LET'S START WITH SOME BENCHMARK TESTS AGAINST THE PENTIUM 4 Overall Computing. What does this benchmark measure? Overall computing experience for each application type. The desktop overall score represents an equally weighted average of all 17 benchmarks. The overall score for each application type represents an equally weighted average of the benchmarks that comprise each application type. How do you benefit with the AMD Athlon™ XP processor?      2% greater Desktop Overall application performance      12% greater Office Productivity application performance      2% greater Digital Media application performance      Produces comparable performance to competitive solutions for 3D Gaming      application performance      The AMD executes 9 operations per clock cycle and the Pentium 4 only 6 operations. The AMD Athlon™ XP processor with QuantiSpeed™ architecture delivers an outstanding overall computing experience. ****************** Inc. Business Winstone 2001, v1.0.2  (Windows  XP) What does this benchmark measure?      The amount of time necessary to complete common tasks while running      popular business applications THIS IS KINDA OLD eTesting Labs Inc., Business Winstoneâ"¢ 2001, v1.0 is a system-level, application-based benchmark that measures the time to complete common tasks while running the following business applications: Microsoft© PowerPoint, Microsoft Project, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft FrontPage, Microsoft Access, Lotus Notes, Norton Anti-Virus, WinZip, and Netscape Communicator. How do you benefit with the AMD Athlon XP processor?      24% increase in productivity using common business applications in a multi-application environment. Boosts overall productivity The AMD Athlon XP processor with QuantiSpeed architecture increases overall productivity by quickly loading and executing business applications employed by many people every day. ********************** KINDA OLD 3D Gaming Benchmarks: Half-life Smokin', Expendable, Quake III Demo002, AquaMark, DroneZ Generic, Unreal Tournament, Evolva, MDK2, Serious Sam What do these benchmarks measure?      Frameset capabilities      3D graphics generation      Audio playback      Computer response to player actions 3D gaming produces high-resolution graphics, rich audio, and real-time transformation and lighting effects. These features provide players with a completely immersive, multiplayer, 3D gaming experience. The gaming titles selected for this benchmark are: Half-Life Smokin', Expendable, Quake III, AquaMark, DroneZ, Unreal Tournament, Evolva, MDK2, and Serious Sam. How do you benefit with the AMD Athlon™ XP processor?      Faster 3D graphics creation and frame rates      Rich, true-to-life audio      Instantaneous player response The AMD Athlon™ XP processor with QuantiSpeed™ architecture brings 3D games to life with richer, smoother graphics and true-to-life sound. A complete 3D environment allows gamers to fully immerse themselves within the visual effects of the game, experiencing the intense game play just as game designers intended. ******************** AMD Athlon XP Processor Competitive Comparison       Feature                       AMD Athlon™ XP           Pentium® 4 QuantiSpeed™ Architecture          Yes                           No Operations per clock cycle               9                              6 Integer pipelines                              3                              4 Floating point pipelines                    3                              2 Full x86 decoders                            3                              1    ********************