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Technology Stocks : Advanced Micro Devices - Moderated (AMD)
AMD 217.53+1.5%Nov 28 9:30 AM EST
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To: Petz who wrote (189568)3/13/2006 11:00:10 PM
From: Sarmad Y. HermizRead Replies (1) of 275872
 
Petz (and eracer), I don't know how much relavence to place in the various "speed bins" or gaming benchmarks. Instead I am trying to figure out in practical terms, how do AMD amd Intel processors compare in practical applications.

A reasonably demanding (and standard) application is a media center PC. H-P offers both Intel and AMD media centers, with otherwise identical equipment.

Intel
shopping.hp.com

AMD shopping.hp.com

with low end CPU's $1269

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 517 w/HT Technology, 2.9GHz

AMD Athlon(TM) 64 3400+ (2.2GHz / 512KB L2 cache)
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with high end CPU's $1400 (3 upgrade steps higher)

Intel(R) Pentium(R) 4 641 w/HT Technology, 3.2GHz

AMD Athlon(TM) 64 X2 3800+ dual-core - 2.0GHz
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It seems that for purpose of media center pc, that H-P considers a P4 2.9 GHz w/HT equal to an Athlon 64 3400+

And a P4 3.2 GHz w/HT equal to Athlon 64 X2 3800+
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Checking processor prices at TigerDirect, a P4 517 costs $130, an Athlon 3200 costs $193.

tigerdirect.com

And on the high end

Intel P4 641 costs $290. Athlon X2 3800 costs $329.
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So really, I don't see why the idea that AMD processors cost less than Intel keeps getting repeated. If H-P could use a cheaper AMD processor to do the job of a more expensive Intel processor, they would have.

Thanks for your input.

Sarmad
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