2010-2015 – The Dark ages of which we do not speak. During this time frame, AMD is handedly beaten by Intel by most legitimate metrics. They did not innovate or develop new core architectures but chose to pile on the physical processing cores. A strategy that failed them for the better part of a decade.

Has AMD become better than Intel?

Each chip has comparable performance against competing chips in its price range, making this largely a wash for most users. Winner: AMD. For professionals on the hunt for performance in content creation and productivity applications, the winner of AMD vs Intel CPUs goes to AMD on the strength of its higher core counts.

Has AMD surpass Intel?

AMD leapfrogged Intel's 10th-generation processors with its Ryzen 5000 launch, holding a clear lead in gaming and productivity workloads.