Can someone plz explain this to me?

[Tohst]

Why is there such a difference in price between Athlon dual cores and Phenom cores?

They both have dual-cores and about the same GHz, and sometimes the Athlons have more Ghz.

Example:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103896

VS

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103887

Why the difference in price?

 

[j0K3rsa]

I am not sure, but after checking out the links, the Gigahertz at which the Phenom runs, is higher. The cache is bigger(Athlon=2X 1MB L2 CAHCE/Phenom=6MB). So, the Phenom would be the better CPU.

I'm sorry. Ive always been an Intel oke...

 

[photonboy]

You need to compare the BENCHMARKS. A different architecture can run more efficiently at the same speed.

Some CPU's are more power efficient. Some can be overclocked better.

When I bought my PC less about 8 months ago the Intel i5-750 could not be touched for the price.

 

[HEXiT]

newer tech, smaller dye, overall better performance per watt. all contribute to higher price of what may look at first as inferior but 1s in the machine will be better.

 

[simon12]

When comparing these 2 The Athlon is the older C2 stepping and the Phenom is C3 & has 6Mb L3 cache when the Athlon has none. Better value than either are the Athlon x3s & x4s

 

[ghnader hsmithot]

You need to compare the BENCHMARKS. A different architecture can run more efficiently at the same speed.

Some CPU's are more power efficient. Some can be overclocked better.

When I bought my PC less about 8 months ago the Intel i5-750 could not be touched for the price.

Actually the Athlon II and Phenom II are both the same type of architecture(K10 architecture).They just have differences in cache.