Originally Posted by UnseenMenace

Although Intel on paper has a much hyped processor its currently its worth remembering that AMD 64 was two years old by the time Intels Pentium Conroe was released.
in terms of power however the most powerfull dual-core x86 processor in terms of performance-per-watt is still the AMD and this is why Intel never took up AMD on the challenge they made
Although intel can compete on pure performance, they can not compete performance per watt which means that the Intels always require more power to run and create more heat !!

The latest Intel's however do overclock remarkably well even better than the latest from AMD and this has given people the impression its a vastly better processor simply because the geeks are very enthusiastic about it... Stright out the box the story is not the same.

http://reviews.cnet.com/4520-10442_7-6389077-1.html