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Re:First AMD Zen (Ryzen) cpu benchmarks leaked by french mag... by geezerjay on Saturday December 24, 2016 @10:59AM (#13250240)
This metric is not very relevant. The main point of interest is absolute price and price/performance ratio.

If AMD's newest offering outperforms Intel's offerings but ends up being more expensive, all cost/benefit analysis will point against AMD.

Price/performance is king, because lower price also means the ability to buy more.

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Re:First AMD Zen (Ryzen) cpu benchmarks leaked by french mag... by seanp2k2 on Saturday December 24, 2016 @06:48PM (#13252138)
From what I've seen, it looks like it'll compete with Intel HEDT parts at a lower price. This should be great for consumers as hopefully Intel will massively drop the prices on those >4-core CPUs.
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