[geezerjay]

This metric is not very relevant. The main point of interest is absolute price and price/performance ratio.

If AMD's newest offering outperforms Intel's offerings but ends up being more expensive, all cost/benefit analysis will point against AMD.

Price/performance is king, because lower price also means the ability to buy more.

[seanp2k2]

From what I've seen, it looks like it'll compete with Intel HEDT parts at a lower price. This should be great for consumers as hopefully Intel will massively drop the prices on those >4-core CPUs.