Phenom II X4 970 and Phenom II X6 1075T CPU Review
PCMark Vantage
Contents
PCMark Vantage simulates the use of real-world applications and gives scores for the following categories:
- PCMark
- Memories
- TV and Movies
- Gaming
- Music
- Communications
- Productivity
- HDD
For a detailed description of each one of these tests, please download and read the PCMark Vantage Reviewer’s Guide.
You can see the results for each category below. We are not going to compare the results for the Memories and HDD suites.
On the overall score from PCMark Vantage, the new Phenom II X4 970 achieved the same performance level as the old Phenom II X4 965, with the Core i5-750 being 12% faster. The Phenom II X6 1090T proved to be 9% faster than the new Phenom II X6 1075T here. The Core i5-750 was 16% faster than the new six-core CPU from AMD.
On the TV and Movies benchmark the new Phenom II X4 970 was 4% faster than the old Phenom II X4 965. The Phenom II X6 1090T was also 4% faster than the new Phenom II 1075T. Both Phenom II X4 970 and Phenom II X6 1075T achieved the same performance level as the Core i5-750.
On the Gaming set the new Phenom II X4 970 achieved the same performance level as the Phenom II X4 965. The Phenom II X6 1090T was 18% faster than the new Phenom II X6 1075T. On this test the Core i5-750 was 30% faster than the Phenom II X4 970, and 41% faster than the Phenom II X6 1075T.
On the Music benchmark the Phenom II X4 970 achieved the same performance level as the Phenom II X4 965 and Core i5-750. The new Phenom II X6 1075T achieved the same performance level as the Phenom II X6 1090T. The Core i5-750 was 8% faster than the Phenom II X6 1075T here.
On the Communications tests the Phenom II X4 970 achieved the same performance level as the Phenom II X4 965 and Core i7-965, being 10% faster than the Core i5-750. The Phenom II X6 1090T was 11% faster than the new Phenom II X6 1075T, which achieved the same performance level of the Core i5-750.
And finally on the Productivity benchmark the Phenom II X4 970 achieved the same performance level as the Phenom II X4 965 and Core i5-750. The Phenom II X6 1090T was 11% faster than the Phenom II
X6 1075T, while the Core i5-750 was 6% faster than this new AMD CPU.