AMD's Six-Core Phenom II X6 1090T & 1055T Reviewed
by Anand Lal Shimpi on April 27, 2010 12:26 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
- AMD
- Phenom II X6
Final Words
Today's conclusion is no different than what we've been saying about AMD's CPU lineup for several months now. If you're running applications that are well threaded and you're looking to improve performance in them, AMD generally offers you better performance for the same money as Intel. It all boils down to AMD selling you more cores than Intel at the same price point.
Applications like video encoding and offline 3D rendering show the real strengths of the Phenom II X6. And thanks to Turbo Core, you don't give up any performance in less threaded applications compared to a Phenom II X4. The 1090T can easily trump the Core i7 860 and the 1055T can do even better against the Core i5 750.
You start running into problems when you look at lightly threaded applications or mixed workloads that aren't always stressing all six cores. In these situations Intel's quad-core Lynnfield processors (Core i5 700 series and Core i7 800 series) are better buys. They give you better performance in these light or mixed workload scenarios, not to mention lower overall power consumption.
The better way to look at it is to ask yourself what sort of machine you're building. If you're building a task specific box that will mostly run heavily threaded applications, AMD will sell you nearly a billion transistors for under $300 and you can't go wrong. If it's a more general purpose machine that you're assembling, Lynnfield seems like a better option.
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kenupcmac - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 - link
so now amd x6 is better for 3dmax compare to intel i7?Wabid Wabit - Tuesday, December 28, 2010 - link
Please check the site out, it is not a Intel Fanboy site or a AMD Fanboy site, but has the info you need, this page was an old post but the site has the info from then and now and it looks like - wait for it - wait for it - Intel just plain kicks ass - and all us Computer Geeks know that.http://www.cpubenchmark.net/high_end_cpus.html
azizul.hoque - Monday, January 17, 2011 - link
Hi,Can I use this processor for 3D studio MAX?
tipoo - Saturday, May 7, 2011 - link
Of course you can use it.superccs - Saturday, June 11, 2011 - link
I have disabled the middle 2 cores on my 1055T (240Mhz FSB auto voltage, CnQ, and Turbo enabled) and it works quite well at bringing down temps when gaming. When turbo core is active the voltage of all cores goes up to 1.475, so disabling the cores saves power and temps.This works well in the summer, during the winter all heaters are enabled.
rustamveer - Friday, July 29, 2011 - link
sir i wanted to upgrade my pc with amd phenom2 1090t and i' m new to amd processors.but sir please suggest me which motherboard i will choose i don't know much abt motherboard????
please also tell me the price rate in india of phenom2 1090t and motherboard????????
i will be very thankful to you....waiting for you reply!!!!!!!
archangel2003 - Saturday, February 4, 2012 - link
Sounds a lot like the cycle magazines touting one bike having 1.5 HP more than the other, but really, how much riding is done nearly bouncing off the rev limiter?Same thing with these chips.
How often are you going to experience the slight difference between these top of the line "at it's limits" Intel chip compared to the AMD at 1/3 the price?
I think the point of the article was that the huge cost savings of an AMD offsets the slight difference in performance.
BTW, all my computers have Intel only because that ia what they had in them, and if in the future I needed to make a choice, I would need better info like this article offeres.
I could have went with the AMD 6 core for less than my i7 IntelQuad core cost!
Somebody23 - Tuesday, September 17, 2013 - link
I have managed to push my 1090T to 4.2ghz all cores. it was mostly stable on benchmark.Downgraded 100mhz to 4.1ghz. It's stable at 4.1ghz computer doesnt bluescreen in 3 hours stability test.