
AMD’s Threadripper line of processors has been available for High-End Desktop users since August 2017. They compete with Intel’s Core-X lineup, for users who want higher performance, quad channel memory, and more cores than gaming focused systems. And during the last three years, numerous smaller vendors have sold Threadripper based desktop systems as “workstations” due to their high performance. But in July, AMD announced their Threadripper PRO lineup, which brings a number of new professional features to the Threadripper lineup, making them more comparable, (but far more powerful and flexible) to Intel’s Xeon-W line of processors. These new features include double the overall memory bandwidth at 8 channels, twice as many PCIe 4.0 lanes at 128, as well as a number of enterprise level security and system management features, branded AMD PRO Security. Currently AMDs Threadripper PRO line of chips is only available in Lenovo workstations.
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