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NBD shipping manifests for AMD's Zen 5 Threadripper CPUs, codenamed "Shimada Peak" and most likely corresponding to a Ryzen Threadripper 9000 Series, have been spotted as of the earliest hours of this morning/latest hours of last night. NBD is a shipping manifest platform well-known for providing information like this, and this time around, Twitter user Olrak29_ is the one who initially spotted the Shimada Peak shipping manifests, which include some limited specifications.
If the performance of last-gen Zen 4-powered Threadripper HEDT and Pro 7000-series (Storm Peak) CPUs is any indication, new Threadripper chips leveraging Zen 5 cores seem likely to result in a new collection of world records for AMD to flaunt. The last-gen 96-core Threadripper Pro 7995WX has broken several world records in Cinebench and other significant benchmarks with liquid and even basic air cooling.
AMD Threadripper 9000 “Shimada Peak” Specifications
| Header Cell - Column 0 | AMD Threadripper 9000 "Shimada Peak" 12 | AMD Threadripper Pro 7995WX |
|---|---|---|
| CPU Architecture | Zen 5 | Zen 4 |
| CPU Core Count | 96 cores, 192 threads with SMT | 96 cores, 192 threads with SMT |
| CPU Clock Speed | Unknown | Boosts up to 5.3 GHz |
| CPU Socket | sTR5 | sTR5 |
| RAM Support | Up to 8 DDR5 RAM channels (Pro boards and CPUs) or Up to 4; Unknown speed | Up to 8 DDR5 RAM channels (Pro boards and CPUs) or Up to 4; Speeds up to 5200 MT/s |
| Maximum TDP | Unknown | 350 Watts |
Unfortunately, the shipping manifest didn’t detail the clock speeds or the TDP of the Threadripper 9000 CPU. Regarding the latter, the 96-core chip could retain the same 350W TDP as the Threadripper Pro 7995WX. It remains to be seen just how good AMD can finetune Shimada Peak. Zen 5 promises an average 16% increase in IPC throughput, so it’ll be interesting to see how that translates to Threadripper 9000, which scales up to 96 cores. Even if the higher core density may require lower clock speeds and more demanding cooling, a 10% bump is still a pretty big deal, particularly at the exact core count.
So, when should we expect these new Shimada Peak Threadripper CPUs? It's hard to say since they haven't even appeared in any AMD roadmaps. If we look at the previous two launches, Threadripper 7000 debuted in Q4 2023, whereas Threadripper 5000 came out in Q1 2022. But there hasn’t been any indication that Threadripper 9000 will hit the market soon So the next-generation Zen 5 chips will probably arrive until next year. However, we could see an official announcement as AMD has two upcoming events: 10.10 (October 10) and CES 2025 (January 7 to 10).