Benchmarks
We performed these tests on the
industry standard 3600 MHz on an unoptimized fresh install of Windows 7.
SuperPI 8m:
3DMark06:
3DMark Vantage:
P17423 (GPU
Score: 17056,
CPU Score:
18625)
GT1: 53.39
GT2: 46.41
CT1: 2420.63
CT2: 28.62
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AMD Phenom II X6 1090T
3m 51.255s
20803 Marks
SM2: 7607
SM3: 9951
CPU: 6423
10314/MBs
9353/MBs
13819/MBs
45.4/ns
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Test Machine
• ASUS M4A89TD Pro
• 5870 stock using Catalyst
10.2 driver
• Corsair GTX2 2250 and
G.Skill Flare 2000
• WD VelociRaptor 600GB
• Antec 1200 OC
• Windows 7 32-Bit
I
ntel has had the performance
market cornered for a
while, and unless AMD can do
something dramatic, it looks to
stay that way for a while still.
Not oblivious to this fact, AMD
has been doing what they can to
compete, targeting performance
at specific price points over
outright performance. The
AMD Thuban core fits into this
criteria ad understandably so
because not many end-users
can spend $1000 on a CPU just
to benchmark, let alone for
gaming. The 1090T comes in at
around 30% of that price and
this is great news for everyone,
in particular enthusiasts. We
14 The OverClocker October 2010
have said it before and will say
it again, AMD is a genuinely fun
platform to overclock and the
fact that the products are so
affordable provides an excellent
excuse for any overclocker to
get involved with AMD.
Analysis
The first thing we can determine
from comparing 2D results
directly against Phenom II
X4 (Deneb) is that there is no
tangible change in performance.
Thuban and Deneb results are
identical (clock for clock) in
single threaded benchmarks
but that is not the case when we
take look at some multithreaded
benchmarks such as 3DMark
06 and Vantage. 3DMark06
scores 20803 on the Phenom II
X6 1090T up from 20003 marks
on the Deneb core. We saw a
huge boost in the CPU score by
moving from four to six cores.
Vantage was similar in scaling,
the GPU scores remained
near identical but the CPU
score increased by 6000 points
increasing the overall score by
over 2000 marks, a massive
increase. It is evident the IMC
(Integrated Memory Controller)
on the Thuban core is much
improved over the one in on the
Deneb core.
The improved IMC affected
the NB (North Bridge) frequency
as in addition to the memory
frequency. Looking at the NB
frequency on 1090T, we could
quite easily surpass 3000 MHz
using air-cooling, comfortably
running LinX at 3200 MHz, in
contrast to the Deneb core,
where if you could run above
2900 MHz your NB would have
a very strong North Bridge.
This might not seem like a big
shift, but in 32M, a performance
gain of 300MHz can mean a
reduction of 10 seconds. Moving
onto memory clocking, this is
where the Thuban core began
to shine. Chew publically took
the record for highest memory
frequency on Deneb last year