I have been looking for a lot of time and cant found really nothing about it.

I see a lot of pc gamers have amd instead intel and i would like to know for example : i5 6400 is like AMD model X XXXX
I hope you understand me thx
Also im searching for the cheapest option for a pc gaming D:? things like 970 to 1060 and i5

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Current AMD CPUs are shit, but AMD Zen CPUs will kick intel CPUs ass

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one starts with an "I" and one starts with an "A"

imo that is about the largest difference... 2nd largest diff being price... 3rd largest diff i guess prob performance..

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Like GPUs its the same for CPU's amd always has is a bit worse
AMD is just the cheaper option

Intel > AMD
Nvidia > AMD

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I'm surprised no one actually answered you with real facts.

AMD = humble CPU manufacturer who makes cheap, yet cost-effective products.
They once (about 10 years ago) made the best performing CPUs, but not anymore (more info below).

Intel = mobsters who bribed benchmark devs, reviewers, and stores, to trick customers into thinking their CPUs were better when they were crap (anyone remembers Pentium 4 Prescott?).
Nowadays, even after forcefully conquering the majority of market shares, they still keep bribing everyone they can (ever seen a decent AMD laptop in a physical store? Me neither). They're basically the Nvidia of CPUs.

TL;DR:
Intel is objectively more powerful, buy it if you want the maximum performance, and don't care about paying a premium.
You also need to pay a premium for overclock, both for the CPU, and for the motherboard (unlike AMD).
AMD is best bang for your buck, buy it if you care about money / performance ratio, overall budget, and ethycs.

Just to not make this look like a fanboy's rant: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2009/11/12/a-timeline-of-intel-and-amds-legal-battles/

Those who constantly talk about "higher power consumption", probably never understood how electricity bills work.
The actual cost of electricity makes up the smaller part of a bill, having a 150 W CPU instead of a 70 W won't make much of a difference.

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ty for the laugh = legal battles xD
those are quite amusing to read..

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They once (about 10 years ago) made the best performing CPUs, but not anymore (more info below).

You are probably talking about Jim Keller's designs, K7 and K8 Athlons.

In August 2012, Jim Keller returned to AMD, where his primary task was to design a new generation microarchitecture[4][10][14] called Zen.

:D

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Yes, and that's exactly why I'm hyped for the new architecture.
Objectively, it would be difficult to make something worse than Bulldozer, even if they tried to do so.
I think this time they could finally use Intel's technologies to get a boost (I'm surprised they haven't done so yet, after that lawsuit).

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Just to not make this look like a fanboy's rant: [..]

Too late :D

The "Big Bad Corporations" rhetoric, timeless.

But seriously, as any good capitalist, I have hopes for the new AMD architecture, so that we finally have some competition in the market again..

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Don't do the same mistake i did i've bought AMD because it was cheaper but had problems on especially Unreal Engine games and many other games. If you are planning to play Arma 3,Squad,Ark etc. you will have horrible experience. Go with Intel.

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Somehow it seems doubtful that a game using Unreal engine has problems on an AMD CPU. On an AMD GPU, yes, since AMD GPUs run those games terribly by Epic's design.
AMD CPUs have problems with games not using multi-core calculations or using them horribly. Source engine, Crystal engine, the Gamebryo engine version Bethesda used for a decade are great examples where an AMD CPU can provide half the frame rate an Intel does in the same price range.

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The only games I can think of where CPU does matter a lot are strategy games with a complex AI (Civilization, Heroes of Might&Magic etc), or games with poorly optimized engines, that demand too much from the CPU rather than relying on GPU, or single-core games made recently (again, poor planning/design, as multi-core CPUs are de-facto standard since 2009 or so, my cheap-ish Samsung notebook back in 2007 already had a dual-core CPU).

I never had any problems with Unreal Engine games, even recent ones, and I have an old AMD CPU and an old AMD GPU. Unreal Engine 3 supports up to 4 cores IIRC.

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As the others said, amd is cheaper and intel is better.

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I think AMD is cheaper but less efficient, while Intel is more efficient but quite more expensive. The same for GPUs? (AMD-Nvidia)

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AMD is a lot more efficient, but it never goes above the cheap range. Their price/performance ratio is moderately to significantly higher than most if not all Intel desktop chips. (On mobile chips, Intel leads in every possible way.) It's just Intel offer a lot more performance starting from the mid-range. (Mostly because AMD doesn't really have anything even in the mid-range.)
Same for GPU, NVidia is consistently overpriced, exploiting its large market share to the maximum. The Titans now have a permanent place on top of the worst price/performance ratio graphics cards ever made. But, again, AMD has cards up until mid-range, and it stops there.

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I found this chart somewhat useful to get a rough idea of where CPUs stand before delving into all of the benchmark comparisons.

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amd and intel is like windows and apple. One is more expensive, but they are exactly the same.

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I built my AMD computer about six years ago. It has the AMD Phenom II X2 555 3.2 GHz with the other two cores unlocked via motherboard setting (try doing that with an Intel), 8 GB RAM, and a HD6850 video card with 1 GB RAM. It has done me well but the video card is definitely on my list to get replaced soon. The CPU only draws 85 watts and it has never run hot, nor is it a "heater" like some have said. For desktop usage AMD does just fine for most people on limited budgets and, when matched with a good video card, will play games just fine.

That being said, I have had nothing but bad luck with AMD laptops. I don't recall one that didn't overheat. I have a Dell Inspiron e1505 with an Intel 1.6 Core2 Duo that is now ten years old and I still use it daily and it's on its third OS after starting with Windows Vista. It is the most stable and durable computer that I have ever owned. I have never needed to replace any parts in it other than I got a 4 GB RAM kit to upgrade it from the stock 2 GB that it came with. Funny thing is, it came with an ATI 1400 GPU. Intel was an option but it was a much weaker choice for this model. Obviously a little mix-and-match is sometimes good too.

People have already posted links with comparisons for you. At the end of the day it's up to you to decide what's best for your wallet but IMO either one in a desktop environment would do just fine when matched with proper components. If you decide on a gaming laptop, go Intel.

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I'm not into tech that much, but if you prefer a better bang for your buck, get an AMD processor. It's cheap, but people mostly prefer to use it for less demanding stuffs (e.g. office works) only. For demanding activities such as multimedia work and gaming, Intel is usually the preferred choice.

This doesn't mean that AMD processors are cheap quality stuffs though. They're not as powerful as Intel processors, yes. But they're certainly a viable option when your wallet is limited.

TL;DR: Budget → AMD | Performance → Intel

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