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Post to SlashdotWith the recent drop in Celeron prices it was very logically to expect AMD to cut the prices of AMD Athlon XP microprocessors. Finally, it happened and AMD’s K7 processors’ prices were slashed down a month after other chips in AMD’s family became even more affordable.
The correction in prices is very minor and measures by only 2% – 10%. It means that AMD adjusts the pricing of its Athlon XP chips according to Intel Celeron pricing.
AMD Athlon XP and Intel Pentium 4 Current Official Pricing | |||||
AMD CPU Model | Old Price | Reduction | New Price | Intel CPU Model | Price |
Athlon XP 3200+ | $464 | 0% | $464 | Pentium 4 3.20GHz (800MHz) | $637 |
- | - | - | - | Pentium 4 3.06GHz (533MHz) | $401 |
Athlon XP 3000+ | $265 | 0% | $265 | Pentium 4 3.00GHz (800MHz) | $417 |
- | - | - | - | Pentium 4 2.80GHz (800MHz) | $278 |
Athlon XP 2800+ | $180 | 0% | $180 | Pentium 4 2.80GHz (533MHz) | $262 |
Athlon XP 2700+ | $137 | 0% | $137 | Pentium 4 2.66GHz (533MHz) | $193 |
- | - | - | - | Pentium 4 2.60GHz (800MHz) | $218 |
Athlon XP 2600+ | $103 | 10% | $93 | Pentium 4 2.53GHz (533MHz) | $193 |
Athlon XP 2500+ | $89 | 2% | $87 | Pentium 4 2.50GHz (400MHz) | $193 |
- | - | - | - | Pentium 4 2.40GHz (800MHz) | $178 |
Athlon XP 2400+ | $84 | 4% | $81 | Pentium 4 2.40GHz (400/533) | $163 |
AMD Athlon XP and Intel Celeron Current Official Pricing | |||||
AMD CPU Model | Old Price | Reduction | New Price | Intel CPU Model | Price |
Athlon XP 2600+ | $103 | 10% | $93 | Celeron 2.60GHz | $89 |
Athlon XP 2500+ | $89 | 2% | $87 | Celeron 2.50GHz | $83 |
Athlon XP 2400+ | $84 | 4% | $81 | Celeron 2.40GHz | $79 |
- | - | - | - | Celeron 2.30GHz | $79 |
Athlon XP 2200+ | $74 | 0% | $74 | Celeron 2.20GHz | $69 |
Athlon XP 2100+ | $74 | 0% | $74 | Celeron 2.10GHz | $69 |
Athlon XP 2000+ | $66 | 0% | $66 | - | - |
As you see, only the very high-end AMD Athlon XP chips are offered at comparable pricing with Intel Pentium 4 processors, even though AMD CPUs are priced tangibly lower. In a little bit more than three weeks time the world will see AMD Athlon 64 and Athlon 64 FX offering extreme “not rated” speed and priced at $400 - $700 tremendously improving AMD’s average selling prices and moving even the high-speed Athlon XP chips down to fight mainstream Pentium 4 and entry-level Celeron microprocessors.
