Six New Phenom II And Athlon II CPUs From AMD

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By Don Woligroski
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For the third time in 2010, AMD is adding more speed to its processor lineup. But this time, both the Athlon II and Phenom II CPUs are being included. We spill the beans about the new dual-, triple-, quad-, and hexa-core chips in today’s article.

Benchmark Results: Games

Crysis is clearly graphics card-limited, but it’s interesting to see the Phenom II X6 1075T fall back a little here due to its relatively low clock speeds (compared to the Phenom II X4 970). Games rarely make use of more than three CPU threads, and while it performs well, the Phenom II X6 is not a top gaming processor for this reason.

The DiRT2 benchmark shows us another graphics card-limited game benchmark. The high-end processors are neck and neck, but the dual-core CPUs fall behind. The Phenom II X2 560 does perform better than the Pentium G6950.

StarCraft 2 is more CPU-dependent than the other games we’ve tested, but the results remain similar.

Don Woligroski
75 Comments Comment from the forums
  • aznshinobi
    Do I hear comeback from AMD? Hopefully the Bulldozer shows results with the AM3+/AM3r2 in benchs.
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  • gkay09
    Good article and the 1075T is a good addition to the 6-Core line...
    And most of all, thanks for confirming that all the current socket will be replaced next year including AMD.
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  • scifi9000
    I'd love to see these new chips pitted against the T1000 processor.
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  • eklipz330
    aznshinobiDo I hear comeback from AMD? Hopefully the Bulldozer shows results with the AM3+/AM3r2 in benchs.this is hardly a comeback, they simply filled in segments on the price range with not-so-new products. a little bump in speed, probably better binned, and a few more bucks. seems like the logical thing to do at this point, until bulldozer anyhow
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  • duk3
    I'd rather it was a 970T at 3.6 ghz with turbo up to 4.1ghz.
    Then again, who wouldn't?
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  • Gin Fushicho
    I'm still waiting for Bulldozer, I hope that Bulldozer makes AMD king again. If so I'll buy another AMD system. I've been waiting since the early Dualcore Windsor cores.
    Reply
  • spentshells
    nothing new here good on AMD if they keep the prices the same
    the 645 and 450 are really crazy good deals
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  • Our 6 or their 4... Yeah, I'll still take i7 4 cores over these crappy 6cores. Not to mention, the i7 920 can be pushed another 50% in speed, 1075T can not, and it's more expensive than i7 920.
    Reply
  • cleeve
    MoreCores...1075T can not, and it's more expensive than i7 920.
    At $145, he 1075T is $40 cheaper than any Core i7 I can find online.
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  • TheStealthyOne
    Yay! :)
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