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Well this isn't exactly a fair comparison, still it seems to indicate that overall (not for specific applications eg. graphics acceleration), the performance improvement is not that massive: http://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare.php?cmp[]=1081&cmp[]=107...

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Thats not really a good comparison as Intel was back in the game then (Core 2 processors were popular, and the Pentiums were just lower end versions of that keeping the brand alive).

The Pentium 4 519K from 2004, part of the Prescott (90nm) family, would be a good comparison. I think it was the first CPU that was easily overclockable to 4GHz, or in extreme cases 6Ghz (with enough water cooling).

Sadly it's not on that site (or at least I can't find it on mobile).

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