Actually, It's not better then intel.
AMD is mainly for gaming. So if your a gamer go with AMD cpu's.
If you like to do more applications like internet, mesanging, etc. Intel would be the choice for you.
Intel can still be used for gaming and AMD can still be used for app's but AMD has an advantage over Intel in gaming, as Intel has an advantage over app's. The designs of their CPU's are completely diferent. Even though Intels are clocked higher, that doesn't mean jack-squat in gaming. AMD's equivallents beat ALL intel benchmarks at the moment.
To sum it all up for you.
AMD-GAMING
INTEL-APP'S