AMD Quad Core Vs Intel Core i5 Processor

[Chubbs]

Just after some opinions on both as im looking at getting a new laptop soon.

[Samdy Gray]

Compared these when I was looking for a laptop, i5 pisses all over nearly all of the AMD quads.

[janaage]

Go AMD just because it'll piss off my intel working best mate.

[Batch]

i5 easy.

[jonny72]

Asking which out of an AMD Quad Core and Intel i5 is better is a bit like asking which our of a BMW and Mercedes is faster. It depends on the model, what you need, how much you've got to spend and so on.

But having said that, I believe that Intel piss all over AMD nowadays on the desktop and to a lesser degree on laptops. Think AMD have got better built in graphics, especially on laptops. I may be talking crap though.

[Sippo]

I know that the gap between amd and intel as been reduced. If I can afford it I tend to always go intel, but would be more than happy with an AMD.

[Peter Venkman]

It does depend on which exact processor you are looking at if say its a straight comparison of a AMD A6-3400M vs Core i5-2410M then its a win for the i5, if its a lesser AMD quad then its a much bigger win for the i5.

Benchmarks  AMD A6-3400M Core i5-2410M
PassMark the AMD is 5% faster
Super Pi2M the i5 is 10% faster
3D Mark06 the i5 is 45% faster
Windows 7 Experience the AMD is 6.6 the i5 is 6.9

i5 is far faster than any of the AMD quads and some of the AMD 6 + 8 cores in real world applications.

Unless you use highly multithreaded applications which most of us don't, but in day to day its no contest.

[jayohaitchenn]

I've always used AMD chips and never had one fail on me.