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AMD Athlon 64 X2 6000+: Competing with Aggressive Pricing

@ 2007/02/21

Anandtech does an in depth performance comparison of the latest AMD chip, but they forgot to take price into account in their conclusion, MAD to the rescue:

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"The Core 2 Duo E6700 is $70 more expensive than the X2 6000+ but it is Intel's closest competition to the new AMD processor. The E6600 lines up pretty well with the Athlon 64 X2 5600+ at a price $10 lower, while the E6400 is only $2 away from the X2 5000+. While we know that Intel's Core 2 processors are faster, the question that remains is whether AMD's aggressive pricing changes the value equation at all.

Comment from jmke @ 2007/02/21

they aren't MAD enough

Comment from Rutar @ 2007/02/21

sigh, why can't every reviewer think of such things especially a large one like anandtech that has a stash of hardware to compare

Comment from jmke @ 2007/02/21

I made that one from their results, check the .xls for the source

Comment from Rutar @ 2007/02/21

Have I missed that one in the review or did you just made this one?

Comment from jmke @ 2007/02/21

performance per dollar would have been a nice chart

ow wait... here's one:

conclusion, Core 2 still offers better price/performance ratio, cheaper E6600 is faster than X2 6000+

Comment from Rutar @ 2007/02/21

they don't really answer the value question in the conclusion

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