They have server and workstation parts up to 28 cores, but their enthusiast-oriented product line is 10, 12, 14 or 18 cores while AMD offers 16, 24, 32 and soon 64.
Sure, but AMD has a 16-core part on their mainstream socket that is in the same price range as Intel's 14-core HEDT part, and the AMD chip is performance competitive with the Intel HEDT parts despite being limited to two memory channels.
