That was true some years back, but Intel changed the playing field - and indeed the game - with their Core architecture and subsequent model series. There IS a reason they've been kicking AMD's butt since C2D was introduced.
But go AMD! It just ain't right to have to watch you hang in the shadow of Intel like you've been forced to do since that time (though clearly improving). This sounds like it not only could be a move off ye olde ventilator tubes and defibrillator, but a promising marriage into the bargain, well, if -any- marriage is really that.
