Pentium M 725 or Athlon 64 3000 for Laptop???

[fatbuttfast]

I am looking to purchase a laptop PC in the not too distant future. I have seen one with the Intel Pentium M 725 CPU, and another with the AMD Athlon 64 3000+ CPU. There does not seem to be much difference in price for either one.

I am more interested in processor power/speed to run programs and the odd game, rather than the portability of the lighter and less battery power of the M 725 CPU.

I guess what I would like to know is whether both CPU's are as fast as each other or not?

Cheers
Steve

[fatbuttfast]

Thanks for that, the Athlon 64 3000+ it is then.

I was unsure whether the L2 cache difference, M 725 at 2MB and Athlon with 512KB, made them both about equal.

Steve