Quote Originally Posted by Frank M View Post
Opteron 6xxx series pricing -- source

Type Clock L2 cache L3 cache Cons. (ACP - TDP) List price
Opteron 6128 1,5 GHz 8 x 512 kB 2 x 6 MB 75 - 115 W €254
Opteron 6134 1,7 GHz 8 x 512 kB 2 x 6 MB 75 - 115 W €489
Opteron 6136 2,4 GHz 8 x 512 kB 2 x 6 MB 75 - 115 W €692
Opteron 6168 1,9 GHz 12 x 512 kB 2 x 6 MB 75 - 115 W €692
Opteron 6172 2,1 GHz 12 x 512 kB 2 x 6 MB 75 - 115 W €917
Opteron 6174 2,2 GHz 12 x 512 kB 2 x 6 MB 75 - 115 W €1078

8 cores for €254
Even the highest-end 12-core seems more than reasonable at €1078
Well, that tells us a lot about it's relative performance to comparable Intel products. AMD would have surely asked for more if they held the upper hand.
So Opteron 6174 will more or less match a 6 core 3,33GHz Gulftown.