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		dragontamer on Nov 25, 2019 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X and 3970X Review > while AMD offers 16 Threadripper 3 doesn't offer any 16-core offering. The smallest Threadripper 3 is 24-cores (the 3960x).

wtallis on Nov 25, 2019 [–]

Sure, but AMD has a 16-core part on their mainstream socket that is in the same price range as Intel's 14-core HEDT part, and the AMD chip is performance competitive with the Intel HEDT parts despite being limited to two memory channels.

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