AMD has announced final pricing and lineup of its entire new high-end desktop processor range - otherwise known as Ryzen Threadripper. Three models are planned, with 8, 12 and 16 cores and prices will start at just $549 for the 8-c0re/16-thread model. AMDThe flagship is the Ryzen Threadripper 1950X, which will retail for $999, have 16 cores and 32 threads, plus base and turbo frequencies of 3.4GHz and 4GHz. Then there's the 12-core/24-thread 1920X, which has the same 4GHz turbo frequency but slightly higher 3.5GHz base frequency. For example, the $999 Threadripper 1950X sports 16 cores, while the Core i9-7900X only has 10.

Source: Forbes July 31, 2017 02:26 UTC