I'd say AMD had better products than Intel during the NetBurst era (2000 - 2006) Then Intel Core came out in 2006 and it was game over for AMD until Zen was in

I'd say AMD had better products than Intel during the NetBurst era (2000 - 2006) Then Intel Core came out in 2006 and it was game over for AMD until Zen was introduced in 2017. Between 2006 and 2016 AMD looked half-dead most of the time.