Big discounts on 10th-gen CPUs suggest that Intel is trying to capitalize on AMD’s stock misery.
Intel would appear to be on a drive to cut the prices of its 10th-gen processors, at least looking at the way some of these Comet Lake CPUs are dropping at some retailers currently. Tom’s Hardware flagged this up, observing that some of Intel’s most popular models are dropping like a stone. A good example is the Intel Core i7-10700F (‘F’ means it doesn’t have an integrated GPU, which won’t bother most gamers who have a separate discrete graphics card), which is now down to $229 on Amazon in the US. At the end of January, less than a couple weeks ago, it was $315. That chip began life pitched at $349, so at $229, it’s actually a third cheaper than at launch – and incredibly impressive value for a fast 8-core chip with great gaming chops. Compare that to AMD’s current 8-core offering, the Ryzen 5800X, which retails at $449 (if you can find it – and where it is on sale, pricing is generally inflated by a good margin).
