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David Jonsson writes:

 > Expect 10-50% more than PIII. Look at www.amd.se

Well, K7 550 MHz 109% SPECint_base95 and 146% SPECfp_base95 if 
compared to a 550 MHz Pentium III. 

	http://www.amd.com/products/cpg/athlon/benchmarks.html

Also, Babelfish on http://www.heise.de/newsticker/data/ciw-02.07.99-000/ 

			Intel undercuts AMDs price

                   In view of the forthcoming launching of a
                   vessel of AMDs flagship K7 " Athlon "
                   accesses Intel to the extreme one: For the first
                   time the processor giant undercuts the price of
                   the directly comparable competition product
                   of competitor AMD. The Pentium III with 600
                   mc/s, which Intel wants to throw two weeks
                   before the AMD Premierenfeier in running,
                   will be clearly cheaper after c't information
                   than the fire-new 600-MHz-Athlon. Its price
                   determined AMD to 699 US Dollar, while
                   Intel had advised a OEM price of 823 US
                   Dollar (with acceptance of 1000 pieces) until
                   recently for the 600-MHz-P III. Still before
                   start of sales of the Athlon Intel thereby
                   seems to recognize its advance in
                   performance. An outline of the bench mark
                   results published so far brings c't in output
                   14/99 (starting from Monday at the kiosk). 

                   Whether AMD can be pleased about this
                   respect proof of the powerful competitor, is
                   however questionable. The processor
                   prozessorschmiede fights with high losses, all
                   hopes rests with AMD on good business with
                   the Athlon.

                   Additionally Intel wants to bring the
                   500-MHz-Celeron, which was announced for
                   Septembers originally, to at the end of of July
                   -- simultaneous with the new Pentium III --
                   on the market. Natural it is to be expected that
                   with appearance of the new processors also all
                   prices of the slower PCU TYPES are
                   downward adapted. (ciw/ c't)