Phenom II X6 1090T 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 X6 1090T was only faster than Phenom II X4 965 (5%). Core i5-750 was 6% faster, Core i7-965 was 8% faster, Core i7-870 was 11% faster and Core i7-980X was 30% faster than the new AMD CPU.
On the TV and Movies benchmark Phenom II X6 1090T was 6% faster than Core i5-750 and 9% faster than Phenom II X4 965. Core i7-870 was 9% faster, Core i7-965 was 11% faster and Core i7-980X was 22% faster than the reviewed CPU.
On the Gaming set the new Phenom II X6 1090T was only faster than Phenom II X4 965 (11% faster). Core i5-750 was 20% faster, Core i7-870 was 32% faster, Core i7-965 was 35% faster and Core i7-980X was 53% faster than Phenom II X6 1090T.
On the Music benchmark Phenom II X6 1090T achieved the same performance level as Phenom II X4 965. Core i5-750 was 5% faster, Core i7-980X and Core i7-870 were 13% faster and Core i7-965 was 16% faster than the new CPU from AMD.
On the Communications tests Phenom II X6 1090T achieved the same performance level as Core i7-965, Core i7-870 and Phenom II X4 965, being 10% faster than Core i5-750. Core i7-980X was 63% faster than the reviewed CPU on this test.
And finally on the Productivity benchmark Phenom II X6 1090T achieved the same performance level as Phenom II X4 965, being 5% faster than Core i5-750. Core i7-870 was 5% faster, Core i7-965 was 7% faster and Core i7-980X was 12% faster.