AMD takes to CES 2020 to further detail the Ryzen Threadripper 3990X, the gigantic 64-core, 128-thread desktop processor first leaked back in November 2019 before the company officially announced it a month later.
Described as nothing less than "one CPU to rule them all in 2020," the Threadripper 3990X is essentially a consumer version of the Epyc 7702P server processor. As the first 64-core high-end desktop processor, it offers 128 threads of processing power and clock speeds reaching 2.9GHz with a boost of up to 4.3GHz. As such, it is aimed less at regular customers and more at professionals working on video editing and 3D rendering.
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