Opteron pricing
Poster: Aron Schatz
Posted on April 17, 2003 at 10:08:04 PM
Interesting to see that AMD is posititioning the Opteron to match the Xeon. The only problem is, in terms of pure mhz, the Xeon is better. We'll have to wait and see what businesses will do.
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At $340, the Opteron 240 will likely compete in price against Intel's 2.8GHz Xeon chip for one- and two-processor servers, although it will run at a far lower clock speed. The 2.8GHz Xeon sells for $455 in volume, while the 2.6GHz Xeon sells for $284 in volume quantities. The Opteron 242 and 244, meanwhile, cost more than any of the Xeons for single- or dual-processor workstations and servers. These chips, however, are less expensive than the Xeon chips for four- and eight-processor servers, which start at above $1,000.