"With the release of their Opteron dual core processors back in April, and their corresponding announcement of the upcoming Athlon 64 X2 line of processors, AMD threw its hat officially into the dual core processor arena. And truth be told, AMD was much more prepared for the fight. Having been in the plans of the Athlon 64 since early on, adding a second core to the Athlon 64 turns out to be a much simpler and more elegant solution than what Intel has presented us thus far." 03-06
"As you can see from the results below, the Dual Core Opteron 875 part posted a 30% gain over the fastest Dual Opteron 252. Take note that the Dual Core Opteron 875 is a lower clocked part than the 252; the 875 is clocked at 2.2 GHz while the 252 is clocked at 2.6 GHz." 03-06
Describes the performance and compatibility of the 64 bit processors from AMD and Intel. As of this writing, the reviewer claims that the AMD 64 is the only processor fully compatible with both 64-bit and 32-bit programs. 11-04
"While Sun is happy to compare Opteron and SPARC against Intel processors, said Timbers, the company does not do enough to compare them against each other."
" 'Lack of comparison could be because SPARC doesn't compare very well to Opteron,' ventured Timbers." 04-06