Flagship server CPUs from AMD and Intel are quite expensive: the 192-core EPYC 9965 costs $14,813, and the 128-core Xeon 6980P is priced at $12,460 (after Intel had already slashed its price from $17,800 in early January) when purchased in 1000-unit quantities by its direct customers.

However, ShopBLT is selling both processors with 35% and 53% discounts for $9,713 and $5,836, respectively.

ShopBLT is not alone, as Newegg offers Intel’s Xeon 6980P for $6,190, a 50% reduction from Intel’s recommended customer pricing (RCP).

Intel’s Xeon 6 6900P-series CPUs are sold at even steeper discounts from their RCPs. The flagship 128-core Xeon 6980P is available for $5,166 (53% lower than RCP), the 96-core Xeon 6972P is priced at $4,789 (53% lower than RCP), whereas the Xeon 6960P can be purchased for $4,511 (53% off from the RCP). The previous-generation flagship — the 64-core Xeon 8592+ — is priced at ‘affordable’ $2,280, which is five times less than its list price.

Well, I only looked into the article to check out the prices, and I am stunned to find out that we’re talking five-figure recommended CPU prices