CPU Price/Performace
X4 (AMD)
q qx i7 (Intel)
Looks like AMD (X4 9600) is still king of the hill when it comes to price vs performance (only looking at floating point performance as it is what I am most concerned with)
The Motherboard prices are just the cheapest MB's I could find for that platform.
All prices are from pricewatch.
These numbers really don't mean that much but is meant as a guideline to determine a starting point when building a system.
W/T$
(Whets per $)
CPU
GHz
Whetstone
cpu $
MB $
total
183.8622052
x49600
2.30
29782
$114.99
$46.99
$161.98
163.4108452
x49950
2.60
33661
$159.00
$46.99
$205.99
158.5831519
x49550
2.20
28407
$132.14
$46.99
$179.13
155.1226626
x49650
2.30
29782
$145.00
$46.99
$191.99
150.1666747
x49700
2.40
31083
$160.00
$46.99
$206.99
147.1861472
x49850
2.50
32300
$172.46
$46.99
$219.45
147.1861472
x49850
2.50
32300
$172.46
$46.99
$219.45
139.6352776
q6600
2.40
30858
$191.00
$29.99
$220.99
120.2000058
q9550
2.83
41588
$316.00
$29.99
$345.99
114.9874141
q6700
2.66
33804
$263.99
$29.99
$293.98
111.9437
i7 920
2.66
61400
$292.50
$255.99
$548.49
105.3461947
q9450
2.66
38661
$337.00
$29.99
$366.99
90.1464039
qx6700
2.66
33804
$331.00
$43.99
$374.99
80.25006379
i7 940
2.93
66045
$567.00
$255.99
$822.99
73.84979362
q9650
3.00
44013
$565.99
$29.99
$595.98
58.56434293
qx6800
2.93
36485
$579.00
$43.99
$622.99
57.72772728
qx6850
3.00
38677
$626.00
$43.99
$669.99
57.28341034
i7 965
3.20
72778
$1,014.50
$255.99
$1,270.49
42.15885362
qx9650
3.00
44013
$999.99
$43.99
$1,043.98
31.99855528
qx9770
3.20
46955
$1,423.42
$43.99
$1,467.41
q qx i7 (Intel)
Looks like AMD (X4 9600) is still king of the hill when it comes to price vs performance (only looking at floating point performance as it is what I am most concerned with)
The Motherboard prices are just the cheapest MB's I could find for that platform.
All prices are from pricewatch.
These numbers really don't mean that much but is meant as a guideline to determine a starting point when building a system.
W/T$
(Whets per $)
CPU
GHz
Whetstone
cpu $
MB $
total
183.8622052
x49600
2.30
29782
$114.99
$46.99
$161.98
163.4108452
x49950
2.60
33661
$159.00
$46.99
$205.99
158.5831519
x49550
2.20
28407
$132.14
$46.99
$179.13
155.1226626
x49650
2.30
29782
$145.00
$46.99
$191.99
150.1666747
x49700
2.40
31083
$160.00
$46.99
$206.99
147.1861472
x49850
2.50
32300
$172.46
$46.99
$219.45
147.1861472
x49850
2.50
32300
$172.46
$46.99
$219.45
139.6352776
q6600
2.40
30858
$191.00
$29.99
$220.99
120.2000058
q9550
2.83
41588
$316.00
$29.99
$345.99
114.9874141
q6700
2.66
33804
$263.99
$29.99
$293.98
111.9437
i7 920
2.66
61400
$292.50
$255.99
$548.49
105.3461947
q9450
2.66
38661
$337.00
$29.99
$366.99
90.1464039
qx6700
2.66
33804
$331.00
$43.99
$374.99
80.25006379
i7 940
2.93
66045
$567.00
$255.99
$822.99
73.84979362
q9650
3.00
44013
$565.99
$29.99
$595.98
58.56434293
qx6800
2.93
36485
$579.00
$43.99
$622.99
57.72772728
qx6850
3.00
38677
$626.00
$43.99
$669.99
57.28341034
i7 965
3.20
72778
$1,014.50
$255.99
$1,270.49
42.15885362
qx9650
3.00
44013
$999.99
$43.99
$1,043.98
31.99855528
qx9770
3.20
46955
$1,423.42
$43.99
$1,467.41