It may be only a 'tick' in performance, but it sure is a 'tock' in price! $1723 for a i7-6950X v. $999 for a i7-5960X? That's even more than the Broadwell-EP X

It may be only a 'tick' in performance, but it sure is a 'tock' in price! $1723 for a i7-6950X v. $999 for a i7-5960X? That's even more than the Broadwell-EP Xeon equivalent: > The recently released Xeon Broadwell-EP processor list includes the Xeon E5-2640 v4: a 10-core 2.4 GHz/3.4 GHz part that runs at 90W, and is priced at $939, which compares favorably to the i7-6950X and its 10-cores at a 3.0 GHz/3.5 GHz clockspeeds.