Sometimes AMD fanboy ideologues and cheerleaders forget that the name of a game is making widgets and selling them for a profit. At the end of the day that is the only metric that really counts. The P4 is clearly the better widget.
Thanks for proving my point. K8 was not produced for all of 2003 and P4 was helped by Core 2 from 2006 onwards. P4 allowed AMD to make a profit in 2004-5 and survive for which they thank you and Intel graciously ;-).