (2TB vs 1TB) and memory channels (eight channels vs four channels) when compared to regular Threadripper. It is targeted at the workstation market. Common features of Ryzen 1000 HEDT CPUs: Common features of Ryzen 2000 HEDT CPUs: Common features of Ryzen 3000 HEDT/workstation CPUs: Common features of Ryzen 5000 workstation CPUs: Common features of Ryzen 7000 HEDT/workstation CPUs: Socket TR4 Socket TR4 , also known as Socket SP3r2 ,
16-564: The short lived Socket 1207 FX . It is physically identical to, but electrically incompatible with both AMD's server Socket SP3 , and TR4's successor, Socket sTRX4. While the SP3 server socket does not require a chipset, instead utilizing a system-on-a-chip design, TR4 and its successor HEDT sockets require a chipset to unlock the features of the CPU. For TR4, the AMD X399 chipset was released, which allows
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