This is the same sort of problem that Apple has when trying to compare with Intel chips. The chip architectures are different such that an 800 MHz G4 isn't the same as an 800 MHz Pentium. I don't want to go down that road (Apple vs Intel) in this thread, but some might say the G4 800 is roughly comparable to a P3 1.2 GHz (or even faster). It's hard to say as they run different software.
Anyway, AMD's branding works for me. A 2200+ is roughly equivalent to the P4-2.2. Since AMD chips cost much less than their Intel brethren the confusion over bus speeds is somewhat irrelevant.
The Intel CPU may be the benchmark, but the Athlon wins the "value proposition."
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