The hex core phenom ii X6 1100T became the highest frequency Phenom ii hex processor, when AMD introduced it recently. The Phenom ii X6 1100T has a clock frequency of 3.30 GHz, up from 3.2 GHz from its predecessor Phenom ii X6 1090T. Its turbo frequency also gets speed bump from 3.6 GHz of 1090T to 3.7 GHz of 1100T. Notice that the Turbo is active only if 3 or less cores are active.
The Phenom ii X6 1100T is competitively priced at $265 ( at the time of writing). By comparision its predecessor 1090T has been priced at $235.
Comparing by price, we find Intel Core i7-860 ( 2.8 GHz, Turbo 3.46 GHz, 4 core, 8 Hyperthreads) to be priced at $285 ( source – http://ark.intel.com/Product.aspx?id=41316) – which is slightly higher than AMD’s hex core 1100T. The performance of the Intel Core i7-860 is marginally better in some application, but, in multi threaded environment, the six cores of AMD’s 1100T gives out an edge. Intel Core i5-760 ( 2.8 GHz, quad core, turbo 3.30 GHz) could be another competitor, which at $205 seems fairly priced and is only slightly behind 1100T.
You may like to note that the 1100T belongs to the Black Edition, which means that it offically supports overclocking. In lab tests, the 1100T has been found to be stable at 3.89 GHz and can occassionally cross 4 GHz. It will be a delight to the overclockers and gamers who wish to take advantage of it. Overclocking may require increase in the processor core voltage which may overheat the processor.
Phenom ii X6 1100T Benchmark
The Sysmark 2007 Score for Phenom ii 1100T has been reported to be 204. The core i7-860 by comparision has a score of 223 (higher is better).
The Adobe Photoshop CS4 – Retouch Artist Benchmark score is 18.4 as compared to 16.4 for Intel COre i7-860 ( lower is better).
In the x264 HD Encode Test, the Phenom ii 1100T encoded at 89.2 frame per second, supoassing 76 frame per second encoded by core i7-860.
- Source Anandtech
Conclusion
AMD has marched towards another increase bump, bringing itself wins over the Intel’s similarly priced processors in some of the benchmarks. This makes AMD a serious contentder in the high end and gaming computing.
Unfortunately, if you search for Athlon ii P940, the search result throws up more results for the desktop part 940 than the notebook part P940. This adds to the confusion of the readers. It may not be a bad idea to read about the desktop part, which is actually a Phenom ii 940 BE or Black edition as well as the Phenom ii P940 the notebook processor.
One of the reasons google throws more results for the desktop 940 part is that, it was released earlier ( in January 2009). The notebook part the P940 has been released recently ( October 2010) and there is very little information available about it.
The phenom ii P940 has 512 KB of L2 cache per processor to make up a total of 2048 KB L2 cache. Manufactured with 45 nm technology, the phenom ii P940 has a TDP rating of just 25 watts, which is pretty impressive, considering it is a quad core processor.
The Phenom ii P940 has integrated DDR3 memory controller ( DDR-1066). The integrated memory controller reduces the latency and improves the overall processor performance. The communication with the chipset is using differential, high speed HyperTransport Bus at 3600 MT/s.
The Phenom ii P940 fits in S1g4, a variation of S1 socket. It supports a number of advanced multimedia instruction sets including MMX, 3DNow and SSE (1,2,3,4A). The support for the hardware virtualization ensures that it is possible to seamlessly switch between two operating systems.
There is no benchmark result available for the Phenom ii P940 at the time of writing. We expect the users to update us by writing in the comment section, any information about the benchmarking results, especially, the simpler one like Super Pi 1M and 2M and the windows 7 processor index.
Some of the notebooks that we found powered by the Phenom ii P940 include
- HP Pavilion 16 dv6z Entertainment PC
- Toshiba Satellite A665D-S6096
However, we expect that the notebooks
The Phenom ii 555 will fit in the motherboards supporting AM3 socket. Besides 2 x 128K L1 cache and 2 x 512 KB L2 cache, the Phenom ii 555 also has 6 MB of L3 cache. The L3 Cache leads to somewhat better performance as compared to the similarly clocked L3 Cacheless Athlon ii processors.
