Dell’s New 96-Core Workstation Takes Aim at Generative AI

The Dell Precision 7875 Tower is the company’s most powerful AMD workstation yet for engineers.

Dell has introduced its latest desktop workstation, and it’s a big one: the Precision 7875 Tower features up to 96 CPU cores and two top-end graphics cards. The AMD-based workstation targets engineers, architects, product designers and creative professionals.

“It’s Dell’s most scalable and powerful AMD-based processor workstation ever,” wrote Charlie Walker, senior director and GM of Precision workstations at Dell, in a company blog post today.

An exploded view of the Dell Precision 7875 Tower. (Image: Dell.)

An exploded view of the Dell Precision 7875 Tower. (Image: Dell.)

The max configuration of the Precision 7875 includes the just-announced 96-core AMD Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX, AMD’s most performant new processor. It can also be equipped with other options in AMD’s new Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7000 WX series, down to the entry-level 12-core 7945WX. The new workstation supports dual graphics cards from either AMD (up to two 48GB Radeon Pro W7900 cards), or Nvidia (up to two 48GB RTX A6000 Ada cards). Users will have ample memory and storage options, which max out at 2TB and 56TB, respectively.

The Precision 7875 has a taller and deeper chassis than the previous generation, which Dell says leaves more space for air to cool the high core count processor. The desktop also includes an extra PCIe slot, for a total of six, as well as an integrated Wi-Fi slot that Dell says is a first for Precision Towers.

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Generative AI and more with the Dell Precision 7875

Dell expects generative AI to be a hot use case for its workstation users, and the company believes the Precision 7875 will be up to these demanding workloads.

“Our Dell Precision workstations… let companies develop and fine-tune complex GenAI models locally before deploying them at scale,” Walker wrote. “The [Precision 7875] workstation can support a variety of AI functions, such as model training, GenAI, machine learning and more.”

For engineers with more traditional needs, Dell says the 7875 is also well-suited to high-end applications like simulation, rendering and AEC (architecture, engineering and construction) visualization.

(Image: Dell.)

(Image: Dell.)

The Dell Precision 7875 Tower will be available globally on December 5, according to Dell, with pricing to be announced closer to release.

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Michael Alba

Michael is a senior editor at engineering.com. He covers computer hardware, design software, electronics, and more. Michael holds a degree in Engineering Physics from the University of Alberta.