Battle at 500MHz: Athlon vs P3 vs Celeron

The performance advantage the Athlon holds over the Pentium III and Celeron under NT is considerable.   The performance difference between the Celeron 500 and Pentium III 500 is somewhat noticeable.  Keep in mind that the Celeron 500 offers 89% of the performance of the Pentium III under High End applications (according to the Winstone results), is that extra 11% worth the price difference to you?

With the wider range of applications and the inclusion of 3D rendering test, the performance gap extends in favor of the Athlon in the SYSMark 98 tests.