Hardware Pub has posted a comparison review between AMD XP 2000+ vs Intel Pentium 4 Northwood

In the recent past, we have seen in benchmark comparisons between AMD and Intel processors, the fastest AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz Thunderbird can easily outperform a Pentium 4 with a higher speed rating. AMD became aware of this awesome performance-to-clock ratio and decided to use a PR (Performance Rating) system. This new methodology serves to explain to the average consumer that, for example, this Athlon XP 2000+ being evaluated today, is equivalent to a Intel Pentium 4 and also an AMD Athlon Thunderbird running at 2.0 GHz. However, Intel recently released a new Pentium 4 processor, the Northwood family, that supposedly performs much better than the original Pentium 4. Thus, we will give these two processors today the opportunity to duke it out. Which will be victorious?

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