Similarities and different about RASPBERRY Pi and Intel Core i7

Different

• The Intel i7 architucture has a lot more sophisticated circuitry built into it than the ARM RISC system in the Raspberry Pi.
• The ARM is about more slower than the Intel i7 about 5 - 25. The ratio of ARM to Intel Core i7 is 700MHz : 3.70 GHz.
• The memory of Raspberry Pi is 512MB while the memory of Intel Core i5 is 500GB.  
• Energy cost of an Intel i5 can easily draw 90 Watts, while the Raspberry Pi just 3.5 Watts.

Similarities

•  Both have carry same function, which is be used as the processor in an individual desktop.
•  both have USB portable.

Information of Raspberry Pi:

• http://www.raspberrypi.org/faqs
• http://www.arm.com/products/processors/classic/arm11/index.php
• http://kb.wisc.edu/page.php?id=4927