Intel Drops CPU Pricing By Up To 48 Percent
Intel published a new price list on Sunday that reflects large decreases
on certain processors including a 40% decrease in price for the Top-end Core 2 Quad Q9650 (12M L2, 3.0GHz, 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) down from December 1,000 unit tray wholesale pricing of $530 to $316.
Although the rumor mill may relate the change in Quad Core prices to the debut of the AMD Phenon II, more than likely it is due in part to Intels release of the Core I7 processor line. It has been Intels historical practice to decrease pricing on previous generation higher end CPU's to better position pricing of new generations.
Other notable price decreases are a 40% drop in the Xeon X3370 (12M L2 cache 3.00 GHz (95W) 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) server processor from $530 to $316 and the largest decrease, the Celeron 570 (1M L2 cache 2.26 GHz 533 MHz FSB 65nm) mobile processor drops 48% from $134 to $70. All of the Celeron Mobile processors are now priced at $70.
The following is a listing of those processors affected by the current price cuts:
on certain processors including a 40% decrease in price for the Top-end Core 2 Quad Q9650 (12M L2, 3.0GHz, 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) down from December 1,000 unit tray wholesale pricing of $530 to $316.
Although the rumor mill may relate the change in Quad Core prices to the debut of the AMD Phenon II, more than likely it is due in part to Intels release of the Core I7 processor line. It has been Intels historical practice to decrease pricing on previous generation higher end CPU's to better position pricing of new generations.
Other notable price decreases are a 40% drop in the Xeon X3370 (12M L2 cache 3.00 GHz (95W) 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) server processor from $530 to $316 and the largest decrease, the Celeron 570 (1M L2 cache 2.26 GHz 533 MHz FSB 65nm) mobile processor drops 48% from $134 to $70. All of the Celeron Mobile processors are now priced at $70.
The following is a listing of those processors affected by the current price cuts:
|
Processor
|
Dec. Price
|
New Price
|
%Decrease
.
|
| Intel® Core™2 Quad processor | |||
| Q9650 (12M L2 cache 3.00 GHz 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) | $530 | $316 | 40% |
| Q9550 (12M L2 cache 2.83 GHz 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) | $316 |
$266
|
16%
|
| Q9400 (6M L2 cache 2.66 GHz 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) | $266 |
$213
|
20%
|
| Q8300 (4M L2 cache 2.50 GHz 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) | $224 | $183 |
18%
|
| Q8200 (4M L2 cache 2.33 GHz 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) |
$193
|
$163
|
16%
|
| Intel® Core™ 2 Duo processor | |||
| E7400 (3M cache, 2.80 GHz, 1066 MHz FSB 45nm) |
$133
|
$113
|
15%
|
| Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core processor | |||
| E5300 (2M L2 cache, 2.60 GHz, 800 MHz FSB 45nm) |
$86
|
$74
|
14%
|
| E5200 (2M L2 cache 2.50 GHz 800 MHz FSB 45nm) |
$84
|
$64
|
24%
|
| E2220 (1M L2 cache 2.40 GHz 800 MHz FSB 65nm) |
$74
|
$64
|
14%
|
| Intel® Celeron® Dual-Core processor | |||
| E1400 (512K L2 cache, 2.00 GHz, 800 MHz FSB 65nm) |
$53
|
$43
|
19%
|
| Intel® Core™2 Duo processor (mobile) | |||
| P8600 (3M L2 cache 2.40 GHz 1066 MHz FSB 45nm) |
$241
|
$209
|
13%
|
| Intel® Celeron® processor (mobile) | |||
| 585 (1M L2 cache 2.66 GHz 667 MHz FSB 65nm) |
$107
|
$70
|
35%
|
| 570 (1M L2 cache 2.26 GHz 533 MHz FSB 65nm) |
$134
|
$70
|
48%
|
| 560 (1M L2 cache 2.13 GHz 533 MHz FSB 65nm) |
$107
|
$70
|
35%
|
| 540 (1M L2 cache 1.86 GHz 533 MHz FSB 65nm) |
$86
|
$70
|
19%
|
| 530 (1M L2 cache 1.73 GHz 533 MHz FSB 65nm) |
$86
|
$70
|
19%
|
| Intel® Xeon® processor (server) | |||
|
X3370 (12M L2 cache 3.00 GHz (95W) 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) |
$530
|
$316
|
40%
|
| X3360 (12M L2 cache 2.83 GHz (95W) 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) |
$316
|
$266
|
16%
|
| X3350 (12M L2 cache 2.66 GHz (95W) 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) |
$316
|
$266
|
16%
|
| X3330 (6M L2 cache 2.66 GHz (95W) 1333 MHz FSB 45nm) |
$266
|
$224
|
16%
|
