Q:

Which is better Intel Celerdon D 351 3.2Ghz or AMD Athlon 64 3200+

I have two machines, and I want to make one into a media center. No sure which one to pick.
Here are the specs for the AMD Athlon 64 3200+, and here for the Intel Celerdon D 351.

A:

the Athlon 64 3200+ is the better performer of the two (by a far cry).
SuperPi (1m calcs): 44 sec vs 71 sec
even the Sempron 3200 (AMDs low cost counterpart to Intel's Celeron series) beats the the Celeron D351 by almost 30% in benchmarks, it certainly is no match for the Athlon with its 512 L2 cache.

