Intel launches Xeon E7-8894 v4 flagship processor at 8898 USD

#5390626

Sarav

2017-02-09 19:31

To HH Is it 8898 USD? or an typo:wanker:

#5390634

nz3777

2017-02-09 19:43

I do not think its a Typo. At this rate intel is going famous rappers will have intel xeon-e7s hanging off there necklace instead of diamonds haha! Those price's are just Insane,Id love to just hold one in my hand to see how a almost 10k cpu feel's like.

#5390642

Tree Dude

2017-02-09 19:57

Server CPUs are no joke with their pricing because they know they can get it. If you absolutely need the best you're not worrying about cost. We run 6 VMware hosts with 2 Intel 16c CPUs (E5-2697A v4). Those CPUs were about $3k a piece when the servers were purchased.

#5390645

Retow

2017-02-09 20:02

Hmmm They definitely missed an opportunity to price it at $8894 😉

#5390652

Öhr

2017-02-09 20:17

$8900 for 24 cores? So that's about $370 per core... I'd rather have 192 Cores for the same amount of money: http://i.imgur.com/SILEJsj.png Or do you perhaps prefer twice that? 380 cores? http://i.imgur.com/Mop4S3m.png

#5390653

SirDremor

2017-02-09 20:20

They definitely missed an opportunity to price it at $8894 😉

It is E7-8894 v4. 8894 + 4 = 8898. Maybe it is just as intended?

#5390659

Hilbert Hagedoorn

Administrator

2017-02-09 20:33

$8898,- is no typo: https://ark.intel.com/products/96900/Intel-Xeon-Processor-E7-8894-v4-60M-Cache-2_40-GHz

#5390679

schmidtbag

2017-02-09 21:07

What a bargain compared to this: https://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIACK254D9365

#5390689

mattm4

2017-02-09 21:27

$8900 for 24 cores? So that's about $370 per core... I'd rather have 192 Cores for the same amount of money: http://i.imgur.com/SILEJsj.png Or do you perhaps prefer twice that? 380 cores? http://i.imgur.com/Mop4S3m.png

Perhaps they would want all of those cores on one motherboard.....

#5390700

Venix

2017-02-09 22:04

$8900 for 24 cores? So that's about $370 per core... I'd rather have 192 Cores for the same amount of money: http://i.imgur.com/SILEJsj.png Or do you perhaps prefer twice that? 380 cores? http://i.imgur.com/Mop4S3m.png

well yeah but those 192 cores will be 3120 tdp 6 of those i5's will be 390 tdp for 24 cores the 24 core has 164 assuming you could find a motherboard that can take the 4 i5's still often server rack cases have limited cooling although i do not believe that in it's life time the lower tdp will save on the electricity bill !actually let's do the math 24x 164=3936 and 24x390 =9360 llet's asume an average electricity cost of 15 cents per kwhatt hour 3.94x0.15 =0.591 usd a day 9.36x0.15 =1.404 usd a day so 0.813 extra usd per 24 hours 183x6= 1098 the cost of the i5's 8898-1098 = 7800 so 7800/0,813= 9594 days just to break even ! or 26.29 years ! so there you have it in 26.29 years you will get your money back threw the electricity bill ! assuming you run all the cores 24/7/365 at 100% at all times ! ((actually is one of the few times having fun doing math but i was laughing a lot seeing the numbers :P)):banana:

#5390703

isidore

2017-02-09 22:11

the weird thing is that most server hosting companies refuse to use AMD hardware, at least in Europe. I wonder what will happen when this: http://www.guru3d.com/news-story/amd-naples-32-core-zen-processors-photos.html will hit the server market. I have a feeling customers will push for AMD hardware because it will be cheaper and provide more cores per socket. Right now, i administer vmware infrastructures for a lot of big companies all over the world thorough the company i work for. We never provided AMD platforms. The Dell, Fujitsu, Cisco, HP or Bull esxi hosts are all Intel based. I look forward to some AMD stuff.

#5390704

alanm

2017-02-09 22:11

In 10 years we'll be laughing at this as our $300 CPUs destroy it.

#5390705

isidore

2017-02-09 22:12

In 10 years we'll be laughing at this as our $300 CPUs destroy it.

I don't think you will have to wait 10 years for that tbh.

#5390709

Neo Cyrus

2017-02-09 22:18

In 10 years we'll be laughing at this as our $300 CPUs destroy it.

It's 24 cores at 2.4GHz... in a few revisions AMD can pump out 16 core CPUs which outperform it due to higher clocks, if they really wanted. That wouldn't be $300 but it definitely can be done far before 10 years.

#5390712

Havel

2017-02-09 22:30

I can buy a car for 9K. New car.

#5390714

Kaarme

2017-02-09 22:37

Let's hope some big customers bravely jump in and invest in AMD's similar server chips. AMD would need references of (reasonably) long-term stability and general troubleless runtime to attract customers. It's not just the Naples itself but also the board it's attached to. On the bright side, apparently the server owners have over the years got just as fed up with Intel's monopoly as everybody else, so in that sense the business world should be welcoming AMD as well, should they offer a good product.

#5390743

chronek

2017-02-10 00:10

hahaha crapy 2.4 ghz cpu with maybe 2 threads over 3 ghz for almost 9k i hope soon Amd show intel how to do it right and for smaller price

#5390804

N0Name

2017-02-10 03:28

That's what datacenter and render farms use ? ... not overclocked i3 😀 These prices are nothing considering that sometimes developers / designers do earn more then this monthly.

#5390873

Zeka

2017-02-10 09:44

Big datacenters that purchase this type of cpus worry more about TDP then about performance. Seeing that we have 8/16 core zen running at 65W tdp @ 3.7Ghz, I think Intel is worried and is at this point taking whatever they can before 32 core zen hits the market

#5390949

DeskStar

2017-02-10 14:02

This is sickening......simply sickening. Something needs to happen in this industry to shut down these scalpers..!.! Nothing is that more reliable/powerful to quantify this jump in pricing. Even on their "consumer" level grade garbage Intel is seriously gouging them prices.