Vast CPU Power Demonstrated by AMD Threadripper Pro 9995WX: Effortlessly Handles 400 Copies of Doom or Eight Instances of Crysis at Once, Even Leaving 100 Classic Game Copies Running Unintentionally
Eight Instances of Crysis Simultaneously Run on Powerful AMD Threadripper 9995WX System
An enthusiast has successfully run eight instances of the demanding game Crysis on an AMD Threadripper 9995WX system, thanks to its high core count and pre-customized hardware.
The system, built around a Ryzen Threadripper Pro 9995 WX processor and an Nvidia RTX Pro 6000 Blackwell Workstation Edition GPU, was demonstrated by Level1Techs' host, Wendell, in a recent video. The GPU was split into four virtual GPUs, each with 24GB of VRAM, allowing eight instances of Crysis to run smoothly, with each instance receiving an 8-core Zen 5 chiplet from the processor.
Crysis, known for its high system requirements, typically requires around 20-24GB of VRAM. The 24GB VRAM per instance allocated in this setup ensures the game's needs are met. However, attempting to use a single large VRAM pool caused crashes, highlighting the importance of splitting the VRAM.
The Threadripper 9995WX's 96 cores allowed the allocation of 8 cores per Crysis instance, supporting a total of eight instances simultaneously. The system's case is pre-customized with Level1Techs/Wendell artwork, and it is cooled by a SilverStone AiO cooler.
The system's performance extends beyond gaming, as it is primarily intended for complex creative, AI workloads, or running multiple virtual machines. Wendell plans to test the system with RAM kits ranging from 64GB to 512GB in upcoming episodes.
The system is equipped with numerous DIMM and PCIe slots, as well as other fast I/O, making it suitable for a wide range of demanding tasks. It is built on the Asus WRX90 Sage SE motherboard and features dual 600W RTX Pro 6000 GPUs in the Falcon NorthWest Talon system, used in the video.
However, traditional benchmarks may not accurately reflect the system's capabilities, as they often can't take advantage of thread scaling. Real-world projects with 12K textures can make significant differences to the system's results.
The AMD Threadripper 9995WX Pro system is currently available for purchase, and its latest design ensures that each chiplet has its own path to the I/O die, enhancing its performance. Despite the system's impressive capabilities, Wendell accidentally left 100 copies of Doom running in one instance, only noticing when a Cinebench 24 benchmark score was a little lower than expected.
This feat involved running four virtual machines, each with 100 copies of Doom, demonstrating the system's potential for handling complex, resource-intensive tasks. Overclocking the system increases the TDP from 350W to 700W, providing even more power for demanding workloads.
Data-and-cloud-computing applications could greatly benefit from the AMD Threadripper 9995WX system's capability of running multiple virtual machines, each with significant processing power. The technology utilized in this system, such as the splitting of a single GPU into four virtual GPUs, could revolutionize the way complex computational tasks are handled in the cloud.
Crysis, a notoriously demanding game, was seamlessly run on eight instances of the AMD Threadripper 9995WX system, illustrating the system's potential for handling resource-intensive technology applications.
