We have to be careful when vetting rumors and supposedly leaked information because some things ultimately turn out to be too good to be true. That was not the case with Threadripper, a monster chip from AMD that will feature 16 physical cores and 32 threads. While the fine grain details have yet to be revealed, AMD did at least confirm that

Source: Hot Hardware – AMD Confirms Beastly ThreadRipper 16-Core 32-Thread Ryzen Enthusiast Processor