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Ryzen Threadripper 7980X Spec and Price in the United States

sTR564 cores / 128 threads

Released October 19, 2023 · $4,999.00 MSRP

The flagship of the 7000 Series HEDT lineup: 64 Zen 4 cores and 128 threads, twice the L3 cache of the 7960X and 7970X at 256MB, inside the same 350W TDP as the rest of the family. That core count comes at a clock cost — a 5.1GHz boost and 3.2GHz base, both lower than the two smaller Threadripper 7000 chips below it. At $4,999 boxed, it's built for rendering, compiling and simulation workloads that scale across every available thread rather than for peak per-core speed.

Tied 43rd of 65 models in the CPU catalog on Boost clock — 5 models share this figure. Tied 1st of 65 models in the CPU catalog on L3 cache — 2 models share this figure.

Current best price
$3,057.99Price too old to confirm

Prices exclude sales tax.

The last tracked price for Ryzen Threadripper 7980X in the United States was $3,057.99 at Amazon.com, captured 2026-10-12. Across 2 tracked merchants and 384 days of recorded prices, the 90-day median for Ryzen Threadripper 7980X is $3,998.99 and the lowest recorded price is $2,672.99. This site began capturing prices on July 30, 2026; for Amazon listings, prices dated earlier come from Keepa's price history.

Captured periodically and may have changed.

Price history

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Each point is one day's recorded price, not a list price. Points dated before July 30, 2026, when this site began capturing prices, come from Keepa's Amazon price history. How we track prices

Specifications

Cores
64
Threads
128
Socket
sTR5
Boost clock
5.1 GHz
Base clock
3.2 GHz
L3 cache
256 MB
L2 cache
64 MB
TDP
350 W
Integrated graphics
No
Architecture
Zen 4
Process node
TSMC 5nm FinFET
Memory support
DDR5-5200
PCIe generation
5
PCIe lanes
48
Unlocked
Yes
Included cooler
No

What owners and reviewers say

Summarised from 2 source(s), reviewed September 14, 2026. A source is counted only where it names this model exactly. How we track prices

Commonly praised

  • Reviewers found it delivers exceptional multi-threaded performance, with its 64 cores and 128 threads topping every consumer CPU they had tested.
  • It combines that with 256MB of L3 cache and notably strong multi-core efficiency.
  • Linux testing showed it handling a wide range of creator and developer workloads that scale across every thread.

Commonly criticised

  • It is expensive for both the chip and the supporting platform, and needs a top-end cooler and registered RAM to reach full performance.
  • Installing the processor into the sTR5 socket requires a careful touch.

Sources behind this summary

Guides for this category

How to choose a desktop CPUA chip's socket decides what it can go into; cores, cache and TDP decide what you actually get once it's installed.How many CPU cores you actually needWhy more cores is not more speed, how gaming and productivity ask for cores differently, and why a core count alone never ranks two chips.When a CPU price is actually goodWhy a chip's list price and discount percentage tell you little, what a processor's price does over its life, and how to read its tracked history.Laptop CPU vs desktop CPUA mobile chip with the same core count is not the same processor — what the power envelope changes, and why these parts carry no price.

Sources

Every spec above was pulled from one of these — a field a source didn't state was left off rather than estimated.