2000 Intel Pentium 4 1.5Ghz: Passmark score of 171 Price of $819 at launch. 2008 Intel Atom Z510 1.10GHz: Passmark score of 186 Price of $45 at lau

2000 Intel Pentium 4 1.5Ghz: Passmark score of 171 Price of $819 at launch. 2008 Intel Atom Z510 1.10GHz: Passmark score of 186 Price of $45 at launch. 2010 Intel Core i7 970 3.20GHz: Passmark score of 9954 Price of $579.99 at launch. Ghz used to be a performance mark in itself, now things are more nuanced. I'd say Intel still did right by their estimate.