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.
MHz | USD |
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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.
MHz | USD |
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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 $ |