AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) vs AMD Athlon XP 1800+

Comparative analysis of AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (95W) and AMD Athlon XP 1800+ processors for all known characteristics in the following categories: Essentials, Performance, Memory, Compatibility. Benchmark processor performance analysis: 3DMark Fire Strike - Physics Score, 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), PassMark - Single thread mark, PassMark - CPU mark.

 

Differences

Reasons to consider the AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (95W)

• CPU is newer: launch date 7 year(s) 10 month(s) later
• 5 more cores, run more applications at once: 6 vs 1
• Around 83% higher clock speed: 2.8 GHz vs 1.53 GHz
• A newer manufacturing process allows for a more powerful, yet cooler running processor: 45 nm vs 130 nm
• 6x more L1 cache, more data can be stored in the L1 cache for quick access later
• 12x more L2 cache, more data can be stored in the L2 cache for quick access later

Reasons to consider the AMD Athlon XP 1800+

• Around 86% lower typical power consumption: 51 Watt vs 95 Watt

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CPU 1: AMD Phenom II X6 1055T (95W)
CPU 2: AMD Athlon XP 1800+

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