AMD One-Ups Intel With Cheap Desktop Chips

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday September 22, 2010 @06:15PM from the price-war dept.

CWmike writes "Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday announced inexpensive desktop microprocessors with up to six cores to put pricing pressure on rival Intel. AMD's new chips include the fastest AMD Phenom II X6 1075T six-core processor, which is priced 'under $250' for 1,000 units, AMD said. AMD also introduced a range of dual-core and quad-core Athlon II and Phenom II desktop microprocessors priced between $76 and $185. By comparison, Intel's cheapest six-core processor is the Core i7-970 processor, which is priced at $885 per 1,000 units, according to a price list on Intel's website."

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Re:And 3 hours after reading this... by c6gunner · 2010-09-23 00:35 · Score: 0, Redundant

You're joking, right? Have you actually looked at any benchmarks, anywhere? The ONLY way you can say that AMD beats out intel on price is if you consider the mobo as part of the cost. Otherwise, Intel spanks AMD on pretty much every front.