Retail Phenom II X6 1055T "TurboCore" preview

[ajaidev]

I just wanted to point out one thing.

AMD's 3 core Turbo core in 1055T pushes 3 cores 500mhz more.

Intel's Turbo Boost pushes 1 core 540mhz more in i5 750 and 660mhz more in i7 860

Finally Intel's Turbo Boost pushes 1 core just 260mhz in case of Bloomfield i7 930.

The difference in turbo is so much that a i7 870 can out perform a i7 950 in some cases. 1055T on the other hand is very different and unlike the Intel ones the dual state only process will help it greatly in situations that require two cores.

While two cores are active 1090T does 3.6Ghz, 1055T does 3.2Ghz, i7 870 does 3.4Ghz, i7 860 does 3.3Ghz, i7 930 does 3Ghz and i5 750 does 3.2Ghz

EDIT: Forgot to include the freq if 3 cores are active instead of 2. i7 870 does 3.2Ghz , i7 860 does 2.9Ghz , i5 750 does 2.8Ghz , 1055T does 3.2Ghz and 1090T does 3.6Ghz.

Thus the true power of this type of a turbo lies in dual/triple threaded application. Just imagine a 1090T running at 3.6Ghz @ 3 cores while i7 870 runs at 3.2Ghz @ 3 cores, difference between the two is 400mhz and by the looks of it if a application uses three threads it will be very beneficial for these processors.