[13:14 Wed,7.May 2025 by Rudi Schmidts] |
There&s no question that when it comes to desktop processors (CPUs), AMD has recently won the hearts of many hardware enthusiasts. While Intel firmly held the desktop PC market with market shares of over 80 percent a few years ago, things have not looked so rosy for the former CPU king lately. In addition to manufacturing problems in its own fabs, there were also reports of hardware failures with overheating CPUs. AMD was also able to seize the performance crown with the principle of a stacked cache and thus produce or sell more expensive CPUs with large margins in large quantities again. And not only that: At the same time, there is also real competition from ARM processors for the first time under Windows.
In short: Intel can no longer enjoy the fruits of its former monopoly position, but is forced to act, because the sales of its current processors seem to be declining sharply. In any case, there is no other way to explain why Intel has drastically reduced the price of its current mainstream desktop CPU in recent weeks. ;) Intel drastically lowers the price of its mainstream CPUs Core Ultra 7 265KF The Core Ultra 7 265K with 20 cores (8 P + 12 E) now costs just under 315 euros and the KF variant (without integrated GPU) is even available for well under 300 euros. After the introduction of the new models at the turn of the year, prices of between 420 and 440 euros were called for, and that with a significantly stronger dollar exchange rate. According to Computerbase, these Core Ultra 7 models are now "almost unbeatable at the current price". However, this is likely to become a problem for Intel in its own product range: The smaller Core Ultra 5s cost only minimally less with significantly lower performance and the Core Ultra 9 costs twice as much, but offers hardly any relevant additional performance.  According to our hardware guide this is probably also one of the best CPUs in a new desktop editing system. Especially since the Intel processor can even reach 102 GB/s memory throughput using (expensive) DDR5-6400 CUDIMM modules and also supports 10 Bit 4:2:2 decoding in hardware. Such a price reduction was virtually unthinkable for Intel in the past and shows how bad things are at Intel right now. In addition, AMD will probably not leave this price cut unanswered. Coupled with a potential drop in demand due to the generally poor global economic situation, further falling CPU prices are therefore very likely.  more infos at bei www.computerbase.dedeutsche Version dieser Seite: Drastische Preissenkung bei Intel Mainstream-CPU - Core Ultra 7 265KF unter 300 Euro |
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