ok mid range first thing is what is your budget
and secondly amd solo cores are better at the moment but intel dual cores are better so what do you want
it realy dosent come down to intel is better it depends for what you are wanting the processor , say you only have a lil money to spend and aer wanting a cheap dual core amd offer a good dual core processor realy cheaply so please tell us your budget and what you want the computer for