Amd processor

I went to fry's electronics to get an idea for my next computer. I asked the sales person about amd processors cause i was gonna get the phenom 7750 but he told me that amd processors are not true dual cores but single core processor with hyper-threading and the quad cores are dual cores with hyperthreading, and that intel are true dual cores and quad cores. I know this sounds like a realy retarded question but I got to know if this is true.

That what i thought because my old amd 3200 was a single cor with hyper-threading.

well thats kind of a blunt statement is it not? AMD is always slower than Intel?

i agree on that one.

You'll note that I stated "similarly priced and clocked Core 2 Duos"

Neither Pentium 4s nor Pentium Ds were even remotely close to Core 2 Duos in speed, and they don't fall under that product line. AMD was better in the past, but they aren't better right now for the most part.