GhostRyder
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Ok I have to mention something about this now because all the previous posts seem to say the same.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-3930K+@+3.20GHz
AMD is behind by a small margin in terms of pure performance, but not by as much as people are making it out to be. AMD put its focus on Multi-Threaded tasks and adding more "Physical" cores to handle that. Where as Intel went for more pure performance on one core. In terms of the best "gaming" processor, the i7 3770k or 4770k is probably (if you don't mind the price) the best, but by a very small margin (as seen in the above tests on this forum.
Now, either of the chips are going to be able to max even the most CPU intensive games and can hold their own in the tests, but it's really up to you if you want to spend the money to get that slight difference. Honestly, it's more at this point what you want to do with your processor and how much your willing to spend that ultimately decides.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core+i7-3930K+@+3.20GHz
AMD is behind by a small margin in terms of pure performance, but not by as much as people are making it out to be. AMD put its focus on Multi-Threaded tasks and adding more "Physical" cores to handle that. Where as Intel went for more pure performance on one core. In terms of the best "gaming" processor, the i7 3770k or 4770k is probably (if you don't mind the price) the best, but by a very small margin (as seen in the above tests on this forum.
Now, either of the chips are going to be able to max even the most CPU intensive games and can hold their own in the tests, but it's really up to you if you want to spend the money to get that slight difference. Honestly, it's more at this point what you want to do with your processor and how much your willing to spend that ultimately decides.