Intel isn't performance per dollar, it is absolute performance. Performance per dollar I think the 8 core AMD parts still fail to mid range CPUs and maybe even

Intel isn't performance per dollar, it is absolute performance. Performance per dollar I think the 8 core AMD parts still fail to mid range CPUs and maybe even ARM chips, just due to their insanely low cost, but it would take a bunch to get enough performance to use effectively in a workstation or server environment.