Review: AMD Duron

Pricing and Availability

The Duron and the Athlon (Thunderbird) are positioned in different price segments. The AMD price list clearly shows a considerable difference in price and clock rate between the two CPU types. Just as is the case with Intel, every new Duron with a higher clock rate seems to replace its Athlon counterpart. On the other hand, the Athlon will again follow suit in terms of increased clock rates. The first Duron CPUs already were shipped to major PC producers in early June, i.e. the first PCs will be available pretty soon.

Socket A: AMD CPU pricing

MHz

USD

1Ku Tray Units, last revision: 8.14.2000 and 9.5.2000

Athlon 1100

853 $

Athlon 1000

612 $

Athlon 950

460 $

Athlon 900

350 $

Athlon 850

282 $

Athlon 800

215 $

Duron 750

181 $

Duron 700

138 $

Duron 650

103 $

Duron 600

79 $

The Duron competes against the Celeron, which already becomes clear from the identical price for the 600 MHz version. However, the fastest Duron currently also takes on the Pentium III.

Socket 370: Intel CPU pricing

MHz

USD

1Ku Tray Units, last revision: 8.27.2000.

Pentium III 1000

669$

Pentium III 933

508$

Pentium III 866

358$

Pentium III 800

251$

Pentium III 733

193 $

Pentium III 700

193 $

Pentium III 650

193 $

Pentium III 600

193 $

Celeron 700

138 $

Celeron 667

112 $

Celeron 600

79 $

Celeron 566

69 $