New AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7000 WX-Series processors wreak Zen 4 havoc on PassMark's high-end CPU benchmark chart

AMD has once again dominated the PassMark CPU Mark chart for high-end processors thanks to the appearance of new Zen 4 “Storm Peak” Threadripper chips. Six processors have recently appeared in the chart, with all of them being from the upcoming range of PRO 7000 WX parts that are targeted for workstation use in a business setting. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX (96 cores), 7985WX (64), 7975WX (32), and 7965WX (24), have managed to currently occupy first, second, seventh, and sixteenth place, respectively, while the 7955WX (16 cores) and 7945WX (12) are further down in the table.

The scores amassed by the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX and 7985WX are particularly impressive at 158,518 and 141,956, respectively. This places the new processors +25.76% (7995WX) and +12.62% (7985WX) ahead of the previous chart leader, the fellow Zen 4-powered AMD EPYC 9654 server chip. As for a comparison with Intel, unfortunately the highest-listed competitor from Team Blue is the Xeon w9-3495X, which can only compete with 56 cores and a lower clock range: 1.9-4.8 GHz vs. 2.5-5.1 GHz (7995WX) and 3.2-5.1 GHz (7985WX). The differences to the new AMD chips end up being +44.43% for the 64-core part and a whopping +61.28% for the 96-core rival.

Unsurprisingly, such power and performance increases come at a cost, with the AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX set to come with a hefty price tag of US$9,999. The 96-core, 192-thread monster has a TDP of 350 W (same as the Intel Xeon w9-3495X) and sports a total L3 cache of 384 MB. AMD has also announced new consumer-oriented Threadripper chips in the forms of the Ryzen Threadripper 7980X, 7970X, and 7960X, although these pricey parts have yet to find their way on to the PassMark benchmark site yet.

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