thunderman :
The Article age means very little BTW because it's still more than relevant. Reading various threads on this forum and I usually come across something like 'Intel consumes less power' or something along them lines. This thread proves that AMD has the advantage when it comes to low power consuming processors at idle. The 90Nm AMD processors are more hungry.... their 65Nm processors however give Intel a real headache. Businesses who have computers running all day under light usage can.... I believe save considerable energy switching to AMD. Intel has the advantage under load....it's unlikely a computer will be under load all time anyway. As for Intel's MO stepping it's nothing substantial. It should be noted that the enthusiasts choice of processor the 5000+ BE is a 65Nm component.
AMD for Energy Savings! Intel wastes energy! AMD4Life! Intel are Evil!
Let me dispell some FUDs (actually, a lot of FUDs) here.
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/22/budget_overclocker/page7.html
As you can see, 5000+ BE, a 65nm processor, also likely to be cherry picked, consume more power than E6850 at load. However, at stock, 5000+ performs around E6550.
Also note, the energy efficient edition of 3800+, consumes more power than E6750, while perform a lot less.
Now let's compare 5000+'s idle power, shall we?
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/19/the_truth_about_pc_power_consumption/page7.html#system_idlemax_power_consumption
Yet, 5000+ is consistently getting outperformed by E6400 (in synthetic benchmarks)
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/19/the_truth_about_pc_power_consumption/page5.html
http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/19/the_truth_about_pc_power_consumption/page6.html
So, at the moment, Intel has power efficiency advantages in
BOTH load and idle, while having better performance. I'm sure when 45nm hits, the gap will only get greater.
So I highly recommend you look around the web, and correct some of your beliefs. With all due respect, I agree with reynod, that you're embarrasing the AMD fans.