The most powerful processors today are those with the highest number of cores. In addition to more cores, you need relatively high clock rates. Who is best placed for this case is AMD, which with its processor design can design processors with many more cores than Intel.
It is the most powerful processor in the world
In the market we can find different product lines. There are basic and economical solutions designed for office automation and others. Then we have professional or gaming processors, also known as Intel Core and AMD Ryzen. But, in addition, there are two other processor lines. The first, intended for workstations for heavy tasks and the second, for servers and Data Centers.
The AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX It is a processor intended for personal work places, professional network storage systems and other advanced systems. Its PRO name also tells us that it has advanced security and encryption elements. This already tells us that this is not a commercial processor to be used, but that it is a very specific solution for a specific market.
The specifications of this processor are really huge. This processor has a total of 64 cores and 128 threads, being one of the processors with the most cores on the market. This processor operates at a base frequency of 2.7 GHz and comes in Boost mode at 4.5 GHz. It also has 32 MB of L2 cache memory and a total of 256 MB of L3 cache memory.
Surely you are interested in knowing how much the most powerful processor in the world is worth. good andfinding it on the market is difficult, since it is currently reserved for workstations that are not sold commercially. This means that specialized assemblers resell them directly to companies.
We searched and the official price given by AMD for the Threadripper PRO 5995WX costs $6,499. We found that on eBay it is sold for 9,000 dollars and on AliEpxress for 12,260 dollars. Of course, we do not recommend buying them on these platforms, not because of the price, but because who knows if it is this processor.
What about Intel?
Well, we looked at the CPUBenchmark data and the first intel processor that we encounter is the Xeon Platinum 8380. This processor is currently in position 21, with plenty of AMD Threadripper and EPYC processors ahead of it.
It is so far down the list because this Intel processor has a total of 40 cores and 80 threads. This processor operates at a frequency of 2.3 GHz and can reach a 3.4 GHz boost frequency. This processor has 60 MB of cache memory and has a TDP of 270W.
If you want to buy it, this processor is not generally sold. HPE (HP Enterprise) offers Proliant servers with this processor, but you must request a quote. The trading price of Xeon Platinum 8380 that Intel would have put on this processor, according to CPUBenchmark, is nearly $9,000.
