Testseek.com have collected 144 expert reviews of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 3.5GHz Socket sTR4 and the average rating is 92%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X 3.5GHz Socket sTR4.
August 2018
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The editors liked
Strong Multi-Threaded Performance
Zen+ Enhancements
Easy Performance Boost With PBO
Mature Platform
Maintains Compatibility With Existing Mobos
Competitive Pricing
Reasonable price per core
Lots of horsepower packed into 16C/32T configuration
Solid generational performance improvement
Indium solder between heat spreader and dies
Unlocked multiplier for overclocking
16 cores and 32 threads
Upgrade path to 32 core/64-thread TR 2990WX available
Precision Boost Overdrive simplifies overclocking
Works on existing Threadripper motherboards
Unlocked multiplier
Greatly improved Boost behavior compared to first generati
The 2990WX is a beastly CPU capable of breaking records on rendering tasks. Other processes that can utilize many cores but are not memory intensive could benefit from the 2990WX
The editors didn't like
Price. Limited value for money
Conclusion
2990WX Falters With Some Workloads
Single Thread Perf Still Trails Intel Overall
Expensive platform
Gaming performance not as high as consumer-grade CPUs from AMD and Intel
High price
Lower single-threaded performance than Intel CPUs
Requires quad-channel memory for optimum performance
Memory bandwidth issues result in inconsistent performance on a variety of tasks. Very expensive. Potentially a onetrick pony that does one thing really
