AMD Ryzen ThreadRipper 2950X

High core-count power at a reasonable price

The better bet for the well-heeled enthusiast?

Perhaps the sweetest of the new Threadripper Gen2 releases is what we review here, the new 16-core / 32-threads Ryzen Threadripper 2950X. With a base clock of 3.5 GHz and Turbo's to 4.4 GHz, this i... Introduction

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X is AMD's new flagship 16-core processor. Precision Boost Overclock works wonders to further increase its performance while always being stable. Our review of the 2950X presents four data sets: stock, manual OC, PBO enabled and PBO with Local Memory Access mode.

While AMD's new WX-series CPUs focus on giving Intel a run for its money in workstation software. AMD is also beefing up its credentials in the more

The world's first 32C/64T consumer processor is here, with our review of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX.

AMD's 2nd Generation Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 16-core and 2990WX 32-core processors promise more performance, more cores, and lower latency in the

Ryzen Threadripper 2950X builds on all of the goodness offered by AMD's first-gen Threadripper processors. If you're looking to upgrade to an all-around crowd pleaser, Threadripper 2950X does not disappoint.

With incremental improvements to multi-threaded performance, thermal management, and overclocking, the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X makes AMD's flagship consumer CPU lineup even better than it was before.

I won’t lie, when AMD’s new 16-core monster CPU, the Ryzen Threadripper 2950X, arrived, I ran around the office showing off it and its accompanying air cooler to anyone who would make eye contact with me. The thing is enormous—easily twice as large as a standard desktop CPU from Intel. The air cooler, saddled with the…