AMD Threadripper PRO 9000 Series Announced - Zen 5 Workstation CPUs

Introduction

AMD unveiled its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series CPUs at Computex 2025, introducing both workstation-focused Threadripper PRO 9000WX and HEDT-targeted Threadripper 9000X variants. Both models maintain compatibility with the existing sTR5 socket platform, utilizing TR50 or WRX90 chipsets.

We will go over the changes, improvements, and specifications for these next-generation processors. Exxact will feature the AMD Threadripper 9000 Series processors in our workstations when they become available, projected in Q3 2025.

AMD Threadripper 9000 vs Threadripper 7000 Series Differences

The AMD Threadripper 9000 Series processors have much in common with the last generation. The SKU stack remains unchanged with the same core counts, base clocks, TDP, and L3 cache. But the AMD Threadripper 9000 Series has a couple of minor yet impactful changes compared to the last generation AMD Threadripper 7000.

• Zen 5 Architecture
• Increased per-core peak boost clocks
• Faster 6400 MT/s DDR5 ECC memory

Powered by the Zen 5 architecture first found in Ryzen 9000 and EPYC 9005, these processors deliver enhanced workstation performance for AI computation, engineering simulations, and molecular dynamics research. AMD reports significant improvements with a 22% increase in multi-threaded performance and 16% higher instructions per clock (IPC) efficiency.

While base clocks remain the same, per-core boost clocks did increase across all models by 100MHz to 300MHz. While the difference looks minimal, considering the number of cores AMD Threadripper PRO and non-PRO have, this can contribute to a big performance gain across workloads that leverage a lot of cores.

Memory support has been bumped up from DDR5-5200 to DDR5-6400 for improved data transfer rates and reduced latency. This is beneficial for memory-intensive workloads like 3D rendering and scientific simulations, maximizing the potential of the AMD Threadripper 9000’s high core counts.

AMD Threadripper 9000WX PRO and 9000X Specifications

The AMD Threadripper 9000 Series will be the choice workstation processor for accelerating high-performance computing. The combination of Zen 5 architecture improvements and faster DDR5 memory particularly shines in these compute-intensive tasks, where every percentage of performance gain can translate to significant time savings in real-world applications.

For AI workloads, they enable faster training of machine learning models and enhanced inference performance. In molecular dynamics research, the high core count and improved memory bandwidth facilitate complex protein folding simulations and drug discovery calculations. Engineering simulations benefit from the increased multi-threaded performance, allowing for more detailed finite element analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and structural analysis computations.

Exxact will incorporate these processors into our workstation offerings when they become available in Q3 2025, providing our customers with access to AMD's latest and most powerful HEDT and workstation processors.

For the time being, you can configure an AMD EPYC 9005 series Exxact server featuring Zen 5 architecture and level up your computing infrastructure with multiple GPUs.