content: The short answer is Intel's core design still has more speed because of how mature it is. That is all they have over AMD. AMD's infinity fabric technology allows them to basically glue several core clusters together on a chip at lower power consumption and heat production than what Intel can do. So AMD can make them cheaper as well. AMD Pros:  Higher Core Count Lower Price Per Core Better Integrated Graphics Processor (IGP) Uses same motherboard socket for multiple generations.