AMD Threadripper 9000 processors outperform Intel Xeon by 145% in some tests

AMD has shared benchmark results for its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 processors, which the company introduced in May. In some tasks, the new chips outperform Intel Xeon by 145%, Tom's Hardware reports.

The Threadripper 9000 is built on the new Zen 5 architecture, and while it doesn't have a higher core count or higher clock speed than Zen 4, the performance gains are still there thanks to microarchitecture improvements. Comparing the two generations, the new products are 16% faster in workloads and up to 25% faster in AI/machine learning workloads.

AMD has compared its flagship Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9985 WX processor with 96 cores and 192 threads to the 60-core Intel Xeon W9-3595X. According to the company's tests, their new product is from 28% to 145% faster than the competition, depending on the tests.

AMD processors have a particular advantage in content creation and rendering applications such as V-Ray, After Effects, and Maya. The same is true in professional modeling software such as AutoCAD.

Another relevant indicator now is the ability of processors to compile software, perform scientific calculations, or run large language models. Although the results here are somewhat more modest than in previous comparisons, the advantage of AMD due to a wider memory interface, larger cache size, and more threads is still obvious.

Comparing the Intel Xeon W9-3595X with the 64-core Ryzen Threadripper 9980X, AMD obtained similar results, where their processor outperforms the competitor in all tests, and for months shows over 100% better performance.

Of course, tests conducted by one company with the aim of selling its own processors cannot be taken as truth, but the higher core count and improved memory subsystems of the Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series clearly have their advantages over the competition. Now the main question remains their cost, which AMD has not yet disclosed.