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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 217.54+1.6%12:59 PM EST
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To: Sarmad Y. Hermiz who wrote (189543)3/13/2006 3:36:09 PM
From: PetzRead Replies (2) of 275872
 
eracer gave a good answer, but even going by AMD's performance rating, a P4 2.66 GHz is no match for a 3000+ Athon 64. From newegg, here's what I found for 3 Ghz and 3.2 GHz performance levels:

         Intel       .       AMD         .
P4 GHz   Model #   Price   Model #   Price
3.0      630       $174    3000+     $120
3.2      640       $218    3200+     $159


Bear in mind that AMD's speed ratings are very conservative and that AMD's OEM discount is higher, at least in percentage terms.

However, there is evidence of Intel's newly-aggressive pricing at newegg.com:

Intel Pentium D 805 Smithfield 533MHz FSB LGA 775 Dual Core, EM64T Processor Model BX80551PE2666FN - Retail $134

(one day sale)
This is the kind of price slashing I expect Intel to do. Not everything, but extremely targeted. They know AMD doesn't have enough capacity to sell dual-core chips at $134, so they are packaging a couple of otherwise-unsellable Prescott die into a single package.

Petz
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