Overview
- AMD unveiled the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series, including the Pro WX models, offering up to 96 cores, 192 threads, and 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes, with availability starting in July.
- The flagship Threadripper Pro 9995WX delivers a 2.2× multi-threaded performance improvement over Intel’s Xeon W9-3595X in Cinebench 2024, according to AMD.
- The Radeon RX 9060 XT, a mid-range RDNA 4 GPU, launches June 5 in 8GB ($299) and 16GB ($349) variants, claiming a 6% performance edge over NVIDIA's RTX 5060 Ti.
- AMD introduced the Radeon AI Pro R9700 GPU with 32GB GDDR6 memory, designed for AI inference and creative workloads, slated for release in July.
- Zen 5 architecture, built on TSMC’s 4nm process, underpins these products, offering a 16% IPC gain over Zen 4 and significant efficiency improvements.