AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) vs AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) and AMD Athlon 64 FX-60 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 4 year(s) 3 month(s) later
  • 4 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 2
  • Around 8% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 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
  • Around 50% more L2 cache; more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later
Launch date April 2010 vs January 2006
Number of cores 6 vs 2
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz vs 2.6 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 2048 KB

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

  • Around 14% lower typical power consumption: 110 Watt vs 125 Watt
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 110 Watt vs 125 Watt

Compare benchmarks

CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W)
CPU 2: AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

Name AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) AMD Athlon 64 FX-60
Geekbench 4 - Single Core 2028
Geekbench 4 - Multi-Core 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
PassMark - Single thread mark 912
PassMark - CPU mark 709

Compare specifications (specs)

AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (125W) AMD Athlon 64 FX-60

Essentials

Architecture codename Thuban Toledo
Launch date April 2010 January 2006
Place in performance rating 2421 2424
Vertical segment Desktop Desktop

Performance

64 bit support
Die size 346 mm 199 mm
L1 cache 128 KB (per core) 128 KB
L2 cache 512 KB (per core) 2048 KB
L3 cache 6144 KB (shared)
Manufacturing process technology 45 nm 90 nm
Maximum frequency 2.8 GHz 2.6 GHz
Number of cores 6 2
Transistor count 904 million 233 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 110 Watt