Durability: [def] The ability of the processor to stand the sudden and forceful but repetitive pounding and slapping from frustrated traders during losing trades.
http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html Intel Core i7-3820 and AMD FX-8150 are looking good right now.
Are AMD processors less durable?Because they consistently beat Intel on the bang for the buck criteria yet AFAIK they have much less R&D then Intel
All processors are durable... they rarely die short of being zapped by lightening. Given the same Ghz, Intel is faster than AMD. The web page I posted gives the bottom-line comparison.
I've never had a processor fail on me. Unless you are planning on testing the thermal limits of a processor by overclocking it big time I don't really understand this durability aspect you are referring to.
I remember reading research on this from years back but I'm sure it holds good for today. It said a CPU has a safe life expectancy of 10 yrs but overclocking can reduce this to 7 years. We can forget about keeping a CPU for 7 years so the question about durability is not an issue, unless you use extreme loads and don't cool the CPU properly or drop test your system box from a great height after a bad trade.