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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX: specs and benchmarks
Price now
1786$
Games supported
100%
- Interface
- Core clock speed
- Max video memory
- Memory type
- Memory clock speed
- Maximum resolution
Year of release
2022
Performance
39.18
Summary
AMD started Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX sales 8 March 2022. This is a Chagall PRO architecture desktop processor primarily aimed at professional systems. It has 16 cores and 32 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 4500 MHz and a locked multiplier.
Compatibility-wise, this is AMD Socket WRX8 processor with a TDP of 280 Watt and a maximum temperature of 95 °C. It supports DDR4-3200 memory.
It provides good benchmark performance at
39.18%
of a leader's which is AMD EPYC 9654.
General info
Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.
| Place in performance ranking | 69 | |
| Value for money | 17.10 | |
| Market segment | Server | |
| Series | AMD Ryzen Threadripper | |
| Architecture codename | Chagall PRO (2022) | |
| Release date | 8 March 2022 (1 year old) | |
| Current price | $1786 | of 15854 (Xeon Platinum 8276L) |
Value for money
Technical specs
Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.
| Physical cores | 16 (Hexadeca-Core) | |
| Threads | 32 | |
| Base clock speed | 4 GHz | of 4.7 (Ryzen 9 7900X) |
| Boost clock speed | 4.5 GHz | of 6 (Core i9-13900KS) |
| L1 cache | 1 MB | of 7.3 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core) |
| L2 cache | 8 MB | of 36 (Apple M2 Max) |
| L3 cache | 64 MB | of 768 (EPYC 7773X) |
| Chip lithography | 7 nm | of 4 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Die size | 4x 81 mm2 | |
| Maximum case temperature (TCase) | 95 °C | of 105 (Core i7-5950HQ) |
| Number of transistors | 16,600 million | of 9900000 (Ryzen 5 7645HX) |
| 64 bit support | + | |
| Windows 11 compatibility | + |
Compatibility
Information on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX compatibility with other computer components and devices: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.
| Number of CPUs in a configuration | 1 | of 8 (Xeon Platinum 8160M) |
| Socket | WRX8 | |
| Power consumption (TDP) | 280 Watt | of 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282) |
Technologies and extensions
Technological capabilities and additional instructions supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.
| AES-NI | + | |
| AVX | + |
Virtualization technologies
Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.
| AMD-V | + |
Memory specs
Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.
| Supported memory types | DDR4-3200 | of 5600 (Ryzen 9 7940HS) |
| Maximum memory size | 2 TiB | of 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3) |
| Maximum memory bandwidth | 204.8 GB/s | of 460.8 (EPYC 9654) |
Graphics specifications
General parameters of a GPU integrated into Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX.
| Integrated graphics card | - |
Peripherals
Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.
| PCIe version | 4.0 | of 5 (EPYC 9654) |
Benchmark performance
Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX. Overall benchmark performance is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.
Combined synthetic benchmark score
This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.
Passmark
Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.
Benchmark coverage: 68%
GeekBench 5 Single-Core
GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core
GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.
Benchmark coverage: 37%
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Relative perfomance
Overall Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX performance compared to nearest competitors among server CPUs.
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Recommended GPUs
People consider these graphics cards to be good for Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX, according to our PC configuration statistics.
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These are the fastest graphics cards for Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX in our user configuration statistics. There is a total of 40 configurations based on Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5955WX in our database.
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