Overclocking, continued
| Percentage faster/slower
than Phenom II X6 1090T OC |
Phenom II X6 1090T |
Phenom II X6 1055T |
Phenom II X4 965 BE |
Core i7 980X |
Core i7 930 |
Core i7 920 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - 19.12% | - 28.90% | - 42.63% | + 24.65% | - 29.18% | - 32.01% |
| Percentage faster/slower
than Phenom II X6 1090T OC |
Phenom II X6 1090T |
Phenom II X6 1055T |
Phenom II X4 965 BE |
Core i7 980X |
Core i7 930 |
Core i7 920 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - 7.30% | - 14.63% | - 6.20% | + 34.18% | + 16.05% | + 12.70% |
| Percentage better/worse than Phenom II X6 1090T OC |
Phenom II X6 1090T |
Phenom II X6 1055T |
Phenom II X4 965 BE |
Core i7 980X |
Core i7 930 |
Core i7 920 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + 1.82% | + 1.22% | + 2.23% | + 2.95% | + 0.62% | + 0.49% |
| Percentage better/worse than Phenom II X6 1090T OC |
Phenom II X6 1090T |
Phenom II X6 1055T |
Phenom II X4 965 BE |
Core i7 980X |
Core i7 930 |
Core i7 920 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + 16.51% | + 19.72% | + 16.51% | - 11.47% | + 5.05% | + 5.96% |
With the overclock in place, AMD's Phenom II X6 1090T is able to close the gap on Intel's rampant Core i7 980X but ultimately remains a distant second.
What's clear, though, is that there's plenty of bang to be had from a £240 chip. The decision between a Phenom II X6 and a Core i7 isn't quite as clear cut as you may have thought, and the value proposition of the Leo platform as a whole puts AMD firmly back into the picture.
