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April 2010
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The editors liked
Six Core Performance
TurboCore Technology
Optimized 890FX Chipset
Less Expensive than its Competitor
Improved Performance over the Dragon Platform
Reverse Compatible with AM2/AM3
Stable performance
Overclockes well
No heat issues
Six physical processor cores
Introduces AMD Turbo CORE technology
Excellent priceperformance ratio
Overlocks to 4.0GHz with 4.3GHz Turbo CORE
Maintains AMD socket AM3 compatability
Outstanding media transcoding or file compression performance
Dominates professional engineering and design tasks
Unlocked clock speed multiplier
Maintains 125W TDP
Excellent Performance
Good Overclocking Headroom
Good Power Consumption
Compatible with Current AM2+ and AM3 mobos
Competitive Pricing
AMD's fastest processor yet. Turbo CORE technology introduces automatic overclocking. Less expensive than Intel's top-tier CPU.
Stunning performance for the price
Dynamic clock helps speed performance in programs that use just one core
Six physical cores
Lots of computing power in multithreaded applications
Turbo Core implementation
Compatibility with older chipsets
Low operating temperatures
Overclocking potential
The editors didn't like
TurboCore (still in its infancy)
Price
Shared L3 cache is the same between fourand sixcore units
Utilizes aging 45nm fabrication process
Outperformed by Intel Quad-Cores
Lower IPC Per Core Than Intel
Iderably less powerful than Intel's high-end CPUs.
Doesn't approach performance of Intel's six-core counterpart
Price somewhat higher than Core i7 860
Not the best choice for hardcore gamers
Massive increase in power consumption and heat output when overclocking
AMD's Phenom II X6 is a fantastic chip, both at stock and overclocked speeds. Its overclockability now settles into Intel’s Core i7 territory, previously unattainable until now. Needless to say, Thuban completely flies ahead of its Deneb-based little ...
Abstract: Forget about 2010 being the Year of the Tablet: It more appropriately needs to be called the Year of Six. First came Intel's six-core "Gulftown" Core i7-980X CPU, which redefined the top of Intel's processor lineup. Then there was AMD's ATI Radeon HD 5...
Joy unconfined!We love all hardware here at OC3D and many of us cut our teeth on Thunderbirds and the like. For a while now AMD have been the value choice, providing decent performance for decent money.The original AMD Phenom was a bit disappointing, the...
When we first heard about Istanbul early 2009, I was expecting to see AMD release a 6 core desktop processor in November of last year. This was obviously not the case. AMD did not feel that the Istanbul design was ready for that kind of prime time...
No, the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T is not to be the fastest desktop processor money can buy. That title still belongs to the Intel Core i7-980X, but then again this Extreme processor also carries an equally extreme price tag. What the latest silicon from A...
AMD have shown real mastery with this Phenom II X6, succeeding where many were expecting failure. Very few commentators would have bet that AMD could bring out a 6-core processor within the same thermal envelope as a 4-core without lowering the clock n...
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Published: 2010-04-27, Author: Scott , review by: Techreport.com
One may look at the information we've presented in the preceding pages in two ways. On the product front, the Phenom II X6 processors are unabashedly good news. AMD has managed to create a pair of new processors whose performance and value propositions...
Abstract: With Intel’s Core i7 line of CPUs completely owning the high-end performance CPU space, AMD’s chosen instead to focus on delivering compelling value with their latest processors. More specifically, AMD’s strategy has been to give c...
Abstract: In heavily multi-threaded applications, the two extra cores in the AMD processors really make the difference. In lightly-threaded applications the winner jumps back and forth. However, for the enthusiast..
