a lot of reply at different level because:
it's a free posting thread. as long as we do not break rules.
a lot of techie here ( explode. EarlZ and likes ) does a lot of reading daily about computing | performance and prices. and i think we should too to help ourselves.
and the truth at times can be biased if we only hear form one side of the camp.
but therw are sites such as this :
Bench - CPU - AnandTech :: Your Source for Hardware Analysis and News
tells the performance level between processors.
http://www.gaisano-interpace.com/price.pdf
tells the prices ( roughly )
read more and do the math..
performance is intel.