true. but running them both stock wouldn't give an accurate clock to clock comparison. which is how i think the comparison should be made. or, the phenom could be clocked to 2.4ghz. either way, thats a fair and accurate comparison of performance. if cpu a is running one speed and cpu b is running a different speed, there really is no reason to compare them, because the difference in performance is not being accurately measured. although, im sure there would be some sort of formula to figure it out. math isnt my strong point, so i dont know.