by Anton Shilov
12/10/2002 | 06:32 AM
AMD today introduced the AMD Athlon MP processor 2400+, designed for enterprises and research institutes that rely on software applications that require intense computing power.
AMD Athlon MP 2400+ processor runs at 2.0GHz, utilizes 266MHz system bus, provides 128KB of L1 cache, 256KB of L2 cache and, like all its brethren, supports 3DNow! and SSE instructions. The new Athlon MP 2400+ is based on the latest Thoroughbred B0 core and manufactured using 0.13 micron copper process in Fab 30. Systems featuring the AMD Athlon MP processor 2400+ are expected to be available immediately from 47 system builders worldwide.<%BANNER[article]%>
The novelty is priced at $228 in quantities starting from 1000 units. Below you will find the table, where you can compare the prices of AMD Athlon MP and XP processors as well as Intel’s Xeon and Pentium 4 CPUs.
| Intel Pentium 4 vs Athlon XP vs Intel Xeon (DP) Vs Athlon MP Current Official Pricing | |||||||
| Intel Pentium 4 Model | Price | Intel Xeon DP Model | Price | AMD Athlon MP Model | Price | AMD Athlon XP Model | Price |
| Pentium 4 3.06GHz (533MHz QPB, HT) | $637 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pentium 4 2.80GHz (533MHz QPB) | $401 | Xeon 2.80GHz (533MHz QPB) | $455 | - | - | Athlon XP 2800+ | - |
| - | - | Xeon 2.80GHz (400MHz QPB) | $433 | - | - | - | - |
| Pentium 4 2.66GHz (533MHz QPB) | $305 | Xeon 2.66GHz (533MHz QPB) | $337 | - | - | Athlon XP 2700+ | $349 |
| Pentium 4 2.60GHz (400MHz QPB) | $305 | Xeon 2.60GHz (400MHz QPB) | $326 | - | - | Athlon XP 2600+ | $297 |
| Pentium 4 2.53GHz (533MHz QPB) | $243 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pentium 4 2.50GHz (400MHz QPB) | $243 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pentium 4 2.40GHz (533MHz QPB) | $193 | Xeon 2.40GHz (533MHz QPB) | $234 | Athlon MP 2400+ | $228 | Athlon XP 2400+ | $193 |
| Pentium 4 2.40GHz (400MHz QPB) | $193 | Xeon 2.40GHz (400MHz QPB) | $224 | Athlon MP 2400+ | $228 | Athlon XP 2400+ | $193 |
| Pentium 4 2.26GHz (533MHz QPB) | $193 | - | - | Athlon MP 2200+ | $208 | Athlon XP 2200+ | $157 |
| Pentium 4 2.20GHz (400MHz QPB) | $193 | - | - | Athlon MP 2200+ | $208 | Athlon XP 2200+ | $157 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | Athlon XP 2100+ | $93 |
| - | - | - | - | Athlon MP 2000+ | $153 | Athlon XP 2000+ | $83 |
| - | - | - | - | Athlon MP 1900+ | $170 | Athlon XP 1900+ | $76 |
| - | - | - | - | Athlon MP 1800+ | $161 | Athlon XP 1800+ | $69 |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | Athlon XP 1700+ | $54 |
| - | - | - | - | Athlon MP 1600+ | $149 | - | - |