The Phenom ii 555 has integrated DDR3 memory controller and high speed differential HyperTransport Bus at 4000 MT/s to communicate with the chipset. The TDP rating of just 80 Watts means that there is a room for the overclocking.
The drawback of the 555 is that it has just 2 cores and this is just not good enough for environment needing multiple threads at a time. The Phenom ii dual core 555 is, for example, slower as well as more expensive than the triple core Athlon II X3 440. So what is the logic of buying the Phenom ii 555 instead. The answer is – its ability to overclock.
The Phenom ii 555 can be easily be overclocked by changing its multiplier in the BIOS of your choice. This ability makes this this CPU favorite for overclocking fans. The CPU is priced at less than $100, you get the overclocking advantage at a budget price.
The plus point with the AMD Phenom II X4 P920 is its low thermal rating of 25 Watts. In multithreaded computing the 4 cores may be just enough for many of your needs.
To compare with the similarly clocked intel Core i7-720QM ( which is also rated at 1.6 GHz), Intel core i7-720QM is faster than the Phenom N920 is due to the turbo boost and the L3 cache. The only reason for you to go for the AMD Phenom II X4 P920 could be the price advantage and its low power consumption. At 25 Watts TDP, the Phenom ii P920 leads to design of the notebooks with higher battery life while consuming low power helping keep the environment green.
The P920 has integrated DDR3 memory controller. The integrated memory controller design partially offsets the lacuna created by the absence of the L3 Cache.
The communication with the chipset is through the 3600 Million Transfer per second ( MT/s) hyperTransport Bus.
You may also like to consider the quad core Phenom ii N930 processor at 2 GHz, which has a higher TDP radting of 35 Watts as compared to 25 Watts for the P920.
Benchmark results with AMD Phenom II P920
Several benchmark results are available for the Phenom ii P920. The 3DMark 06 score for the P920 is 2080. The super pi 2M takes 62 with the P920.
More than a month back, HP released HP Pavilion dv6-3050us which became quite popular in very less time. Within $900 it offers a lot of features which hardly found in other similar priced laptop. For those who are looking for AMD based 15.6” light weight budget gaming laptop, this one is perfect for them.
Specification of HP pavilion dv6-3050us
The dv6-3050us laptop comes with AMD Phenom II Quad-Core Mobile Processor N930 and ATI Mobility Radeon HD
5650 graphics the duo work very well in combination.
Speaking about main memory the dv6 model comes with 4GB DDR3 RAM.
The storage includes 640GB SATA HDD with 5400rpm frequency. The HDD comes with preinstalled Windows 7 Home premium 64 bit.
The 15.6” HD LED display of hp pavilion dv6-3050us has resolution of 1366*768 in 16:9 formats.
The laptop weighs only 5.46 lbs and having dimension of 14.88″ x 9.65″ x 1.21″/1.37″.
When comes to build and external design, the HP pavilion dv63050us comes with brushed aluminum finish having stylish argento stream pattern onto it. The keyboard it incorporates is full-sized, island type of Keyboard having 101 keys
When talking about connectivity features the hp dv6-3050 offers 4 USB 2.0 ports, in which one comes in combo with eSATA port, HDMI port, VGA port, integrated 5 in 1 media card reader RJ-45 connector W LAN 802.11b/g/n & Bluetooth. The laptop is energy star qualified.
HP Pavilion dv6-3050 provides 4 hours of battery life.
Software features include finger print reader, password protection and Hard drive protection ( on accidental fall it save data)
Pros of HP pavilion dv6-3050us
Cons of HP pavillion dv6-3050us
Bottom line
HP pavilion dv6-3050us is excellent gaming laptop under $1000. Equipped with powerful AMD quad core processor and high end graphics, it offers perfect gaming experience including powerful games.