IIRC, there were two desktop Athlon XP2400+ CPUs. One ran on the original 266Mhz DDR FSB, and another on the newer 333Mhz DDR FSB. The one on the slower FSB had a higher internal clock speed to compensate, so they ended up at the same PR rating.
Hmm, I thought that was it, but calculating it out.. 166.6 Mhz x 12.0, or 133.3Mhz x 15.0, both come out to ~2000Mhz exactly. Strange.
So which A-XP CPU was it, that had that issue? Was it the 2400, or something else? Was it a slightly slower-clocked Barton chip instead, with the extra L2 cache making up the difference to reach the same PR rating? I think that's probably more likely, I don't know offhand what the default clock rates were for the 266Mhz FSB and 333Mhz FSB Barton chips.