Announced today by Advanced Micro Devices is their Athlon 64 FX-60 processor. The FX-60 is a 90nm dual-core processor that packs in 233 million transistors, with 128KB of L1 cache per core while the L2 cache is sized at 1024KB. This latest Socket 939 Athlon FX edition comes weeks after Intel had announced its LGA-775 Pentium Extreme Edition 955 that boasts a 65nm process and packs in 2048kb for each of its two cores. Our friends at Linux Hardware has offered a small performance comparison between Intel and AMD's latest-and-greatest under Linux, while additional related articles can be found at Phoronix.

SUNNYVALE, CALIF. -- January 10, 2006 --As part of AMD’s ongoing commitment to deliver the industry’s highest-performing PC technology, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced the immediate availability of the AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 dual-core processor, the world’s ultimate processor for PC enthusiasts. Providing exceptional PC performance on games, digital media and intense applications, the new AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 dual-core processor will allow enthusiasts to experience the next generation of multi-core supported games and applications using AMD’s most powerful PC processor ever released.