AMD edges Intel in early dual-core benchmarks

Advanced Micro Devices was second in coming to market with a dual-core desktop chip, but it’s first in benchmark scores, according to sites that test the chip.

Both Anandtech and Tom’s Hardware–two hardware benchmarking sites–have published reports stating that, in their own tests, the dual-core Athlon 64 X2 chips generally edge out the Intel Pentium D and the dual-core Pentium 4 Extreme Edition, although the results vary by the tests.