AMD already refreshed their lines of desktop Athlon II and Phenom II families two times in 2010. First time it happened in January, when AMD released standard-power Phenom II X2 and Atlhon II microprocessors, and second time it was at the end of April and in May, when AMD introduced 6-core Phenom II processors, and updated the whole line of Athlon II CPUs. In the third quarter AMD plans an incremental upgrade for many energy-efficient and standard-power Athlon II CPUs, and will introduce a few Phenom II models. Recently PCWizkid reviewed AMD's fasted Quad core CPU the Phenom II X4 970, and earlier this year we did the review on AMD's desktop flagship CPU the hexa-core 1090T.
Today we see the Phenom II x6 1075T which comes in at a default 3Ghz clock speed supporting Turbo mode up to 3.5Ghz and priced in between the 1055T and the 1090T. Watch PCWizKid's Video Review for details.
Specifications
Model Number & Core Frequency: X6 1075T / 3.5GHz (Turbo mode enabled) / 3.0GHz (Default clock speed) OPN: HDT75TFBK6DGR L1 Cache Sizes: 64K of L1 instruction and 64K of L1 data cache per core (768KB total L1 per processor) L2 Cache Sizes: 512KB of L2 data cache per core (3MB total L2 per processor) L3 Cache Size: 6MB (shared) Total Cache (L2+L3): 9MB Memory Controller Type: Integrated 128-bit wide memory controller * Memory Controller Speed: Up to 2.0GHz with Dual Dynamic Power Management Types of Memory Supported: Unregistered DIMMs up to PC2-8500 (DDR2-1066MHz) -AND- PC3-10600 (DDR3-1333MHz) HyperTransport 3.0 Specification: One 16-bit/16-bit link @ up to 4.0GHz full duplex (2.0GHz x2) Total Processor-to-System Bandwidth: Up to 37.3GB/s total bandwidth[Up to 21.3 GB/s memory bandwidth (DDR3-1333) + 16.0GB/s (HT3)] Up to 33.1GB/s total bandwidth [Up to 17.1 GB/s memory bandwidth (DDR2-1066) + 16.0GB/s (HT3)] Packaging: Socket AM3 938-pin organic micro pin grid array (micro-PGA) Fab location: GLOBALFOUNDARIES Fab 1 module 1 in Dresden, Germany (formerly AMD Fab 36) Process Technology: 45-nanometer DSL SOI (silicon-on-insulator) technology Approximate Die Size: 346mm2 Approximate Transistor count: Similar to Istanbul’s ~904 million Max TDP: 125 Watts AMD Codename: “Thuban”
PCWizKid's Test System
- Asus M4A785TD-M EVO motherboard - Nvidia GTX460 1GB Graphics Card - 4GB DDR3 Kingston HyperX CL9 Memory - OCZ Agility II 60GB SSD - NZXT Vulcan Mini Tower Lan Party Case - Glacial Power 950W Power Supply - Windows 7 Ultimate 64Bit (Ambient Room Temperature aprox 23C)
Video Review
Conclusion
As seen in PCWizkid's video review the AMD Phenom II x6 1075T has solid results in many ways such as multi-threaded performance and sheer value. AMD provides physical cores rather than Intel who has hyper-threaded CPU's. However enabling the Turbo mode in this processor gives it an automatic boost to 3.5Ghz at a cost of about $239 which is much cheaper than Intel's i7 860 at $283. While you may not be able to overclock this CPU like crazy there is no real need to. Positioned in the middle between the Phenom 1055T and the 1090T the 1075T performs much better than the 1055T. One thing to note though is that this CPU does run a little warmer than the quad core Athlon's or Phenom II's that are less than 125Watts. Again AMD is giving the consumer every possible combination of their lineup of CPU's to cater to everyone's needs and budget.
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threaded CPU's. However enabling the Turbo mode in this processor gives it an automatic boost to 3.5Ghz at a cost of about $239 which is much cheaper than Intel's i7 860 at $283. While you may not be able to overclock this CPU like crazy there is no real need to. Positioned in the middle between the Phenom 1055T and the 1090T the 1075T performs much better than the 1055T. One thing to note though is that this CPU does run a little warmer than the quad core Athlon's or Phenom II's that are less than 125Watts. Again AMD is giving the consumer every possible combination of their lineup of CPU's to cater to everyone's needs and budget.
