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 PCMark overall score the new Phenom II X6 1100T (3.3 GHz) achieved the same result as the Phenom II X4 965 (3.4 GHz). The Core i5-750 (2.66 GHz) was 11% faster than this new CPU from AMD.

The new Phenom II X6 1100T (3.3 GHz) achieved a TV and Movies score similar to the Phenom II X6 1075T’s, Phenom II X4 970’s and Core i5-750’s.

 

On the gaming test, the new Phenom II X6 1100T  (3.3 GHz) achieved the same performance level as the Phenom II X6 1090T (3.2 GHz), being 8% faster than the Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz) and 17% faster than Phenom II X6 1075T (3 GHz). The Core i5-750 (2.66 GHz) was 21% faster.

On the Music benchmark, the Phenom II X6 1100T (3.3 GHz) achieved the same performance level as the Phenom II X6 1090T (3.2 GHz), Phenom II X4 965 (3.4 GHz) and Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz), being just 4% faster than the Phenom II X6 1075T (3 GHz). The Core i5-750 (2.66 GHz) was only 4% faster than the reviewed CPU on this benchmark.

On the Communications benchmark, the Phenom II X6 1100T (3.3 GHz) achieved the same performance level as the Core i7-965 (3.2 GHz), Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz), Phenom II X6 1090T (3.2 GHz) and Core i7-870 (2.93 GHz). It was 5% faster than the Phenom II X4 965 (3.4 GHz), 12% faster than the Core i5-750 (2.66 GHz) and 13% faster than the Phenom II X6 1075T (3 GHz). The reviewed CPU only lost to the Core i7-980X (3.33 GHz), which was 60% faster.

And finally on the Productivity benchmark, the Phenom II X6 1100T (3.3 GHz) achieved the same performance level as the Phenom II X4 965 (3.4 GHz), Core i5-750 (2.66 GHz) and Phenom II X4 970 (3.5 GHz). It was 6% faster than the Phenom II X6 1075T (3 GHz).