Intel slashes prices for its Xeon 6!

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When it comes to server processors, AMD is putting Intel under serious pressure. The Epyc Genoa CPUs are not only high-performance and energy-efficient, they’re also less expensive… until now. To slow down AMD’s market share gains, Intel has decided to reduce the selling price of its Xeon 6 CPUs. In some cases, we’re talking about price cuts of up to 30%!

Xeon 6: price cuts of up to 30%!

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A few months ago, Intel launched its Granit Rapids processors in the Xeon 6 range. And quite simply, in their maximum version, these CPUs were the most expensive models ever marketed by the blues.. However, AMD appears to be too serious a competitor, and four months after their launch, the blueprints have had to be revised.

On Ark.intel.com, the recommended retail price of the flagship Xeon 6980P (128 cores) drops from $17,800 to $12,460, a substantial discount of $5,340, or 30% less. But that’s not all: the other models are also down. For example, the Xeon 6952P (96 cores) loses 20%, compared with 13% for the Xeon 6972P (also 96 cores).

This new pricing structure makes the blue chips more affordable than their competitors, both in terms of price per core and absolute price. For example, the 128-core Xeon 6980P is more affordable than the 96-core Epyc 9654. This enables the company to become more competitive in order to regain market share from AMD, or at least slow down the progress of the Reds in this area. If the company is reducing its selling price, it’s not because it’s happy to do so, but rather because it’s not satisfied with its sales levels.

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In any case, it’s companies that are going to be happy, since the prices mentioned on Intel’s site concern purchases in batches of 1,000, we learn from Tom’s Hardware. Secondly, we learn that large companies such as Dell, HP, etc., are buying CPUs at negotiated prices due to high purchasing volumes.