AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) vs AMD Athlon 64 3800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) and AMD Athlon 64 3800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 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, PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

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

  • CPU is newer: launch date 5 year(s) 0 month(s) later
  • 5 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 1
  • Around 17% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
  • A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 90 nm
  • 6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
  • 6x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
  • Around 77% better performance in Geekbench 4 - Single Core: 2028 vs 1146
  • 7x better performance in Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core: 7615 vs 1094
Specifications (specs)
Launch date April 2010 vs April 2005
Number of cores 6 vs 1
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.4 GHz
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm vs 90 nm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) vs 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) vs 512 KB
Benchmarks
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2028 vs 1146
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7615 vs 1094

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 3800+

  • Around 40% lower typical power consumption: 89 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 89 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 3800+

Geekbench 4 - Single Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
2028
1146
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core
CPU 1
CPU 2
7615
1094
Name AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) AMD Athlon 64 3800+
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2028 1146
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 7615 1094
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
PassMark - Single thread mark 673
PassMark - CPU mark 590

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) AMD Athlon 64 3800+

Essentials

Architecture codename Thuban Venice
Launch date April 2010 April 2005
Place in performance rating 2410 2402
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop
Launch price (MSRP) $160
Price now $179.95
Value for money (0-100) 2.02

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 346 mm 83 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 512 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.4 GHz
Number of cores 6 1
Transistor count 904 million 69 million

Memory

Supported memory types DDR3

Compatibility

Max number of CPUs in a configuration 1 1
Sockets supported AM3 939
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 Watt 89 Watt