The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2900 series processors launch yesterday and overclockers revealed some stunning feats that they achieved with the flagship 2990WX chip. Featuring 32 cores and 64 threads, the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX is a monster chip but it can be pushed further with some liquid nitrogen cooling, so overclockers pushed the chip to its limits.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Overclocked To 6 GHz Across All 32 Cores With LN2 Cooling
Indonesian overclocker, Ivan Cupa, achieved a clock frequency of 5955.4 MHz across all 32 cores and 64 threads that the 2990WX has to offer. The feat was achieved on an MSI MEG X399 Creation motherboard along with a Corsair 1500W power supply and tons of liquid nitrogen to keep temps under control. A CPU voltage of 1.45V was reported within the Ryzen Master utility but we aren’t sure if that is correct since CPU-Z and Ryzen Master utility are reporting different numbers.
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Nevertheless, this is an amazing feat to achieve such a high frequency across 32 cores and 64 threads. In addition to the 6 GHz frequency world record, Alva Jonathan aka Lucky_Noob also achieved some record performance numbers with the 2990WX overclocked to 5.4 GHz across all 32 cores. The chip currently holds the world record in GPUPI and also global record in HWBOT x265 Benchmark (4K Run).
BenchBro’s on the other hand also achieved the world record score in GPUPI v3.3, WPRIME 1024M and global record in Geekbench 3 Multi-core test. Finally, we have the highest performance rating of Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX in Cinebench from overclocker Sampson who scored 8532 points in Cinebench R15 with a clock frequency of 5.367 GHz across all 32 cores.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX Official World/Global Records:
- CPU Frequency – 5955.4 MHz [Overclocker – Ivancupa]
- wPrime 32m – 1sec 950ms [Overclocker – Littleboy]
- wPrime 1024m – 18sec 420ms [Overclocker – Benchbros]
- Cinebench R11.5 – 52.67 points [Overclocker – Microwilli]
- Cinebench R15 – 8532 CB [Overclocker – Sampson]
- GPUPI v3.3 for CPU 1B – 40sec 706ms [Overclocker – Benchbros]
- GPUPI for CPU 1B – 37sec 131ms [Overclocker – Lucky_n00b]
- HWBOT x265 Benchmark 4k – 29.363 fps [Overclocker – Lucky_n00b]
- Geekbench3 Multi-Core – 115579 points [Overclocker – Benchbros]
The Cinebench R15 score is particularly interesting since Intel in their 28 core, 56 thread CPU demo at Computex came with a score of 7334 points in the same benchmark. Do note that Intel’s chip is overclocked to 5 GHz during the demo on a high-end chiller, same as the LN2 cooling which has been used by overclockers on 2990WX.
AMD chip with a frequency of 5.36 GHz across all 32 cores is a good chunk faster than Intel’s high-performance solution that is yet to release so that is something worth pointing out. Overall, a great showcase of Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX true strength which is highlighted with these records. You may also like reading our review of the Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX here.
