amd am2 price
SINCE WE'RE NOT running any benchmarks of Socket AM2 CPUs, here's some other info about the chips set to show up this coming Tuesday.
The line-up is currently divided into Semprons, Athlon 64s and the FX series and you can expect a lot of variation on cache sizes in the line-up. Both Sempr0ns and Athlons now come with two cache sizes, but bearing similar clock speeds with a 200+ PR point difference.
The prices are the same in dollars and Euro, even though we all know that AMD CPUs are manufactured in Dresden but the beancounters are located in US and that’s all that matters. This is a common pattern across vendors.
All prices are set for box retail versions that come with heatsink, a manual and a sticker. The SKUs for the processors are as following:
SDAXXXXCNBOX – Sempron XXXX is the PR rating, L2 amount isn’t different in SKU
ADAXXXXCUBOX – Athlon 64 X2 with 1MB of L2 cache, XXXX is the PR rating
ADAXXXXCSBOX – Athlon 64 X2 with 2MB of L2 cache, XXXX is the PR rating
ADAFXXXCSBOX – Athlon 64 FX, two XXs are the model number
Socket AM2 models
Sempr0n 64 - Rated at Max. TDP of 35W, 128KB of L2 cache
2800+: 1.6 GHz clock, $65
3200+: 1.8 GHz clock, $85
3500+: 2.0 GHz clock, $105
Sempr0n 64 - Rated at Max. TDP of 35W, 256KB of L2 cache
3000+: 1.6 GHz clock, $75
3400+: 1.8 GHz clock, $95
3600+: 2.0 GHz clock, $120
Athlon 64 - Rated at Max. TDP of 65W, 512KB of L2 cache
3000+: 1.8 GHz clock, Pacifica Virtualisation Tech, $109
3200+: 2.0 GHz clock, Pacifica Virtualisation Tech, $154
3500+: 2.2 GHz clock, Pacifica Virtualisation Tech, $184
3800+: 2.4 GHz clock, Pacifica Virtualisation Tech, $284
Athlon 64 - Rated at Max. TDP of 65W, 1MB of L2 cache
None – If it appears, expect 3700+, 3900+ or 4000+ rating
Athlon 64 X2 - Rated at Max. TDP of 89W, Dual Core, 1MB of L2 cache
X2 3800+: 2.0 GHz clock, Pacifica, $299
X2 4200+: 2.2 GHz clock, Pacifica, $359
X2 4600+: 2.4 GHz clock, Pacifica, $589
X2 5000+: 2.6 GHz clock, Pacifica, $689
Athlon 64 X2 - Rated at Max. TDP of 89W, Dual Core, 2MB of L2 cache
X2 4000+: 2.0 GHz clock, Pacifica, $319
X2 4400+: 2.2 GHz clock, Pacifica, $459
X2 4800+: 2.4 GHz clock, Pacifica, $639
Athlon 64 FX - Rated at Max. TDP of 89W, Dual Core, 2MB of L2 cache
FX-62, 2.8 GHz clock, Pacifica tech included for a measly $1219