Another Thuban graces us with its presence this 7th of December – the Phenom II x6 1100T Black Edition. AMD has been churning out a lot of processors recently with some regularity, but they haven’t released a flagship replacement since the x6 1090T in late April.The best thing about these new releases is their prices. Most every time a new AMD CPU is released, it’s a speed increase over the previous top model at the same price. Being the self-proclaimed price-per-performance champion, that’s straight butter. Everest CPU AESThe only unexpected discrepancy is Photoworxx, with the 1100T performing noticeably worse than its brethren.
While it was consistent in the results, I don’t trust it; there is no logic there. The rest of the tests were as expected, with it out-performing all other AMD processors and the 655K.Of course, you can see the AES anomaly. From the 1075T review:The big surprise here is the AES test, where the i5 655K just eclipsed every other competitor. According to Everest, AES is an “integer benchmark that measures CPU performance using AES (a.k.a. Rijndael) data encryption.” While Photoworxx and Zlib both are strongly dependent on memory subsystem performance while Queen benefits from the shorter pipeline, it seems AES focuses solely on the CPU’s processing of integers.I’ll be honest; the thought of replacing the Everest suite with SiSoft Sandra has been on my mind. Anyone who has played with Everest knows it puts up some funky results from time to time. This Photoworxx set of runs may end up being the straw that broke the camel’s back.
Everest FPU SinJuliaNothing out of the ordinary here. MHz bump = score bump with the 1100T coming out on top throughout. Overclocking for StabilityThubans are nothing if not consistent. While individual processors can differ in MHz-per-volt, the three different models of Thuban I’ve benched were all the same: 1.416 Vcore loaded = 4.0 GHz.On each CPU, I played for a long time trying to find the absolute minimum Vcore necessary to run at 4.0 GHz.
Each time, 1.416 V loaded was the result. One tick below on any of the three CPUs crashed while running LinX.Why 4.0 GHz? Basically, it’s a nice round number and is where all processors since my dearly departed E8400 have run. That overclock generally does everything with plenty of speed while keeping voltages down. It is also a reasonable, attainable speed for the average overclocker to shoot for (with at least a decent air cooler) and running each of them at the same frequency will show if there are any architecture differences or microcode tweaks at play.Some would (and indeed have) bring up that they came from AMD and have posited they may be cherry picked.
That’s all well and good, except the 1090T was a retail CPU, not an AMD-supplied one; so there goes that supposition. 4.0 GHz Linx Stable at 1.416 Vcore LoadedTemperatures were a bit higher than the 1075T at the same speed/Vcore, but that could very well have been the heat sink mount. Admittedly, there was a bit too much thermal paste in there when I pulled the CPU for going cold, so take these temperatures with a grain of salt. Benchmarking the 1100TFirst on the benching block are the 3D benches. Since both 3DMark06 and 3DMark Vantage separate out the CPU scores, we’ll go with those.3DMark06 and 3DMark Vantage3DMark06 remains my favorite 3DMark, though 3DMark 11 – which is coming out soon – may just take that title. Cinebench R11.5Stock runs beat all others but the 1100T loses to the 1090T and the 1075T in R10 and R11.5, respectively and the 870 in R10 as well.
Cinebench R10 can have a bit of variation with multiple runs, so it’s plausible those are all simply margin-of-error differences.However, R11.5 is very consistent. In three stock runs, the maximum score deviation was 0.01.
I’m not sure why there is a difference, but there is one of approximately 4% at the 4.0 GHz level. The 1100T comes out on top at stock throughout.SuperPi 1M and 32MAhh, SuperPi.
AMD just doesn’t have ‘it’ when it comes to this bench. Intel just can’t be beat yet (though the coming of Bulldozer has everyone excited).Note the SuperPi 32M results are graphed in total number of seconds, with the minute:seconds time listed within the graph. 4.5 GHz ValidatedThis one was just barely able to break the 1075T’s already impressive 4.5 GHz by 20 MHz. The best part?!Quick note lest anyone think their CPU will produce these numbers all the time – there was absolutely no attempt at stability for the Maxxmem and CPUz runs. These are max frequencies and stability was never even considered. Going ExtremeNow that we have the ability to put our review processors under the ice, there is a fun new section for your reading pleasure! The first chip taken cold was a 1090T for the.
So I mounted up the (thanks to benching team member for that) to see how the 1100T would fare.The extreme test setup was identical to the ambient setup except for the motherboard, which was switched out for said Crosshair IV Extreme. Hey, why insulate a second board when you already have one ready to go? CPUz Screenshot @ 5430 MHzAlso not a bad SuperPi 1M time and strong clocks. That was also the maximum validation / screenshot it would allow for CPUz.Unfortunately, just like the 1090T, I couldn’t get a CPUz validation to save my life.
Even at the clocks I was booting at (5.0 GHz, even) it would not validate. Infuriating to say the least, but that’s definitely not the CPU’s fault. Someone remind me to write a complaint letter to CanardPC.So while it didn’t quite give the same results, it was very close and we can’t knock it for that. It only takes a small change in wafer position to account for a few MHz here and there and ever CPU is different, 4.0 GHz results notwithstanding.
Final Thoughts & ConclusionEverybody likes a new flagship, but the best thing about this one is that it comes without any price increase. Starting out at an MSRP of $265, it’s right where the 1090T was before its recent price drop to $235 MSRP , which was applied leading up to this release.The. It was a new player right in the middle of the lineup where one was definitely needed. Its price has also been reduced by the way, to $199 MSRP, which is.
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It gave an all-important extra multiplier to a locked CPU.The 1100T, while still exciting (who doesn’t like a new top-o’-the-heap?), isn’t quite as exciting. It still does what it should do and does it well. With an unlocked multiplier, its strength is in its flexibility. For overclockers, especially the budget-minded overclockers that AMD caters to, it’s tough to see recommending this over the 1090T. Thirty bucks is thirty bucks; and if the 1090T clocks just as well with an unlocked multiplier, why change? If you already own a 1090T or if $30 would break the bank / allow you to upgrade one other component, it may not be the best idea to run out and get one of these.If you want the absolute best AMD has to offer, go with the 1100T. If you just want to play with a new processor that’s really not very expensive for what it is, do the same.
If you plan on ever running at stock clocks, definitely run out and get one of these. It does a superb job at any task thrown at it and will do it faster than any other AMD chip while at least keeping up with, if not surpassing, similarly priced Intel chips.– Jeremy Vaughan.
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