We understand the latest developments in AMD's next-generation products.
We understand the latest developments in AMD's next-generation products.
Threadripper already offers a weaker core design compared to typical desktop CPUs in its family. This comes with a significant number of cores and threads. Given that Zen 3 provided more than a 20% boost over Zen 2, moving to a Zen 2 Threadripper means further downgrading. Overall multithreading performance will be better, though only beneficial for workloads that make full use of all threads. Gaming will see a major improvement.
I need a clearer concept of what you're aiming for. You mentioned an 8-16 core CPU and are interested in the PCI-E connections, specifically the number of lanes rather than overall performance.
One can hope TR5xxx will have close to the single thread perf of Ryzen 5xxx... but yeah that means waiting a while longer. I'm also waiting to see what they come up with.
It's definitely tempting to act now, but I think it's smarter to hold off. Looking at the past timeline, we're expecting a new Threadripper soon. I suppose the delay is just because of the current market conditions, but I haven't noticed any CPU shortages nearby. Probably feeling like I'm spending a lot on this top choice—just want to avoid a big single-core downgrade. I'd prefer to wait until it's released so I can get the best value.