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AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Processor Performance Review

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AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Processor Performance Review

The AMD Phenom II X6 1055T is the entry level six-core processor in the Phenom II series with its overall clock frequency of 2.8GHz. With a street price of $198 and six cores is the AMD Phenom II X6 1055T CPU worth it? Read on to see how it performs in the benchmarks and to see how it handles being overclocked on our AMD 890FX test system.

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Article Title: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T Processor Performance Review
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Great review and an impressive overclocker toooooo!
As more programs are updated, the six cores are gonna shine.
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ooooh Daddy want! =P~

Not that I need it yet, I haven't found anything that maxes out my 4 cores but dang 6 cores is so cool! :prayer:


Thanks for the great review. I had heard that the new 6cores weren't that special but now you've made me want one!
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Good review.

Though I think the i5 760 would have been a better Intel chip to compare against.
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Sttm wrote:Though I think the i5 760 would have been a better Intel chip to compare against.
care to elaborate on that? the 8xx is the closest match to a 6-core, because the 4 extra threads equate to roughly 2 cores (with the exception of applications which only use logical cores), and the 9xx has an unfair advantage because of trip channel Memory. an i5 750+ would be far behind thuban across the board (though it would be sweet to see some comparisons with it given the AMD quads used), in the multi threaded apps anyway

Thuban does better than expected, even surprising me, having a 1055
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Good review and little confusing because tomsh quarterly build showed ii x6 1055t getting owned badly by intel :(
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iseeman wrote:Good review and little confusing because tom's quarterly build showed the 1055t getting owned badly by intel :(
well one platform is well over $100 more than the other..
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skier wrote:
Sttm wrote:Though I think the i5 760 would have been a better Intel chip to compare against.
care to elaborate on that? the 8xx is the closest match to a 6-core, because the 4 extra threads equate to roughly 2 cores (with the exception of applications which only use logical cores), and the 9xx has an unfair advantage because of trip channel Memory. an i5 750+ would be far behind thuban across the board (though it would be sweet to see some comparisons with it given the AMD quads used), in the multi threaded apps anyway

Thuban does better than expected, even surprising me, having a 1055
They cost around the same, and they use the same ram setup.
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Sttm wrote:
skier wrote:
Sttm wrote:Though I think the i5 760 would have been a better Intel chip to compare against.
care to elaborate on that? the 8xx is the closest match to a 6-core, because the 4 extra threads equate to roughly 2 cores (with the exception of applications which only use logical cores), and the 9xx has an unfair advantage because of trip channel Memory. an i5 750+ would be far behind thuban across the board (though it would be sweet to see some comparisons with it given the AMD quads used), in the multi threaded apps anyway

Thuban does better than expected, even surprising me, having a 1055
They cost around the same, and they use the same ram setup.
here's a summary if it had the 760: 1055T will win in all multithreaded apps and bandwidth tests, 760 will win single-threaded apps
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Does turbo core still kick in if you've overclocked the processor already? eg. 3 cores in use or less at 4.2 GHz automatically goes to 4.7 GHz.
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trucz wrote:Does turbo core still kick in if you've overclocked the processor already? eg. 3 cores in use or less at 4.2 GHz automatically goes to 4.7 GHz.
it can, but you disable it that high unless you're doing a suicide run for max clock, because it causes great instability because it does not appropriately adjust voltage to the 16.5x/16x clock.

i've been at 4.5GHz with mine at 16x, used an app to adjust turbo in windows and set it to the first core only

on its own turbo is not easy to control, if you are at 0-17% utilized then it hops around randomly to 3 or 4 different cores. turbo is something you have to disable for daily use if you overclock
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4Ghz hex-core for $199... Oh man those folding numbers would be so nice. There's no need to spend extra money on a 1090T BE.
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geokilla wrote:4Ghz hex-core for $199... Oh man those folding numbers would be so nice. There's no need to spend extra money on a 1090T BE.
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Hexa-core on the cheap ! :lol:
Now let's compare it to the i7 985X which is total heap of junked silicon which is actually worth it only at about 400SGD .
This is so friggin cheap , i'm getting me myself a 1055 ( I don't care about locked multipliers , actually )
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skier wrote:
trucz wrote:Does turbo core still kick in if you've overclocked the processor already? eg. 3 cores in use or less at 4.2 GHz automatically goes to 4.7 GHz.
it can, but you disable it that high unless you're doing a suicide run for max clock, because it causes great instability because it does not appropriately adjust voltage to the 16.5x/16x clock.

i've been at 4.5GHz with mine at 16x, used an app to adjust turbo in windows and set it to the first core only

on its own turbo is not easy to control, if you are at 0-17% utilized then it hops around randomly to 3 or 4 different cores. turbo is something you have to disable for daily use if you overclock
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This is the best detailed review I have read about these processors as well as the skier's explanation of turbo and the OC in the previous post. I do not think that I would have to spend the extra $$ on a 1090 at this time.
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