[solomatov]

The top core i9 costs 2k$ on amazon. The top ryzen cost $799. So, they are cheaper than Xeon, but not cheaper than equivalent AMD's processor.

[loeg]

The grandparent comment is not claiming that $2k is under $800, but instead that Intel would be able to charge a higher price for the i9 if the TR was not on the market.

[glandium]

You should compare the top i9 with threadripper 1950X, which is more expensive, but still less expensive than an i9.

[examancer]

That's literally what the OP did. A 1950X is only $799 now, so less than half a top end i9.

[loeg]

That's extremely recent. It was more like $900 a day or two ago: https://camelcamelcamel.com/AMD-Threadripper-32-thread-Proce...

And it is still $960 on Newegg: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E1681911...

[dragontamer]

I got my 1950x for $699 a few months ago. Its been $699 for a while at Microcenter.

The "price-competitive" i9-7900x is 10-cores for $799, and seems to be the best price-competitive comparison. Better single-thread, better at AVX512 tasks, but weaker in general purpose multithreading due to having fewer cores.

[sosuke]

Eh its just a matter of patience I guess. I got mine for $799 in December.

[yellowapple]

"And it is still $960 on Newegg"

As of 2018-06-11 18:27 PDT (when I clicked on that link) the current Newegg price is $799.99.