AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen Threadripper 3970X ProcessorA member of AMD's 3rd generation of Ryzen processors, this processor features 32 cores with 64 threads in a TRX4 socket with 16MB of L2 cache memory and 128MB of L3 cache memory. Having 32 cores allows the processor to run multiple programs simultaneously without slowing down the system, while the 64 threads allow a basic ordered sequence of instructions to be passed through or processed by a single CPU core. This processor also has a TDP of 280W.