For perspective, here is what prompted the aggressive pricing…
- Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX (32-cores/64-threads): $1,799
- Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX (24-cores/48-threads): $1,299
- Ryzen Threadripper 2950X (16-cores/32-threads): $899
- Ryzen Threadripper 2929X (12-cores/24-threads): $649
- Intel Xeon W-2295: 18 cores / 36 threads, 3.0GHz to 4.8GHz, $1,333
- Intel Xeon W-2195: 18 cores / 36 threads, 2.3GHz to 4.3GHz, $2,553
- Intel Xeon W-2275: 14 cores / 28 threads, 3.3GHz to 4.8GHz, $1,112
- Intel Xeon W-2175: 14 cores / 28 threads, 2.5GHz to 4.3GHz, $1,947
- Intel Xeon W-2265: 12 cores / 24 threads, 3.5GHz to 4.8GHz, $944
- Intel Xeon W-2555: 10 cores / 20 threads, 3.7GHz to 4.7GHz, $778
- Intel Xeon W-2155: 10 cores / 20 threads, 3.3GHz to 4.5GHz, $1,440
- Intel Xeon W-2245: 8 cores / 16 threads, 3.9GHz to 4.7GHz, $667
- Intel Xeon W-2145: 8 cores / 16 threads, 3.7GHz to 4.5GHz, $1,113
- Intel Xeon W-2235: 6 cores / 12 threads, 3.8GHz to 4.3GHz, $555
- Intel Xeon W-2135: 6 cores / 12 threads, 3.7GHz to 4.5GHz, $835
- Intel Xeon W-2133: 6 cores / 12 threads, 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz, $617
- Intel Xeon W-2225: 4 cores / 8 threads, 4.1GHz to 4.5GHz, $444
- Intel Xeon W-2125: 4 cores / 8 threads, 4GHz to 4.5GHz, $444
- Intel Xeon W-2223: 4 cores / 8 threads, 3.6GHz to 3.7GHz, $294
- Intel Xeon W-2123: 4 cores / 8 threads, 3.6GHz to 3.9GHz, $294
Following up on all this, Digitimes says it is hearing from “PC makers” that Intel will initiate price cuts on its PC processors in the second half of this year. Details are light, but we presume that to mean mainstream desktop CPUs.
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“We want to aggressively compete in all segments. As we have gone through the supply issue kind of in the last six to 12 months on the PC side, we had to walk away from some low-end mobile share as well as some channel desktop share. But as we continue to improve our supply situation, we’ll continue to get more aggressive there,” Jason L, Grebe, corporate vice president and general manager of cloud platforms and technology at Intel, said at the time.
Fast forward to this year and it looks one way of aggressively competing could be a round of price cuts. Waiting until the second half of the year is interesting, though, as AMD will be on the cusp of launching its Zen 3 product stack.
Zen 3 will see AMD move to a refined 7nm+ manufacturing node. This will bring about better power efficiency, faster clockspeeds, and improved performance. Given that Zen 2 processors are already in excellent shape, it’s easy to see why Intel might look to over more value for the money as the year goes on.
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