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File compression, encryption, decryption , repairing large archives, checksumming - AMD wins. So actually it makes for a nice HTPC cum large video storage server, if you are privacy oriented and use encrypted storage. Large files have to be checksummed and verified periodically to guard against bitrot. The superior power efficient graphics does well for accelerated video playback at high resolution.

X86 power consumption is high but hopefully one wouldn't watch movies 24x7, or a significant portion of that ;)

Except for this isolated use case, Intel all the way.
 
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