Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7985X spotted in benchmark

In March this year, representatives from the China division of ASUS divulged the upcoming release of AMD’s next-generation Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processor, codenamed “Storm Peak”, in the latter half of 2023. Sporting cores based on the Zen 4 architecture, the corresponding TR5 platform is expected to usher in support for PCIe 5.0 and DDR5 memory.

Recently, it was reported that AMD BoulderGulch-STP, equipped with the 64-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7985X processor, underwent benchmark testing with Agisoft Metashape 1.8.5. The system configuration comprised of a 256GB DDR5-5600 memory subsystem, assembled from eight 32GB modules, and an NVIDIA RTX A5000 graphics card – a quintessential workstation setup. While these performance data will appear in Puget’s public database, the current phase of benchmark testing has yet to fully reveal its performance potential.

Somewhat surprisingly, the memory is DDR5-5600, rather than the previously speculated DDR5-4800 or DDR5-5200, indicating a slightly higher frequency. The 8-channel configuration is somewhat lesser than the 12 channels of the “Genoa” EPYC processor. This implies that the memory bandwidth of the next-generation Ryzen Threadripper Pro has reached 358.4 GB/s. With the maximum configuration of 64 cores, this corresponds to 5.6 GB/s per core. In contrast, the existing 64-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 5000 series processor, with 8-channel DDR4-3200 memory, has a bandwidth of 204.8 GB/s, corresponding to 3.2 GB/s per core.

In reality, it remains unclear what socket the Ryzen Threadripper 7000 series processor will utilize. Rumors hint towards the possibility of the SP6 socket, as opposed to the SP5 socket of the “Genoa” EPYC processor. However, these are preliminary judgments based on the current state of information from unofficial sources, so they may not necessarily be accurate.