AMD just unveiled a new series of Ryzen Threadripper Pro processors, battle Intel’s Xeon W processors in the high-performance workstations market.
AMD has offered “PRO” branded Ryzen processors for a number of years. Although the base processor architecture and platform is unchanged versus their standard counterparts, Pro series Ryzen processors enable a number of security, reliability, and manageability features targeted at the enterprise market, where Intel’s competitive vPro-enabled products play. Today, however, AMD is pushing its Pro branding and feature set way up its product stack, with a new line-up of powerful Ryzen Threadripper Pro processors, designed for high-end workstations and creative professionals. Unlike AMD Ryzen Pro desktop processors, which use the same socket and platform as their non-Pro counterparts, Ryzen Threadripper Pro processors leverage a new chipset, socket, and memory configurations that’s more aligned with data center-targeted EPYC processors. Threadripper Pro processors have higher clocks to boost performance, though. The initial line-up consisting of four new processors is outlined in the table above. The family is spearheaded by the flagship 64-core / 128-thread AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 3995WX and the entry-level product is the 12-core / 24-thread Threadripper Pro 3945WX.
