http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/dis...815102710.html

Picks self up from the floor from laughing for hard.

The pricing of the upcoming Xeon E54XX processors will look as follows:

Xeon X5460 (3.16 GHz) - $1172;
Xeon E5450 (3.00 GHz) - $851;
Xeon E5440 (2.83 GHz) - $690;
Xeon E5430 (2.66 GHz) - $455;
Xeon E5420 (2.50 GHz) - $316;
Xeon E5410 (2.33 GHz) - $256;
Xeon E5405 (2.16 GHz) - $209.

If we compare these prices with the recently reported pricing of the upcoming AMD Barcelona processors, we can see that AMD estimates the IPC of their upcoming solutions much more optimistically. The direct competitor to the upcoming Opteron 2350 with 1.9GHz clock speed will be the new Xeon E5420 working at 2.5GHz, and Xeon X5460 working at 3.16GHz will compete with Opteron 2358 running at 2.4GHz speed.
Please, somebody explain to me why someone say something that Dumb and still be respected? The estimates presented as facts based on what? 3.16 compared to a 2.4GHz Barkie? What, did they take AMD's word for it?

So, Xeon X5460 (3.16 GHz) will cost $1172 and 2,4GHz Barkie will have similar price. Same goes for the Opteron 2350 with 1.9GHz going for a Xeon E5420 (2.50 GHz) like price $316. Sorry, I don't have that much trust in AMD.