Just a few years in the past, “Threadripper” was synonymous with absolutely the high finish of home-built PCs. The further sub-brand of Ryzen processors, like “Stingray” to the Corvette, pushed AMD’s {hardware} to the restrict. But there hasn’t been a Threadripper chip on a high-end shopper socket as since the 3000 series in 2019. And whereas rumors of a brand new Threadripper with a jaw-dropping 96 processor cores are thrilling, they arrive with the sting of realizing that you simply received’t be capable of stick it into an everyday gaming PC.

But right down to brass tacks. According to prolific and reliable Twitter leaker Momomo, new Dell Precision desktops will include two variations of a Ryzen 7000-based Threadripper CPU. The Threadripper Pro 7975WX could have 32 cores, with a most clock pace of 4GHz. And the Threadripper Pro 7995WX will allegedly boast an astonishing 96 cores and a most clock of 5.1GHz. The processors will probably be obtainable on the Dell Precision 7875 workstation, and presumably different, comparable high-end desktops for company purchasers. Both listings have been noticed on the SiSoftware Official Benchmark Ranker results database.

Other {hardware} particulars for the 7995WX embody the plain 192 digital threads, 96 megabytes of L2 cache and 384MB of L3 cache. But as PCGamer notes, there’s been no indication that AMD is creating a successor to the TRX4 socket, the final High-End Desktop (HEDT) construct made with shoppers in thoughts. Dell’s Precision line is made roughly solely for demanding company and educational purposes, though these benchmarked machines are being paired with an RTX 4090 graphics playing cards. Without some motherboard designs tweaked particularly for avid gamers or content material producers, they’d be a poor alternative (each by way of efficiency and economics) for even probably the most demanding dwelling setup.

It’s not all unhealthy for high-end builders. AMD’s Ryzen X3D chips, with their further devoted 3D cache, are arguably the most powerful CPUs ever made specifically for gamers and different high-end graphics purposes. But builders with probably the most dedication — and the deepest pockets — would in all probability love to have the ability to construct a present setup with a Threadripper at its coronary heart.