My HTC's MSM8960 CPU vs my Desktop's P4 3.5GHz CPU...

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So I updated my HTC EVO 4G LTE's software today and boy did it make a great improvement. The update to Android 4.0.4 really made a nice difference in performance and visuals. This made me wonder once again, is my phone's CPU faster than my desktop's CPU?

My desktop's CPU...

Socket 478 Pentium 4, (1 Core) [Codename: SL7AA]. I've OC'd it to 3.5GHz, 875FSB from 3.2GHz, 800FSB. It has 2MB of L3 Cache...
http://ark.intel.com/products/27489/Pentium-4-Processor-Extreme-Edition-supporting-HT-Technology-3_20-GHz-2M-Cache-800-MHz-FSB

vs. my phone's CPU...

MSM8960 2 cores @ 1.5GHz... L2 Cache of 1MB.



This is also worth pointing out...
http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/71?vs=92

The Pentium 4 used in this benchmark comparison is probably almost perfectly identical to my processor's performance. That dual-core Celeron in that comparison is a joke, and it owns that Pentium 4. Does this mean my phone CPU owns my desktop CPU? Thanks for any help guys!
 
Solution
If the processors aren't running the same instruction sets (x86, ARM, etc.), you're comparing apples to oranges. It will be hard to say which one runs better than the other.

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=o junk.. I apologize. This is where I start to get schooled, so in reality I don't understand this exactly. All I know is... x86=32-bit which means P4, and ARM = my phones CPU (MSM8960).