Clocking frequency, number of processor cores and cache memory size are the three important parameters you should know about. Clocking frequency determines the processing speed of the chip, making it the most vital specification. Besides this, number of cores do matter. More the cores, more is the processing speed of the computer, due to the workload sharing between the twin, quad or six cores (provided the software used has the ability to utilize multiple cores).
Cache memory and memory bandwidth, along with the power output, also have an impact on processing speed of the computer. By comparing Intel and AMD processors with respect to all these factors and studying the results of benchmark tests, I concluded that Intel is far ahead of AMD as of now, due to its superior technology. The factors which have given Intel an edge, have been discussed in the following lines.