AMD Athlon II X2 270 vs AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)

Comparative analysis of AMD Athlon II X2 270 and AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark, Geekbench 4 - Single Core, Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core, CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s), CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s), 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon II X2 270

  • CPU is newer: launch date 1 year(s) 2 month(s) later
  • Around 21% higher clock speed: 3.4 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
  • Around 92% lower typical power consumption: 65 Watt vs 125 Watt
Launch date July 2011 vs April 2010
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz vs 2.8 GHz
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt vs 125 Watt

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)

  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • 6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 3x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • 5.1x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2028 vs 396
  • 10.3x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 7615 vs 737
Specifications (specs)
Number of cores 6 vs 2
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 1024 KB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2028 vs 396
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7615 vs 737

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Athlon II X2 270
CPU 2: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)

Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
396
2028
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
737
7615
Name AMD Athlon II X2 270 AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)
PassMark - Single thread mark 1360
PassMark - CPU mark 1301
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 396 2028
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 737 7615
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Face Detection (mPixels/s) 5.563
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Ocean Surface Simulation (Frames/s) 15.951
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - T-Rex (Frames/s) 0.293
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Video Composition (Frames/s) 0.569
CompuBench 1.5 Desktop - Bitcoin Mining (mHash/s) 5.726
3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score 0

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Athlon II X2 270 AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)

Essentials

Architecture codename Regor Thuban
Launch date July 2011 April 2010
Launch price (MSRP) $100
Place in performance rating 2418 2421
Price now $23.99
Value for money (0-100) 24.32
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 117 mm 346 mm
L1 cache 128 KB 128 KB (per core)
L2 cache 1024 KB 512 KB (per core)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 45 nm
Maximum frequency 3.4 GHz 2.8 GHz
Number of cores 2 6
Transistor count 410 million 904 million
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)

Memory

Supported memory types DDR2, DDR3 DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 AM3
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 Watt 125 Watt