Mail Archives: pgcc/1999/07/03/19:29:17
David Jonsson writes:
> Expect 10-50% more than PIII. Look at www.amd.se
Well, K7 550 MHz 109% SPECint_base95 and 146% SPECfp_base95 if
compared to a 550 MHz Pentium III.
http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/benchmarks.html
Also, Babelfish on http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/ciw-02.07.99-000/
Intel undercuts AMDs price
In view of the forthcoming launching of a
vessel of AMDs flagship K7 " Athlon "
accesses Intel to the extreme one: For the first
time the processor giant undercuts the price of
the directly comparable competition product
of competitor AMD. The Pentium III with 600
mc/s, which Intel wants to throw two weeks
before the AMD Premierenfeier in running,
will be clearly cheaper after c't information
than the fire-new 600-MHz-Athlon. Its price
determined AMD to 699 US Dollar, while
Intel had advised a OEM price of 823 US
Dollar (with acceptance of 1000 pieces) until
recently for the 600-MHz-P III. Still before
start of sales of the Athlon Intel thereby
seems to recognize its advance in
performance. An outline of the bench mark
results published so far brings c't in output
14/99 (starting from Monday at the kiosk).
Whether AMD can be pleased about this
respect proof of the powerful competitor, is
however questionable. The processor
prozessorschmiede fights with high losses, all
hopes rests with AMD on good business with
the Athlon.
Additionally Intel wants to bring the
500-MHz-Celeron, which was announced for
Septembers originally, to at the end of of July
-- simultaneous with the new Pentium III --
on the market. Natural it is to be expected that
with appearance of the new processors also all
prices of the slower PCU TYPES are
downward adapted. (ciw/ c't)
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