AMD recovered from worse positions in its history, this time isn't the case.
AMD has integrated on-die GPUs now,while intel boards require expensive video cards to be usable on the same level(which would takes much more watts per FPS) .
AMD made the 64bit transition. Intel had to follow it.
Without AMD cpu price will be dictated by intel. CPU innovation without competition is very slow.
Intel always abuses its near-monopoly status with hardware suppliers.
Intel always charges more for equivalent product lines,with much bigger premium on fast,server-capable chips.
Intel is against overclocking by design, whole AMD is more friendly to such tinkerings without buying the most expensive "extreme edition" i7.