ugh. here goes a long post.

basically, intel has sacrificed instructions per clock.


Intel Sacrifice instructions per clock, so they run faster, but do less per second. AMDs do more per second, so they run slower, but do more.

heres an example

theres a race. AMD verses Intel

Intel does 5 steps per second, but his steps are very small.

AMD does 3 steps per second, but his steps are very big.

Basically, Intels processors only run fast because they dont do as many instructions per clock, meaning that they run faster, but dont do as much.

For AMD, their processors do more, but run a bit slower.

here another example.


Intel eats really small peices so he can eat faster, but AMD takes big chunks out of his food so he eats more per second.

i find it a bit hard to explain it.

basically, intel has sacrificed instructions per clock.


As for a 3200+ vs a 3.2…

depends on what you need it for. AMDs run better for games, but intels run faster in unzipping and compressing. basically though, who cares if an intel processor cuts off 4 seconds off a few hours of compressing your hard drive?