The difference between the two , AMD had a license agreement with intel to manufacture their chips , AMD then took the chip designs and modified them releasing their own , it wasn ' t until it released its own design that they were actually competitive . When Intel released a chip with EMT 64 , it was a reverse engineer of AMDs chips . a bit modified but very similar down to the instruction sets . I am wondering what will be the next big jump for CPUs PS just woke up , me sleepy Edit I try to look at both sides in the same light , If you come across anything that has been overlooked by myself , let me know <| sep |> Just put 1000 in a savings account , hire a lawfirm to keep the account active for the next 500 years and wake up to the marvel of compound interest .