AMD or Intel dual core?

[Steve]

Which is, right now, the faster dual core processor. Doc Overclock embarked on a quest to find out.

Although both Intel and AMD have entered the Dual-Core CPU arena, it was the AMD 4800+ CPU, which showed the best results here in the lab. We tested these CPUs against each other using the best and most performance savvy parts we could get our hands on and with the motherboards each camp felt were their best representatives for their CPU.

[Motherboards.org]

[Hiroaki]

*grins* I wonder if they've noticed that their article claims that the Athlon 4200+ has 512mb of L2 cache?