In addition to AI related use cases I am interested in how the Desktop APU and AMD drivers will work with creative applications such as Davinci Resolve, Blender, and OBS Studio. It would also be of interest to check the Adobe Creative Suite (which I don’t personally use but others may). There may be some game interest too.
Anyway, just some alternative suggestions 
I’ll be looking for information on how well this performs on software development workstation use cases. Does the extra memory bandwidth give it any advantages over a 9950X, putting it in between a Ryzen and a Threadripper?
Benchmarks on other 395-based units imply its basic CPU performance is between a 9900X and a 9950X. Whether the quad channel memory will benefit you over just getting a 9950X will heavily depend on your specific workload - I haven’t seen a specific benchmark targeting yours.
True, but I haven’t seen any articles evaluating a 395 with a workstation-class thermal budget, only laptops.
“software development workstation” is pretty broad. What kind of development are you doing? I haven’t been CPU-constrained in my development workloads in over a decade.
Of course I’m glad on your behalf that you don’t have the same problems I have. But for me there are still plenty of minute-scale tasks in my life that could be reduced to seconds. A close enough approximation for me is how long it takes to rebuild the LLVM project from sources. Another not really related use case for me is parallel processing of large GIS datasets that are represented as JSON.
There are some gmktec evo-x2 benchmarks around, which is 120W (not sure if it boosts to 140W like the framework is supposed to), that the owners claim doesn’t throttle.
I feel your pain though, I’m in the same boat. Every day I wonder if I’m having a Z2 delivered tomorrow or not 
You mean the HP Z2 @JJ81?
Suppect he means the new HP Z2 Mini G1a
@Jeffrey_Baker this thread has various benchmarks on the x2 - Request: verify dGPU support - #37 by jasl123
@FW4TeePee yes the HP. It’s available at an almost “reasonable” price here and can be delivered tomorrow. I really want the Framework’s extra PCIe x4 slot though, the HP NVMe config is not how I want it, and Framework’s consumer Linux support vs HP’s SUSE Enterprise only support may be a dealbreaker. Then again the HP has ECC, though some benches I’ve found around the net (don’t have the links now) imply their RAM is slower.
But with summer coming in swinging here, my office cooling not being up to par, and this old ThreadRipper dumping almost 400W of heat into the room continuously (that’s +4C according to ChatGPT), I might not want to wait 3 to 6 more months for the Framework.
Thanks for the reply @JJ81
If you do find those bench data for the Z2 it would be great if you could share them.
Europe looks very hot at the moment. Take care!
Yeah it’s a little weird nobody has explicitly posted any yet (or a proper review for that matter), these units are out in the wild right now. Anyway, I do remember I somehow found them on the PassMark website by unearthing a 395 w/ECC benchmark. If I remember correctly the benchmark didn’t specifically say HP, but there’s no other device out there with this combo as far as I know. But this was also before the device was out officially so likely not the final product. In case you want to go on a scavenger hunt.
It seems impossible to order the Z2 G1a, which is why my interest in the Framework continues. On paper the HP has many advantages, but the price is pretty high and the impossibility of just slapping the Buy Now button is a problem.