AMD Threadripper 3rd gen - 3970X and 3960X specs

Ryzen 3000 CPUs are in our computers since July and soon they will be followed by their Threadripper brothers.

Threadripper 3970X

32 cores and 64 threads
Base clock 3.7 GHz
Max boost clock 4.5 GHz
Cache 147 MB total

Threadripper 3960X

24 cores and 48 threads
Base clock 3.8 GHz
Max boost clock 4.5 GHz
Cache 142.25 MB total

Both AMD CPUs support PCIe 4.0, quattro channel DDR, both are built on Zen 2 architecture and their TDP is 280 W.

Release date of Threadrippers 3000

AMD has published release date for both 3970X and 3960X, which is 25/11/2019.

More Threadrippers?

Rumors are that AMD will not be satisfied with two Threadrippers 3000 and even not with only 32 cores. We should expect an announcement of more of those enthusiastic processors with up to 64 core count, 128 threads. In a naming scheme we should expect Threadripper 3990 X.