Intel Comet Lake-S prices have leaked, and it looks like AMD will win in price again
Historically speaking, the Intel vs AMD battle has typically played out like this: Intel was more expensive while offering top-end performance, while AMD processors were much more affordable. But, that’s changed recently, with AMD providing better performance and prices, while Intel is just expensive – and it doesn’t look like that’s about to change.
Renowned leaker @momomo_us spotted EU pricing for a pretty wide range of 10th-generation Intel Comet Lake processors from the low-end Celeron G5900 to the mid-range Intel Core i5-10600. And well, they’re pretty expensive.
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This pricing leak places the Intel Core i5-10500 at €252 (about $270, £210, AU$412), which is far more expensive than even the Ryzen 5 3600X which is currently €225 (about $240, £190, AU$370) on German retailer CaseKing. Now it’s very likely that Intel could pull out a single-core win over AMD’s chips, but even with Hyperthreading, it probably won’t win in multi-core workloads.
That’s not even considering the elephant in the room that is AMD Ryzen 4000. We still haven’t seen Intel announce a release date for its Comet Lake processors, and it’s very possible that they’ll have to face up directly against AMD’s Zen 3 processors. If that happens, AMD’s refinement of its 7nm architecture could see IPC improvements that put Intel’s chips to shame.
It’s very possible, however, that these leaked prices are simply wrong – keep in mind that Intel did absolutely slash prices on its 10th-generation Core X processors when it knew they wouldn’t compete with Threadripper 3rd Generation. Either way, we won’t know what the actual prices for Intel’s 10th-generation processors will look like, we just hope they’ll be affordable and Intel won’t price itself out of relevance.
Historically speaking, the Intel vs AMD battle has typically played out like this: Intel was more expensive while offering top-end performance, while AMD processors were much more affordable. But, that’s changed recently, with AMD providing better performance and prices, while Intel is just expensive – and it doesn’t look like…
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