The AMD Phenom II X6 1055T is the entry level six-core processor in the Phenom II series with its overall clock frequency of 2.8GHz. With a street price of $198 and six cores is the AMD Phenom II X6 1055T CPU worth it? Read on to see how it performs in the benchmarks and to see how it handles being overclocked on our AMD 890FX test system.

When the AMD Hex-core processors first came out we were able to take a look at the flagship processor, the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T. We also downclocked the AMD Phenom II X6 1090T to the speeds of the AMD Phenom II X6 1055T. Now that the dust has settled we have managed to get our grubby little hands on an actual AMD Phenom II X6 1055T we can put it through the paces and see how she'll do. The AMD Phenom II X6 1055T is a 2.8GHz hex-core processor that features AMD Turbo CORE technology which is currently only available on the new "Thuban" processors...