Tuesday, December 7th 2010
AMD Introduces Phenom II X6 1100T BE, X2 565 BE, Athlon II X3 455
AMD rolled out three new processors today, the six-core Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition, Athlon II X3 455, and the Phenom II X2 565 Black Edition. The new flagship of AMD's processor lineup, the Phenom II X6 1100T, is based on the AM3 socket, supporting DDR3 and DDR2 memory on older AM2+ motherboards. It carries a nominal clock speed of 3.30 GHz, is based on the 45 nm "Thuban" silicon, features 512 KB of L2 cache per core, and 6 MB of L3 between all six cores. It features the TurboCore technology, which bumps clock speed by a few hundred MHz when it senses high load. As a Black Edition chip, it features an unlocked bus multiplier. Despite its increased clock speed, the 1100T has a TDP of 125W. This chip goes for US $265.
Next up, is the Phenom II X2 565 Black Edition. Clocked at 3.40 GHz, the X2 565 is based on the Callisto silicon (which is Deneb with two cores locked), featuring 512 KB of cache per core, and 6 MB shared L3 cache. This one has a TDP of 80W, and is priced at US $115. Lastly, there's the Athlon II X3 455, a triple-core chip based on the "Rana" silicon (which is Propus with one core locked), it lacks an L3 cache, but features 512 KB L2 per core. With a TDP of 95W, this one goes for $87.
Next up, is the Phenom II X2 565 Black Edition. Clocked at 3.40 GHz, the X2 565 is based on the Callisto silicon (which is Deneb with two cores locked), featuring 512 KB of cache per core, and 6 MB shared L3 cache. This one has a TDP of 80W, and is priced at US $115. Lastly, there's the Athlon II X3 455, a triple-core chip based on the "Rana" silicon (which is Propus with one core locked), it lacks an L3 cache, but features 512 KB L2 per core. With a TDP of 95W, this one goes for $87.
20 Comments on AMD Introduces Phenom II X6 1100T BE, X2 565 BE, Athlon II X3 455
what is missing is a cheap x6 phenom the other athlon and phenom list is already full
no need for them.
the new high end models fills the previous top spot model, bringing prices down.
works rather good, I love the X6's for vmware esxI whiteboxes!
1035t but nobody is selling it
Unless you some how hate having a faster x6 for the same money. ;)
Also it is usually better having a high clocked X4 than a low clock X6.
The price between an x6 1055T and a 1090T BE is stupid if only there was another option for a BE, possibly then the new 1100T will drop the prices of the other x6s then.
but i am not using that logic .if there is such a big variety (to much) in athlons and phenoms
people might expect bigger variety for x6 phenoms .
the bios and it will cost us less
www.techpowerup.com/reviews/AMD/Phenom_II_X6_1090T/3.html
The real battle is with intel's money throwing machine.
But I agree these releases are far from exciting. 3.3Ghz does not impress me.
The faster x4 out performs the slower x6 in many cases (especially gaming), that is why there is no point.
Same goes with the Phenom II 800 series, they are already discountinued after the Athlon X4s are released.