AMD has officially unveiled its Ryzen Threadripper 9000 series, a new wave of Zen 5-based high-end desktop (HEDT) processors, scheduled to launch on July 31. With up to 64 cores, 128 threads, and boost clocks peaking at 5.4 GHz, this lineup aims to push multi-core performance and memory bandwidth to new heights while maintaining the aggressive pricing of its predecessor, the Threadripper 7000 series. These SKUs were announced earlier this year and have leaked countless times, but we've finally reached the actual launch.
The 9000 series fills the space between AMD’s mainstream Ryzen chips and its recently introduced Threadripper PRO 9000 WX-series, but without the workstation price tags. These non-Pro SKUs are designed for enthusiasts, creators, and developers who demand extreme performance for rendering, video editing, AI workloads, and heavy multi-threaded tasks, but who don’t need the expanded feature set or octa-channel memory of the Pro platform. The standout detail is the pricing as it remains unchanged from the previous generation: the 64-core 9980X comes in at $4,999, the 32-core 9970X at $2,499, and the 24-core 9960X at $1,499.
