AMD's Threadripper 9995WX demonstrates impressive performance in Cinebench R23 - the latest Ryzen top model, allegedly, outperforms its previous version by a remarkable 73% in speed.
In a recent unofficial report, the new AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX was claimed to have achieved a staggering 73% performance increase in the Cinebench R23 benchmark compared to its predecessor, the 7995WX. However, this extraordinary leap in performance remains uncertain, with experts suggesting that it may be the result of unconventional testing conditions rather than hidden hardware enhancements.
The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX, equipped with 96 cores and based on the Zen 5 microarchitecture, boasts a boost clock speed of up to 5.4 GHz, compared to the Zen 4-based 7995WX's 5.1 GHz. While the Zen 5 architecture offers an Instructions Per Clock (IPC) uplift of between 11% and 25%, AMD's official performance claims indicate a more modest 13%-26% generational performance increase in various workloads.
This discrepancy between the reported 73% boost and AMD's official claims has raised concerns, as the source of the unofficial test results, Chiphell, did not disclose the testbed specifications or cooling method used. Standard benchmarks and other tests have reported more consistent gains in the 15%-30% range, depending on the workload and benchmark.
Independent reviews and AMD's official data show performance improvements in the 20-30% range for multi-core workloads such as content creation, rendering, and synthetic benchmarks. These improvements align more realistically with expected architectural improvements and clock speed boosts.
As the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX becomes more widespread, its performance in real-world applications remains to be fully understood. However, the high cost of the processor, priced at $11,699, may delay its widespread use.
While it is speculated that the Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX may have certain enhancements that greatly improve its multi-thread performance, AMD has not disclosed these details. The high performance of the processor in Cinebench R23 may be due to the use of a more sophisticated cooling system and increased TDP in the motherboard's BIOS.
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The Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995WX, with its Zen 5 microarchitecture and 96 cores, might have been tested with a more sophisticated cooling system or increased TDP, leading to data-and-cloud-computing gadgets' performance spikes, as suggested by the unofficial report. On the other hand, independent reviews and AMD's official data indicate more realistic performance improvements of around 20-30% for multi-core workloads, which are likely a result of the Zen 5 architecture, Instructions Per Clock (IPC) uplift, and clock speed boosts, rather than hidden technology enhancements.
