Yes, yes, now let's clear up a couple of things. For one thing, only the Pentium "M" has 1 megabyte of level 2 cache. All other pentiums have 512 kilobytes of level two cache, or less.
Second, if you have been following the news, you will see that Intel is actually using AMD's strategy with the M series chips; "the clock speed is not the sole indicator of performance of the processor" is an AMD refrain.
The best AMD chip is the Barton line. The reason why it can compete with Pentium in the first place is because of not only having 512 kb of level two cache, the Barton also has 128 kb of level one cache. All of this cache implies slower clock speeds give excellent performance.
The Pentium is a better performing chip, nobody will argue about that.
But if you take at look at AMD's budget and how well they do with it, it is astounding. We owe AMD for a lot. I remember when AMD was whooping Intel's a*s. You see that is amazing when you think about it. AMD has less than 1/10 of the R&D unit that Intel has and the fact that they are so competitive gives you a hint about their efficiency. I tip my hat to AMD, although I am an Intel user. B)
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