Prescott Reworked: The P4 600 Series and Extreme Edition 3.73 GHz

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Pricing: Simply Expensive

The chart below shows pricing for various Intel CPUs (OEM prices for 1,000 quantities).

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CPU	Clock Speed	FSB	L2 Cache	Price (US Dollars)
P4 Processor 570	3.8 GHz	200 MHz	1 MB	637
P4 Processor 560	3.6 GHz	200 MHz	1 MB	417
P4 Processor 550	3.4 GHz	200 MHz	1 MB	278
P4 Processor 540	3.2 GHz	200 MHz	1 MB	218
P4 Processor 530	3.0 GHz	200 MHz	1 MB	178
P4 Processor 660	3.6 GHz	200 MHz	2 MB	605
P4 Processor 650	3.4 GHz	200 MHz	2 MB	401
P4 Processor 640	3.2 GHz	200 MHz	2 MB	273
P4 Processor 630	3.0 GHz	200 MHz	2 MB	224
P4 Processor Extreme Edition	3.43 GHz	266 MHz	512 kB + 2 MB L3-Cache	999
P4 Processor Extreme Edition	3.73 GHz	266 MHz	2 MB	999

You'll see that the 600 family is considerably more expensive than the 500 models when comparing prices at equal clock speeds. Another thing becomes obvious when comparing a 500 series CPU and a 600 model running 200 MHz slower: here, the 600 series is slightly cheaper.

This strategy will certainly help Intel to introduce the 600 series. Since 2 MB L2 cache is a unique selling point, many users might be willing to live with 200 MHz less clock speed to get it.

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Processor	Price delta of 500 vs. 600 series
3.0 GHz	26%
3.2 GHz	25%
3.4 GHz	44%
3.6 GHz	45%

The extra cost for 2 MB L2 cache and a comprehensive feature update is something we don't really understand. Running at the same clock speed, a 600 series processor is not noticeably faster than a 500 series one, leaving only the feature set a strong selling point.

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