It looks like AMD's naming scheme for the 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper processors is out of the bag as the first 24 core and 48 thread variant has been confirmed through a listing in the AOTS benchmark by TUM_APISAK.

AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X '3rd Gen Zen 2 7nm' CPU Rocking 24 Cores and 48 Threads Spotted in AOTS Benchmark

AMD confirmed last month that their 3rd Generation Ryzen Threadripper CPUs would launch in November alongside the 16 core / 32 thread Ryzen 9 3950X flagship mainstream processor. The AMD Ryzen Threadripper family would premier with a 24 core and 48 thread variant but the most interesting thing about this chip would be the fact that it will be based on the new 7nm Zen 2 core architecture and a chiplet design similar to the 2nd Generation of EPYC 'Rome' processors, offering more I/O, more cache, more bandwidth and stellar multitasking performance with an insane 15% leverage to IPC over existing Zen+ cores.

The codename or naming scheme for the new Threadripper processors wasn't revealed and we were just told that it would be the 3rd Generation. However, the naming scheme seems to have leaked out in Ashes of the Singularity benchmark where the 24 core and 48 thread processor is listed as the AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3960X. This naming scheme is not only interesting but also gives us an idea of what the rest of the lineup would be like. In similar news, unreleased 3rd Gen AMD Ryzen CPUs were spotted yesterday which included desktop Threadripper chips, following is the list:

DT Ryzen Threadripper 280W SP3R3 (16C)DT Ryzen Threadripper 280W SP3R3 (32C)

For starters, AMD already launched a 24 core and 48 thread model with their Zen+ based 2nd Gen Ryzen Threadripper lineup. It was known as the Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX but with the 3rd Gen line, we can see that the Threadripper **60X variant has got the same core config which shows the step-up for each respective product generation in terms cores and threads. If AMD was to launch a Ryzen Threadripper 3970X/WX, it would probably feature 32 cores and 64 threads. Similarly, a 3rd Gen Threadripper 3980X/WX would feature 48 cores / 96 threads while the flagship 3990X/WX may feature 64 cores / 128 threads.

It will be an interesting choice indeed and the naming 3960X naming scheme does remind me of another HEDT chip but not from AMD but their HEDT rivals, Intel. The Intel Sandy Bridge-E based Core i7-3960X that launch back in 2011 was an iconic chip, being Intel's first X-series product. Well, that was back in a time when 6 cores and 12 threads based on a 32nm architecture rocked the party and AMD didn't even have their own HEDT line in the play. Now we are in the era of massive core counts with Intel offering up to 28 cores and AMD offering up to 32 cores on their currently released flagship HEDT CPUs.

AMD 3rd Gen Ryzen Threadripper Processor SKUs