AMD trims CPU prices, adds new CPUs

Today AMD has launched a trio of new Phenom CPUs, the 2.6GHz, 140W TDP Phenom 9950 Black Edition, and 65W TDP Energy Efficient Phenom 9350e and 9150e, which are clocked at 2.0GHz and 1.8GHz respectively.

With the arrival of the new CPUs, AMD has also cut prices on their existing CPU lineup. Here is how the AMD CPU stack looks like today:

AMD Price List
CPU New Price Old Price
Phenom 9950 \'Black Edition\' (2.6GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 4000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $235
Phenom 9850 (2.5GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 4000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $235 $235
Phenom 9750 (2.4GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $215 $215
Phenom 9750 (2.4GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $215
Phenom 9650 (2.3GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $195
Phenom 9550 (2.2GHz, 95W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $175 $195
Phenom X4 9350e (2.0GHz, 65W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2+) $195
Phenom X2 9150e (1.8GHz, 65W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3200MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2+) $175
Phenom 8750 (2.4GHz, 95W, 1.5MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $175 $195
Phenom 8650 (2.3GHz, 95W, 1.5MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $145 $165
Phenom 8450 (2.1GHz, 95W, 1.5MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2MB L3 cache, 3600MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2+) $125 $145
Athlon X2 6400+ (3.2GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2) $163 $163
Athlon X2 6000+ (3.0GHz, 125W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2) $112 $153
Athlon X2 5800+ (3.0GHz, 89W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz, Hypertransport™ bus, socket AM2) $112 $122
Athlon X2 5600+ (2.8GHz, 89W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2) $102
Athlon X2 5600+ (2.9GHz, 65W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2) $102
Athlon X2 5400+ (2.9GHz, 65W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2) $87
Athlon X2 5200+ (2.6GHz, 89W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2) $76
Athlon X2 5200+ (2.7GHz, 65W, 2MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2) $76
Athlon X2 5200+ (2.6GHz, 65W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport™ bus, socket AM2) $76
Athlon X2 5000+ (2.6GHz, 65W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2) $66 $87
Athlon X2 4800+ (2.5GHz, 65W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2) $62 $76
Athlon X2 4600+ (2.4GHz, 65W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2) $58 $66
Athlon X2 4850e (2.5GHz, 45W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2) $87 $87
Athlon X2 4450e (2.3GHz, 45W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2) $76 $76
Athlon X2 4050e (2.1GHz, 45W, 1MB total dedicated L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2) $66 $66
Athlon LE-1640 (2.6GHz, 45W, 1MB L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2) $41 $47
Athlon LE-1620 (2.4GHz, 45W, 1MB L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2) $41 $41
Athlon LE-1600 (2.4GHz, 45W, 1MB L2 cache, 2000MHz HyperTransport bus, socket AM2) $41

As you can see, in addition to the new Phenom CPUs, AMD has brought back several dual-core Athlon X2 SKUs, and they've also dropped the Phenom 9600 and 9500 from their lineup. The entire triple core Phenom CPU line saw $20 price cuts across the board, while the Athlon X2 6000+ and several other X2 CPUs also saw nice price cuts. We've been told that pricing on the Phenom 9850 Black Edition will be cut to $205 next week, so that's going to be the quad-core CPU to get among budget shoppers shortly.

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