Attached Link: http://www.pcworld.com/news/article/0,aid,110484,pg,2,00.asp

Amd posted benchmark results for the opteron where a 1GHz itainium outruns a 2GHz xeon (amd.com). The speedtester was just a simple program for my own use to compare my PC with others (as in my PC can do this... how fast can yours do it?). PCworld (link) benchmarks the 2.17GHz athlon (3200+)outruns the Pentium 3.06GHz. Does that mean the athlon is faster? Not necessarily. One results may say the athlon is better, the other might say the P4 is better.. but I think I'll stick with which one counts.