Threadripper Pro 7995WX Benchmark Leak Shows 96 Zen 4 Cores Up to 5.1 GHz

Ryzen Threadripper Pro
Ryzen Threadripper Pro (Image credit: AMD)

AMD's forthcoming Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX (Storm Peak) will undoubtedly disrupt the list of best CPUs for workstations. The multi-core beast, which will lead the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7000WX army, has been spotted in a new benchmark with 96 cores and boost clock speeds up to 5.1 GHz.

The Geekbench 5 submission (via Benchleaks) exposes the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX with 96 cores and 192 threads. The next-generation workstation flagship represents a 50% increase in core count over the existing Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX (Chagall). It also sports 60% more cores than Intel's Xeon Platinum 8490H (Sapphire Rapids) server chip.

The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX is a risky bet on AMD's part since it's almost a carbon copy of the company's EPYC 9654 (Genoa) processor, which retails for $11,805. There will be a difference in features between the Threadripper Pro and EPYC platforms. A handful of processors can compete with Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX regarding core count. Only EPYC Bergamo, which scales up to 128 cores, has more cores.

Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX also comes with a significant upgrade in the cache subsystem. The Zen 4-powered workstation chip wields 384MB of L3 cache and 96MB of L2 cache. That's the same design on the EPYC 9654. however, in comparison to the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX, the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX flaunts 50% more L3 cache and up to 3X as much L2 cache.

Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX Specifications*

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ProcessorCores / ThreadsBase / Boost Clock (GHz)L3 Cache (MB)L2 Cache (MB)TDP (W)
Ryzen Threadripper 7995WX96 / 192? / 5.138496350
EPYC 965496 / 1922.4 / 3.738496320 - 400
Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX64 / 1282.7 / 4.525632280
Xeon Platinum 8490H60 / 1201.9 / 3.5112.5120350

*Specifications are unconfirmed.

Ignore the Geekbench 5-reported 7.97 GHz base clock, since it's an obvious error. However, digging deeper into the Geekbench 5 report shows that the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX was reportedly boosted to 5,140 MHz, which probably is the single-core boost clock. The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX has a 4.5 GHz single-boost clock, so the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX's rocking a 14% higher single-boost clock.

Compared to the EPYC 9564, the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX has a 38% higher boost clock. In a way, you could consider the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX to be a faster-clocked EPYC 9564. An important factor will be the pricing — the EPYC 9564 costs $11,805, so it'll be interesting to see how AMD prices the nearly-equal Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX.

(Image credit: Primate Labs Inc.)

As with all leaked benchmarks, take these with a grain (or several) of salt. The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX scored 2,095 and 81,408 points on the single-and multi-core tests, respectively. Compared to the nearly identical Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX submission, the new chip has a 26% higher single-core performance. In terms of multi-core performance, we're looking at around 49%. The exact numbers will likely differ slightly, so these values are more general ballpark figures.

If the information from a leaked shipping document is legit, the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX may have a 350W TDP — the same as the Xeon Platinum 8490H. This TDP rating looks reasonable, since the EPYC 9564's TDP varies between 320W  to 400W. In this case, the 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX seemingly has a 25% higher TDP than the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5995WX, probably to lodge the extra cores and higher clock speeds.

The leaked document with today's Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX benchmark hints at an imminent launch for the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7000WX series. We saw a couple of upcoming Noctua Threadripper CPU air coolers at Computex 2023 with an ETA of October, and the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7000WX series will likely hit the market around that timeframe.

Zhiye Liu
News Editor and Memory Reviewer

Zhiye Liu is a news editor and memory reviewer at Tom’s Hardware. Although he loves everything that’s hardware, he has a soft spot for CPUs, GPUs, and RAM.

  • hotaru251
    so its effectively a faster EPYC 9654 for liekly around same price?
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  • RichardtST
    96 cores? Dear Lord.
    I've got enough trouble just trying to use 16. Still....
    I WANT ONE! :)
    Reply
  • Roland Of Gilead
    96 cores, 5.1ghz boost. That is impressive.

    'AMD's forthcoming Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX (Storm Peak) will undoubtedly disrupt the list of best CPUs for workstations'

    You mean disrupt it's own list of the best workstation CPU's? ;)
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  • oofdragon
    AMD makes infinite fabric looks a no-brainer, I wonder what went wrong at the GPU side with mcm
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  • Order 66
    I wonder what the all-core boost will be. 4+ Ghz hopefully?
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  • Amdlova
    The new KING! too many cores for a peasant sadly
    Reply
  • hannibal
    oofdragon said:
    AMD makes infinite fabric looks a no-brainer, I wonder what went wrong at the GPU side with mcm

    Most likely graphics are more memory delay depended than cpu tasks...
    But if you remember Zen1 was not great, so second and third generation of multichip GPUs will improve quite a lot!
    Reply
  • Makaveli
    hotaru251 said:
    so its effectively a faster EPYC 9654 for liekly around same price?
    It won't be priced the same it will be lower.
    Reply