Emulation wise, AMD gets trampled by a herd of Dolphin shaped buffalo.
Power consumption wise...
But in multithreaded apps, they do indeed have decent performance, and you CAN overclock the FX 6300 and FX 4300, which are at price points where intel processors are ALL locked, so there's the possibility for moar performance.
But then...
The power consumption.
MY GOD.
THE POWER CONSUMPTION.
So yeah, none of that.
Power consumption wise...
But in multithreaded apps, they do indeed have decent performance, and you CAN overclock the FX 6300 and FX 4300, which are at price points where intel processors are ALL locked, so there's the possibility for moar performance.
But then...
The power consumption.
MY GOD.
THE POWER CONSUMPTION.
So yeah, none of that.