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AMD Threadripper Pro Retail Pricing Listed: $6k for 64 Cores, $3k for 32 Cores
- neogodless 6y agoLess than $100/core. That's better than I paid for my Pentium 200Mhz CPU. On the other hand, I paid less than $30/core for my Ryzen 7 2700X. Now Zen 3 cores are better, so let's compare with consumer chips. Ryzen 7 5800X is supposed to mainstream (though there have been availability issues) and that's $450 for 8 cores or $56.25 per core. Really paying for the higher I/O and overall high core count. Does anyone have a chart illustrating the scaling of cores per dollar?
- throwawaygal7 6y agoIsn't this a marginal thing where you're going to pay more for diminishing returns? These are enthusiasts or professional power user machines; the people who want them will pay more per core to get the best available tech.
- neogodless 6y agoFor the most part. The 8-core consumer Ryzen 7 5800X cost 50% more than the 6-core Ryzen 5 5600X... but the Ryzen 9 5900X 12-core is only 22% more expensive. Puts that one in a weird place. But yes at the high end, you definitely see a clearer picture of diminishing returns!
- nomel 6y agoI think it's unfair to not include the cost of a functioning socket here. To the extreme, consider the materials needed to get 64, $1, single core processors running compared to one 64 core, $64, processor running.
- ciupicri 6y agoYou need to take into account inflation. 100 dollars from 1997 are about 160 today according to some websites [1]. [1]: https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=100&year=1997 https://www.dollartimes.com/inflation/inflation.php?amount=1...
- musicale 6y agoI get the feeling that a shift is occurring toward extra profit-taking among CPU and GPU vendors at the moment; it's not surprising given the absurd markups that opportunistic resellers are charging in secondary markets (ebay etc..)