I honestly don't trust any 3DMark score anymore, after the NVidia fiasco with all the cheats in their drivers. Who knows what is lurking in any drivers these days from either company.

I did use 3DMark to test my 2.26/9700 Pro against a 2.8/9500 Pro, both running the same drivers. The CPU made a bigger impact then I expected, with the 2.8 box scoring 500 points higher then mine.