R430 in 2015 are based on Xeon E5-2600 v3 [1], based on 22 nm Haswell up to 18 Core, 36 vCPU Cores for RSP of $4115. For the same RSP today you could get 112 Co

R430 in 2015 are based on Xeon E5-2600 v3 [1], based on 22 nm Haswell up to 18 Core, 36 vCPU Cores for RSP of $4115. For the same RSP today you could get 112 Core / vCPU from Intel [2] Intel Xeon 6746E Processor. Considering IPC and real core vs Thread I expect may be 2x difference in Core to Core comparison. That makes it only 6x difference over 10 years. Less than what I expected. [1] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/83352/intel-xeon-processor-e52620-v3-15m-cache-2-40-ghz/specifications.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/83352/i... [2] https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/240369/intel-xeon-6746e-processor-96m-cache-2-00-ghz/specifications.html https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/240369/...