The reviews find strong performance for demanding creation work. Puget finds useful rendering and compilation gains over comparable Xeons, while NAG reports fast video exports from its PCBuilder 7965WX workstation. The high platform cost limits value; Puget finds cheaper non-PRO or mainstream processors better suited to workloads that do not need its extra memory and expansion capacity.
Storm Peak; Zen 4 architecture. Boxed product ID 100-100000885WOF; tray 100-000000885. AMD's support launch date of 19 October 2023 is its announcement. HP's 27 November 2023 QuickSpecs lists this CPU as a factory-configured Z6 G5 A option, supporting November availability; AMD's 21 November retail wording does not name the selected PRO models.
Clocks
Precision Boost 2; Precision Boost Overdrive and Curve Optimizer voltage offsets supported
Cache
L1 1536 KB; L2 24 MB; the advertised 152 MB combined cache includes L2 and L3
Graphics and AI
Built-in graphics
No
Graphics
A separate graphics card is required
Platform
Socket
sTR5
Base power
350 W
Unlocked
Yes
Cooler in the box
No
Memory support
DDR5 RDIMM; eight channels; up to 5200 MT/s. ECC enabled by default; AMD EXPO supported. WRX90 supports up to 2 TB; TRX50 reduces this to four channels and up to 1 TB.
PCIe
PCIe 5.0; 148 native/platform lanes, 144 usable, including 128 PCIe 5.0 lanes with WRX90. TRX50 limits expansion to 92 total/88 usable lanes, including 48 PCIe 5.0. Four native USB 3.2 Gen 2 ports and four SATA ports; NVMe boot and RAID 0, 1, 10 and 5 supported.
Chipsets
WRX90, TRX50 and AMD PRO 695; AMD PRO technologies, DASH management and AMD Memory Guard supported. Platform capabilities depend on the motherboard.
Process
CPU cores: TSMC 5 nm FinFET; I/O die: TSMC 6 nm FinFET. Five package dies; CCD 71 mm², I/O die 388 mm².
Cooler
Cooler not included; maximum operating temperature 95°C
