K8 is an architecture not manufacturing process
lol , AMD architecture does not benefit from larger cache since it uses HT bus instead of FSB . 478 celeron is a cut down P4 , and K8's outran those as well . Clock speed has nothing to do with performance , architecture does . 478 celerons used architecture that employed long pipelines , which made it easy to achive high clocks , the off set was lower performance , thus a k8 clocked at 2 ghz could easily outperform a 3 ghz clocked P4 .
Has nothing to do with what side of the fence am just informing potential buyers .Lower power consumption is of course a good thing and that i agree with , but not the only advantage over a 478 celeron lol .