There are some very good intel CPU, but IMO, for the same price you can usually find an AMD with beter specs.

On the laptop market I've had a bit worse experince with AMD, thou. But it might be because most were quite cheap laptops, so most of the hardware was crappy to begin with.

Intel used to be the to-go option if you wanted something crazy powerful in the i7 range, while AMD was a good option to compete with i3 and a good number of i5.

But since they released the ryzen, I think they've been fighting on quite some equal footing, and even the very high-end CPU have some serious competition between the i9 and the amd treadripper

Ah ok, that sounds fair. I was looking to upgrade anyways, and due to the pandemic thing I just didn’t seem to be able to go after my first choice. Sounds like intel will still be able to run doom eternal with no problems so I am looking forward to it I guess

get a good cooler, thou

They tell me AMD is beating Intel in both price and performance.

AMD is superior on many areas when it comes to processors but Intel works fine too. Like my main desktop runs Intel processor from era before AMD Ryzen's came out, its still holding out fine despite its not as super powered.

I have designed some builds for people but these days go with AMD Ryzen processor always because cost's less yet get more power too. Laptop i got has ryzen processor too and its like a dream.