> An AMD and Intel cpu look very different under an xray too, but they run the same software at pretty much the same specs. This is a pretty bad example. Altho

> An AMD and Intel cpu look very different under an xray too, but they run the same software at pretty much the same specs. This is a pretty bad example. Although the two CPUs may be compatible, the micro architecture differs substantially, frequently causing Intel processors to excel where AMD struggles and vice versa. Although the CPUs are capable of the same things, we might say they have different, erm, 'preferences.'