Opteron 2ghz (246) CPU benchmarked in 1CPU configuration vs 3.2Ghz P4, and XP3200+

"One thing that is certain however is that with Intel's rumored power issues with Prescott, and even IBM pointing a finger at their power consumption, the pressure is on for Q4. IBM is aiming directly at Dell sales, and Opteron is one of their many weapons. Intel has to be watching that closely."

in other AMD news, Gateway should be selling AMD 64bit systems, IBM are to launch Opteron Workstations (but I can't find where I read that anymore), and AMD may not bother with 64-bit CPUs slower than 2 GHz.