Okay, as i mentioned above, unless there are hugh differences in VMW/Xvid encoding speeds i wouldnt pay too much attention to that, but you can see a comparison here:
http://techreport.com/reviews/2006q2...o/index.x?pg=9
Core Duo is a really good CPU, judging from those numbers. The X2 3800+ can also be run very cool, at silentpcreview people have reported that the actual TDP is much lower than the official number, and in 2 days AMD is launching a 35W(!) X2 3800+ for AM2
