pcmark and passmark measure a vast range of cpu performance use cases.

currently, amd does terribly in pretty much every measure. absolute performance, performance per $, throughput. absolutely anything that matters.

There are some promoted intel chips that are worse.

but the only thing amd have been doing well at in recent years is hyperbole with a healthy dose of shilling. So i cant disagree with anyone on here that wont believe anything they say until they see it.

around this time last year we had

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/11/06/amd_sued_cores/