Two new AMD Ryzen Threadripper CPUs have just been spotted with powerful specs

These new AMD Threadripper CPUs with 24 and 32 cores aren't likely to be the best gaming CPUs out there, but they will be hugely powerful.

Two previously unknown AMD Threadripper CPUs have just appeared in an Indian shipping manifest. The appearance of the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9965WX and 9975WX reveals two CPUs with a lot of cores and hungry power demands between them, but we’re not expecting them to be the right options for a gaming PC.

It’s been a few years since AMD released a Threadripper CPU into the market. Famed for their enormous core counts, Threadrippers were aimed more at high-end productivity users rather than gamers. However, if rumors of a Threadripper with 3D V-Cache are justified, we could see the new Threadrippers jostling with the best gaming CPUs in the future.

News of these new AMD CPU powerhouses was shared via a locked post on X (formerly Twitter) by Everest (Olrak29_), a user who recently released speculation about next-gen Intel and AMD CPU core numbers. The shipping details (which you can see for yourself on the NBD website) reveal the names of the two CPUs, showing that the higher-spec AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9975WX potentially has 32 cores and a TDP of 350W, nearly three times higher than top-spec gaming CPUs such as the AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D.

It also looks as though it revealed the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9965WX, a CPU that will reportedly ship with 24 cores based on this manifest data, although with the same 350W TDP. The manifest also suggests that both CPUs will use the SP6 socket mostly used by AMD in server environments. However, it’s more likely that the sTR5 socket (as used by Threadripper 7000 series CPUs) will be used here – the socket is physically identical to the SP6 socket, but electronically incompatible.

However, these CPUs aren’t likely to be best suited for gaming. While a higher number of cores can lead to better gaming performance in modern games, the current sweet spot is for a CPU with six to eight cores – anything past that point and the returns quickly diminish. The lack of ‘X3D’ in the product name would also suggest that, unless AMD is using a different naming structure here, these particular CPUs won’t include the bigger L3 3D V-Cache for improved gaming performance.

AMD hasn’t announced its next-gen Threadripper series yet, but those earlier 3D V-Cache rumors did suggest that they were likely to use AMD’s most recent Zen 5 architecture. That isn’t confirmed here, so we’ll have to wait and see what AMD is cooking up for its top-spec users and whether any of these new Threadripper CPUs are viable for gamers.

In the meantime, one AMD CPU that is perfect for gaming is the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, currently the best option for a gaming rig – if you can get your hands on one, that is. Check out our 9800X3D review to see why it’s the perfect option for a top-spec gaming PC.

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