CHIP GIANT INTEL reacted swiftly to the release of a Barton 3000+ processor from AMD today and said vendor claims should not be used to decide the performance of a chip.
We'll remember that when you launch your 3.20GHz Pentium 4, Intel.

Earlier today, we reported that AMD had claimed its Barton 3000+, which has a clock frequency of 2.17GHz, using a set of "industry standard" benchmarks, meant that it outperformed its competition by 17 per cent.

But Intel hit back today, claiming its 3.06GHz Pentium 4, which uses hyperthreading technology, remains the world's highest performance desktop processor.

AMD uses PR ratings, based on a suite of software, originally based on an earlier Athlon processor, which presumably is still the base mark for these "+" figures.

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