ASUS documentation hints at 3D V-Cache enhanced AMD Threadripper CPUs

AMD’s Zen 5 Threadripper CPUs may soon be enhanced with 3D V-Cache

According to documentation for ASUS’ Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard (as spotted by Videocardz), AMD may be planning to bring their 3D V-Cache technology to their Ryzen Threadripper CPU lineup. This upgrade would be HUGE for AMD’s pro-oriented workstation CPU lineup, as many workloads can benefit from additional cache.

While AMD’s Ryzen-based X3D CPUs often tout 3D V-Cache as a gaming-oriented upgrade, that isn’t the only reason this technology exists. Back in 2021, AMD released their first V-Cache enhanced EPYC CPUs, Milan-X, touting 50% performance gains in targetted technical computing workloads. Recently Cloudflare announced that Genoa-X (Zen 4 EPYC with V-Cache) would be part of their 12th Gen could servers.

Clearly, AMD’s X3D/V-Cache technology is useful outside of gaming workloads. With this in mind, it makes sense for AMD to create V-Cache enhanced Threadripper processors.

ASUS’ documentation for their Pro WS WRX90E-SAGE SE motherboard includes references to an X3D/V-Cache override. This suggests that V-Cache is coming to Threadripper. After all, why would you need an override if V-Cache isn’t coming to Threadripper?

With their Ryzen 7 9800X3D, AMD has confirmed that their newest V-Cache CPUs can run at higher clock speeds and lower temperatures than their last-generation counterparts. With this in mind, now appears to be the perfect time to bring AMD’s X3D technology to Threadripper.

Zen 5-based Threadripper X3D could deliver huge performance gains for many technical computing workloads. This would make these new processors a must-have upgrade for many businesses. This is good for AMD, as Threadripper is a high-margin product. Beyond that, this move would help AMD to gain further market share from Intel.

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