How much does the AMD Athlon™ II X4 620 processor cost?

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*How much does the AMD Athlon™ II X4 620 processor cost? How does the price/performance compare to Intel’s similarly priced processors?*

With the AMD Athlon™ II X4 620 processor, available for SSBP of $99, users can pay less for more performance. Setting an industry first, the AMD Athlon™ II X4 620 is the only quad-core processor to be priced under $100 SSBP. Compared to the more expensive Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 or Intel Core 2 Quad 8200, the AMD Athlon™ II X4 620 processor enables better performance in productivity, HD video, slideshow, and 3D gaming tasks.*


Intel Core 2 Duo E7500 priced at $119.99 and Intel Core 2 Quad 8200 priced at $159.99 on Newegg.com as of 9/15/09. *Based on AMD internal testing as of 8/24/09; results are normalized to the AMD Athlon™ II 250. Configuration: AMD Athlon II; M4A78T-E motherboard, ATI Radeon™ HD 3300 GPU, 4GB DDR3-1066, Windows Vista® 64 Ultimate. INTEL configuration: DG45ID motherboard; G45 Express; 4GB DDR2-1066; Windows Vista® 64 Ultimate. PCMark Vantage results are measured in Marks; MainConcept encoder converts DoubleDutch.mpeg (114MB) to an H.264 format; captured data is elapsed time in seconds. Windows Movie Maker renders a photo slide show as an AVI from a dataset of 97 1600x1066 JPEG images. Captured data is elapsed time in seconds. 3DMark Vantage overall results are measured in Marks. HD capable monitor required for full HD resolution.