Indeed.
Basically "make pc's with very specific hardware and # em so ppl, and especially devs, can choose the (power) they want"
Not simplifying their choices, like apple, but labeling them in a coherent way.
also if you fancy a read
http://www.anandtech.com/show/7677/amd-kaveri-review-a8-7600-a10-7850k/12
a good look at amds latest kaveri APU as you can see even a low end card couple with a "normal" cpu edges way ahead of the APU pack, also some intels integrated graphics do an ok job here too - but they are priced MUCH higher than the amd APUs
The i7-4770k is the flagship of Intel's 8 series chipset, no chip from AMD's desktop platform (AM3+) can compare to it (other than the FX-8320+ in heavy threaded number crunching workloads). AMD does hold good value, tho it depends on what the intentions of the machine are. You can get a Haswell i3 for what it would cost for a FX-8320, and it will out perform even the FX-8350 in gaming more than 80% of the time. It lacks in the CPU department simply because AMD opted for a large portion of the die to be dedicated to the iGPU. This forced AMD to remove components that are critical to CPU performance such as L3 cache which takes up a lot of die space. It was either remove L3, or cut back on core count. A dual core APU isn't appealing to a budget gaming enthusiast, plus the two extra cores offers more performance than the L3 cache could ever account for. Technically the "i" series processors from Intel are APU's in their own retrospect, tho Intel simply doesn't call them a "APU". No, the i3-i7 series provide much more grunt CPU power than AMD APU's. AMD is currently the "winner" in the APU department. Providing both decent CPU and GPU power on the same chip. Tho they still lack core performance, which even today is driving AMD's budget value into the ground (unlocked Pentium is coming soon).
To answer all of your questions with one answer in layman's terms. Intel is the king of IPC, they provide the best CPU performance you can get on the market right now. AMD is the king of APU's, they provide the best graphics performance on the market that's packed together with a CPU. Tho in the real world, a G3220 and a R7 260X would offer better gaming performance than a A10-7850k while costing the same price.
If you were going to buy a i7-4770k then you might wanna specify what your intentions are with it and how much you plan on spending to accomplish them intentions.
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