AMD CPUs

AnandTech Weekly CPU Prices - AMD
CPU Price Change Vendor Shipping Promotion
Athlon Thunderbird 1.2GHz
$268
$2
$11
OEM
Athlon Thunderbird 1.1GHz
$226
$3
$11
OEM
Athlon Thunderbird 1.0GHz
$176
$1
$11
OEM
Athlon Thunderbird 950MHz
$153
$3
$11
OEM
Athlon Thunderbird 900MHz
$127
$3
$11
OEM
Athlon Thunderbird 850MHz
$108
$6
$11
OEM
Athlon Thunderbird 800MHz
$98
$3
$10
OEM
Athlon Thunderbird 750MHz
$81
$9
$9
OEM
Athlon Thunderbird 700MHz
$88
$0
$11
Athlon 1.0GHz
$285
$17
$11
OEM
Athlon 950MHz
$197
$59
$11
OEM
Athlon 900MHz
$115
$8
$11
OEM
Athlon 850MHz
$110
$4
$11
OEM
Athlon 800MHz
$106
$4
$11
OEM
Athlon 750MHz
$82
$1
$11
OEM
Athlon 700MHz
$77
$1
$11
OEM
Athlon 650MHz
$67
$0
$11
OEM
Athlon 600MHz
$66
$5
$9
OEM
Athlon 550MHz
$49
$0
$10
OEM
Athlon 500MHz
$62
$0
$8
OEM
Duron 850MHz
$98
$8
$11
OEM
Duron 800MHz
$73
$1
$10
OEM
Duron 750MHz
$61
$1
$11
OEM
Duron 700MHz
$49
$2
$10
OEM
Duron 650MHz
$42
$1
$14
OEM
Duron 600MHz
$40
$7
$10
OEM


It has been another slow week for AMD. Prices in the Thunderbird category have shown very little change this week. Even with Intel's recent move to cut prices, the 1.0GHz Thunderbird is still an excellent processor in terms of price and performance. Another hot deal is the 850MHz part which is very close to the $100 mark. Those looking for AMD's Athlon-C (266MHz FSB) line of Thunderbirds are out of luck once again as they are still nowhere to be found this week. Also, the rumored 1.3GHz Thunderbirds will not be coming out any time soon. And when it does hit, you won't be kicking yourself for making a purchase now since it is highly unlikely that it will be using the cooler-running Palomino core.

If you are still using an older Slot-A based system and are looking to upgrade, the "classic" Slot-A Athlons are still your best bet. This week the price of the 950MHz part rose to about $200, making it less of an attractive buy than before. However, for many readers, buying a new Slot-A processor is still cheaper than buying a new motherboard and CPU. Most Slot-A boards can be made to use the higher speed Athlons with a simple BIOS upgrade.

On the low-end side of AMD's line of processors, we see that prices have not fluctuated much. The new Duron 850MHz can now be found for under the $100 mark; however compared to other Durons, it is over priced. The rest of the Durons, are priced very competitively compared to their Celeron equivalents. For those who don't mind overclocking to reach higher clock speeds, the Duron 650MHz can now be found at around $40 and is a very promising part.

Related Reviews

Make sure you check out our latest Athlon and Duron reviews for more information.

Athlon Reviews Publication Date
AMD's 760 Chipset: DDR for the Athlon is here October 30th, 2000
ALi MAGiK 1: The Athlon gets a second DDR platform November 29th, 2000
AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1.2GHz & Duron 800MHz October 17th, 2000
DDR SDRAM - AMD Athlon Performance Preview September 14th, 2000
AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1.1GHz August 28th, 2000
AMD Athlon "Thunderbird" 1 GHz / 800 MHz June 4th, 2000
AMD Athlon 1GHz, 950MHz, 900MHz March 6th, 2000
AMD Athlon 850 February 14th, 2000
AMD Athlon 800 December 20th, 1999
AMD Athlon 750 November 29th, 1999
AMD Athlon 700 October 4th, 1999
AMD Athlon August 9th, 1999

Duron Reviews Publication Date
AMD Duron 850MHz January 8th, 2001
AMD Duron 800MHz October 17th, 2000 12:56 AM
AMD Duron 750 September 5th, 2000 12:00 PM
AMD Duron June 19th, 2000 12:00 PM
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