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So have there been any announcements about whether there will be dual-CPU Threadripper mobo's in the future? Does the CPU even support it?
by roel_v 9y ago
So have there been any announcements about whether there will be dual-CPU Threadripper mobo's in the future? Does the CPU even support it?
- jsheard 9y agoI don't think they plan to support dual Threadripper, because single Epyc does more or less the same thing without the inter-socket latency or expense of a dual-socket motherboard. It's effectively two Threadrippers on a single package (2x cores, 2x memory channels, 2x PCIe lanes) for only slightly more than double the price ($999 for 16C TR, $2100 for 32C Epyc).
- roel_v 9y agoCheapest 32 core Epyc is ~USD3200, with 2GHz base clock. I'd much rather have 2 x Threadripper for USD2K with base clock of 3.4. I don't think there are any Epyc features that are relevant for compute loads - like the security stuff or guaranteed x years of support. Either way it'll be an upgrade from my 4 core Xeon :)
- jsheard 9y agoThe $3400 model you saw is the dual-socket capable version, the single-socket version (EPYC 7551P) is only $2100. Point taken about the clock speeds though. http://www.anandtech.com/show/11551/amds-future-in-servers-new-7000-series-cpus-launched-and-epyc-analysis http://www.anandtech.com/show/11551/amds-future-in-servers-n...
- roel_v 9y agoOh I see, I didn't realize that difference. Well if they can build 2CPU Epyc CPUs for 150% of the price, I'll stay hoping they'll do the same for Threadrippers :) Although at that point you're right, the price would be the same as a single Epyc (1k * 1.5 * 2).