Testseek.com have collected 53 expert reviews of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 2.9GHz Socket sTRX4 and the average rating is 92%. Scroll down and see all reviews for AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 2.9GHz Socket sTRX4.
March 2020
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Monstrous MultiThreaded Performance
More Predicable Perf Than 2nd Gen CPUs
SingleThread Improvements Over 2nd Gen
PCI Express 4.0 Support
Stock Power Not Much Higher Than 3970X
A single desktop processor with 64 cores
Can utilize fast memory like the smaller Threadrippers
Bundles in 288MB of cache
While expensive
The 3990X offers great value for specialized workloads
Competitive per-core pricing
Excellent rendering performance
Overclockable
Indium solder
PCIe 4.0
ECC support
The editors didn't like
Ultra Premium Pricing
Skyrocketing Power When Overclocking
Requires New Motherboards / Chipset
Most workloads cannot take proper advantage of such a large processor. Software needs to catch up
Published: 2023-02-07, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: Today marks three years since AMD introduced the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, the first HEDT chip sporting 64 cores / 128 threads. While based on Zen 2, the shear multi-threaded compute power of the Threadripper 3990X still bodes well today. Besides 64 cores...
Published: 2022-01-03, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: Next month marks two years since AMD introduced the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X 64-core / 128-thread processor. All of our testing of the 3990X on Linux over the past two years has been with the System76 Thelio Major, which continues holding up well with th...
Published: 2020-04-16, Author: Tom , review by: overclock3d.net
Now that was a lot of fun, and quite eye-opening.Let's start by repeating something we've said a lot throughout this review, namely that the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X is not for everyone. If you use your computer for a whole range of tasks, then you'll...
Published: 2020-03-10, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: After reviewing the Threadripper 3990X, it was made clear the 64-core/128-thread beast from AMD lays waste to every HEDT part we have ever tested. It's an insane productivity CPU, that we pushed to extremes to torture a few motherboards just this week. Th...
Published: 2020-02-14, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: As has been known for a while now, AMD Ryzen Threadripper processors really show their true potential on Linux with often significant increases to the performance thanks to the kernel's better scalability compared to Microsoft Windows. While Microsoft has...
Published: 2020-02-07, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Monstrous MultiThreaded Performance, More Predicable Perf Than 2nd Gen CPUs, SingleThread Improvements Over 2nd Gen, PCI Express 4.0 Support, Stock Power Not Much Higher Than 3970X
Ultra Premium Pricing, Skyrocketing Power When Overclocking, Requires New Motherboards / Chipset
Although it was somewhat of a foregone conclusion that AMD would launch a monstrous 64-core / 128-thread 3rd generation Ryzen Threadripper processor ever since the initial line-up was announced a few months back, the company made it official at CES 2020 l...
Published: 2020-02-07, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: If you are looking for the absolute best single-socket workstation performance for Linux, there has already been the Threadripper 3970X that easily outperforms the likes of the Core i9 10980XE as Intel's top-end HEDT product, but now the Threadripper 3990...
Describing what AMD is bringing to the table is a conundrum, there are so many superlatives that come to mind that I do not even know where to begin. Each and every time we receive a new Threadripper, and we reviewed them all ever since gen1, they just ke...
Published: 2020-02-07, Author: John , review by: servethehome.com
Coming full circle here, let us talk monster trucks and the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X. Just as a monster truck consumes more fuel, the 3990X consumes more power. Both cost more than their lower-end stablemates. In both cases, that is fine because of the sp...
Published: 2020-02-07, Author: Dr. , review by: anandtech.com
The art to building a good CPU is balance: you want something that is fast for individual streams of instructions and data, but also fast for multiple streams. You need something that is also power efficient, high yielding, and can be put together quite e...
