Both Intel And AMD Have been a major producer of CPU’s, And the bickering between them has been going on since time immemorial. But It This Post We’ll Figure Out Who Has The Upper Hand, Intel Or AMD?
INTEL :
AMD :
AMD AKA Advanced Micro Devices is also another American Based Company and is a major producer of Processors, Motherboards, GPU’s And Gaming Console CPU’s. AMD Is the largest supplier of Graphics Processing Units and the second largest supplier of CPU’s. The company begin as a manufacturer of Logic Chips and RAM’s. AMD discovered x64, And was the first manufacturers of Dual Core Processors. But most people know AMD by its Graphics Products. AMD owns ATI Radeon, FirePro, FireStream, EyeFinity And EyeSpeed.Now you know about these two giants, Let the battle begin :
Performance :
Even a Beginner to computing knows that When it comes to High-End PC’s, AMD Doesn’t even feature, Be it Gaming or Pure Workstation Performance. Its True that overclocking records are broken on a regular basis by AMD Processors,But the undisputed king of performance goes to Intel,Hands Down !
Graphical Processing Power :
Intel 1-1 AMD.
Research And Development :
Intel was one of the Top-Five big spenders in the past year. They spent 19% (approx.) of their revenue on R&D where AMD Spent 20% of their total revenue. But in money it means $10.1 Billion For Intel and $1.2 Billion For AMD. And as a rule of thumb, More money = More R&D.Intel 2-1 AMD
Value For Money Products :
AMD’s flagship processors might not perform as fast as Intel’s, however for anything but the highest budgets, AMD’s Processors offers better Price-per-Performance ratio. And this is with just CPU’s in Focus, AMD’s On-Die GPU Scales well with AMD Discrete GPU’s which is something Intel has not been able to replicate due to licensing issues. While virtue was something Intel tried out with Sandy Bridge/Ivy Bridge Hasn’t caught on just yet.Intel 2-2 AMD
Gaming Consoles CPU’s :
Again, Intel is not even present here. The Xbox One has a AMD powered processor, The Wii also featured an AMD. Hollywood processor and the PS3 have NVIDIA RSX and AMD Radeon Processors handling graphics. Upcoming consoles also features AMD APU’s. So it a clear victory for AMD.
Intel 2-3 AMD.
Power Efficiency :
Intel 3-3 AMD.
Sockets :
In the span of past Six Years, Intel has come out with five new sockets while AMD with Four. It is a perfect way to ruin the previous generation computers as it renders both processor and motherboard non-upgradeable, But both companies now offers Processors embedded into the Motherboard. AMD’s Kabini and Intel’s Atom SoCs are doing just that except they will be (not sure) only available to Laptop/Tablet Spectrum.Intel 4-4 AMD.
Conclusion -
Based by the scores above Intel And AMD are tied, But it is only because AMD’s diversification and also because it was chosen for both new consoles. However it must be noticed that AMD only recently making a profit from console market, while Intel barely never had a bad year. With sheer volume of sales in hand and better performing products overall, Intel seems to be the WINNER, tied score or not.
