AMD is still competing based on price-point, not like in the Athlon X2 vs Pentium D days wherein nothing Intel threw could match the Athlon's clock-for-clock performance.
Of course, a low price is good for us consumers. Most of the desktops I've built in the past few years are AMD-powered because of quad-core architecture (vs i3's HT) and strong APU vs. Intel's IGP.