AMD Phenom II X6 1100T BE Hex-Core Processor

What's New For The Holidays?:

We saw back in September AMD released six new CPUs to add to their product mix. Today AMD is showcasing three new processors, including a new flagship model, the AMD Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition. The other two processors are a Phenom II X2 565 Black Edition, and an Athlon II X3 455. All three of these processors are simply 100 MHz speed-bumps over previous top-end models. The great thing about all these processors is they continue to utilize AMD's well established socket AM3 (and even older AM2+) motherboards.

In the table below I have compiled the latest prices from an online store to help give an idea of how these new processors fall into the price mix with their previous models.

As with previous Athlon II / Phenom II releases, a BIOS update is always recommended to ensure complete compatibility and functionality with existing AM2 / AM2+ / AM3 motherboards.

The processor we will be taking a look at and benchmarking in this review is the Phenom II X6 1100T Black Edition. Feel free to refer to our previous reviews of Phenom II / Athlon II processors for other models, it doesn't take much to figure out what an extra 100 MHz does in terms of performance.