AMD offers CPUs with more cores for a given amount of money than similarly priced Intel CPUs -- .
The AMD cores are somewhat slower , so the two trade blows in different applications depending on how well - threaded the programs running are .
AMD offers CPUs with more cores for a given amount of money than similarly priced Intel CPUs -- but the AMD cores are somewhat slower , so the two trade blows in different applications depending on how well - threaded the programs running are .