AMD’s upcoming Ryzen Threadripper Pro CPUs don't arrive until March, but we now know how much the processors will cost.
If you’re an interested buyer, this new hardware won't come cheap. The most powerful CPU out of the three, the 64-core 3995WX, is $5,489. The 32-core 3975WX, meanwhile, will retail at $2,749, while the 16-core 3955WX will go for $1,149.
As you may have noticed, the 64-core and 32-core CPUs have jumped in price over the previous Threadripper chips from 2019. Back then, the 3990X arrived for $3,990 while the 3970X came in at $1,999. (In the same year, the company also released the Threadripper 3960X, a 24-core chip for $1,399.)
The company also raised the costs for the consumer-focused Ryzen 5000 CPUs about $50 more over the last generation. This all likely reflects AMD’s growing confidence in attracting customers through CPU performance than trying to beat Intel on pricing.
The chipmaker is marketing the Threadripper Pros to professional artists, architects, and engineers who need a workstation PC with some serious computing power. The chips are also poised to rival Intel’s Xeon CPU line, especially when it comes to rendering 3D models through Adobe software and Autodesk.
AMD had nothing to share on which day in March the new CPUs will launch. But the company plans to sell them through major retailers.
To use the new Threadripper Pro chips, you’ll also have to own a motherboard with a WRX80 chipset, which represents an upgrade over the TRX40 chipsets for the last-generation Threadripper CPUs. Stay tuned for our reviews.