Quote Originally Posted by Motiv View Post
At the end of the day, the prices will be set based on workloads and how it copes with them. If a 4 module/8 core AMD chip (at say 2.5ghz), can deal with the same workload as a 4 core(8ht) Intel chip (at 2ghz), then that will be it's price window (speed values for arguments sake etc).
I doubt that would happen though due to manufacturing costs. I have to believe 1 module is bigger than 1 Intel core. For consumers, the Intel core would make more sense, whereas for servers the module would make more sense as you are comparing 130% to 180% of the integer performance. Thus since server processors are always priced with much higher margins in mind, they could probably line up their processors that way, so even if intel's ipc is 10% faster, they would still win the performance battle.

However, I just can't see AMD being able to price their products as you described for the general consumer and still make a profit, especially when Intel is at 32nm whereas AMD is stuck at 45nm. Even if they could, if the Intel product offers anywhere from 5-20% more ipc, I would just by an unlocked k series processor and be happy with that. Having anything beyond 4 threads is pretty much useless for me, so single threaded performance is what will earn my money.