What is the technical difference between AMD and Intel processors?

I am building a new system and I can get a Dual Core 64 bit AMD chip way cheaper than the equivalent Intel....I have used both chips in the past, and am wondering if theres any significant difference between the 2 manufacturers?

Good article on this.. with links to even more detailed info on other sites. http://techreport.com/reviews/2007q1/cpus/index.x?pg=1I was a die hard AMD fan for a decade.. but I switched to dual/quad cores about 6 months ago for all my home/office machines.. and highly recommend you do the same.Dual Cores are blowing away even the higher end FX AMD's -- right now -- until AMD gets to 65nm and bumps up their offerings.. go Intel.

the core 2 duo will smakc down any amd chip periodthis is why amd chips ( even the amd2 ) are cheaper than intel, as of last year intel passed amd in the speed catagory with the release of core 2 duodo not confuse core 2 duo with dual core intel chips ...different dual core cpu chips from intel, the core 2 duo is based on the mobil pentium m chip and runs cooler

I don't think there's a fundamental difference, but until 2006, Intel's Pentium 4 and Pentium D's "Netburst" architecture (the way a processor operates) was completely different from AMD's chips. These chips were focused solely on clock speed but at the cost of efficiency and true speed. That's why Pentium 4s at over 3.4GHz can't even match an AMD Athlon.Currently, however, Intel's Core 2 Duos are the fastest consumer chips on the planet and are pretty cost efficient and fairly low voltage. Hope that helps a little bit!

WEll the instruction set( the instructions they can execute and how they are represented ) are the same. But internally they are probably designed differently but since they don't release their designs then no one but an amd or intel engineer will know the difference. Also, they both have different types of extensions, like the new virtual machine extensions, which you shouldn't really worry about unless you're using the only kernel that can currently use them, Linux.

Good question.http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2002/20021204_amd_vs_intel_a_comparison_between_celeron_pentium_and_athlon_processors.htmThere's the answer (bit lengthy though).

Hello:Here are some links that make good bedtime reading... <grin>http://www.infopackets.com/channels/en/windows/gazette/2002/20021204_amd_vs_intel_a_comparison_between_celeron_pentium_and_athlon_processors.htmhttp://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_is_the_main_difference_between_Pentium_and_AMD_processorsThis one's a bit more technical...http://www.digit-life.com/articles2/cpu/amd-athlon-64-fx-57.htmlHope those and the other posts here are helpful! Cheers!

Look Intels is better than AMD but for general purpose AMD will do he work and saves you a lot of money. Before you decide what processor you will get visit this link http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/index.html there is a lot of useful information at this site.