AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Offers Incredible Linux Performance

[phoronix]

Phoronix: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X Offers Incredible Linux Performance

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 3990X is shipping. The Threadripper 3990X is AMD's first 64-core / 128-thread desktop/workstation processor and will love your multi-threaded workloads from code compilation to content creation. As shown in our benchmarks, this single CPU is indeed faster than $20k worth of Intel Xeon Platinum CPUs.

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=28862

[vb_linux]

Wow, this CPU is a beast. Go AMD

I read somewhere that with such powerful CPUs, VMware changed their license for CPUs with 32 cores and increased prices for 64 core CPUs.

[L_A_G]

Bloody hell... It's quite rare to see new hardware that actually has performance that can be described as a "mindboggling" compared to what came just before it.

If this CPU had a theme song, I'd probably be something like Back to Shalla-Bal by Joe Satriani.

[entropy]

Would like to see an htop screen.

[numacross]

Bloody hell... It's quite rare to see new hardware that actually has performance that can be described as a "mindboggling" compared to what came just before it.

Especially considering the price differences

[Nout]

A perf / dollar chart would be pretty cool for this one

[doctorx69]

mawhahahah!!! this is awesome!

[numacross]

Meanwhile in Windows the SMT status and OS edition matter a lot for such a large CPU. Anandtech has a good explanation of the issues, but it boils down to having as big differences as:

[xinorom]

Meanwhile at Intel HQ...

[ezst036]

I love the wood-grain on that computer case!