AMD has already updated its range of Ryzen 3000 processors (CPUs), but we are still waiting for new XNUMXrd generation Threadripper processors. Some benchmarks have already surfaced, but a recently released Geekbench score appears to show the same chip as the new Threadripper chip we'd seen, but with much lower multi-core performance.
The new Geekbench partition shows a chip called "AMD Sharkstooth", with 32 cores and 64 threads, which aligns perfectly with Threadripper. But, where previous benchmarks (2) had chips with 3.6 GHz base clocks and astronomical multi-core performance scores, the new leak indicates a 2.2 GHz base clock and similarly reduced multi-core performance.
The two previous leaked benchmarks averaged 5,805 points for single-core performance and 94,058 points for multi-core performance. Both had scored in the same stage. But the new processor with its lower clock speeds managed just 5,523 in single-core performance and a still solid, but dismal by comparison, score of 68,576 multi-core.
Zen 2 and overclocking
AMD's push to a 7nm process with Zen 2 has brought substantial improvements to its Ryzen 3000 processor lineup. But, we've seen that these new processors have overclocking limitations. While older processors can often be overclocked to increase their performance beyond factory settings, newer chips are appearing in the form of a "what you see is what you get" scenario.
Despite that, there were some record-setting overclocks among Ryzen processors, such as a 9GHz Ryzen 3950 5X on all cores.
Unfortunately, this only helps to ask more questions about the benchmarks we're looking at for the upcoming Threadripper processor. The previous generation Threadripper 2990WX had a 32 core, 64 thread configuration and a base clock of 3.0 GHz. A new version having the same configuration (albeit on a 7nm process now) but a lower clock speed would seem odd. to many, but it's worth noting that even the low-speed model benchmarks still greatly exceed the 3030 of the 2990WX. Geekbench (score that may have been limited by compatibility issues with so many hearts at the time).
Whether we see a new processor with lower base clocks than the previous generation and improved performance through efficiency improvements, or see a weird mess compared to high-speed, high-performance models, depends on future or imminent leaks. version which will hopefully help resolve this issue.
Through Tom's Hardware