Recent #benchmark news in the semiconductor industry
➀ The Apple A19 Pro chip outperforms the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X in single-threaded CPU performance;
➁ The A19 Pro's GPU is comparable to Apple's own M2 chip and AMD's Radeon 890M;
➂ The performance improvement is particularly beneficial for gaming experiences on Apple devices.
➀ MLPerf Client 1.0 introduces a user-friendly GUI and expands support for Meta's Llama 2/3.1, Microsoft Phi, and experimental models;
➁ Enhanced hardware acceleration paths now cover Qualcomm, Apple, Intel, and NVIDIA devices via diverse SDKs and frameworks;
➂ New tasks like code analysis and large-context summarization enable deeper evaluation of AI performance across integrated and discrete hardware.
➀ Modder TrashBench initially aimed to overclock a GTX 1080 Ti to outperform Nvidia’s RTX 5050 but discovered the budget card outperformed the old flagship both at stock and when overclocked;
➁ The RTX 5050 achieved a 28% clock speed boost to 3.3 GHz, delivering a 17.55% average FPS gain in games and securing six top 3DMark Time Spy scores;
➂ Despite extensive tuning, the GTX 1080 Ti hit a performance ceiling at 2.2 GHz, highlighting generational advancements in Nvidia’s GPU architecture.
➀ The article compares the performance and cost efficiency of AMD and NVIDIA GPUs for various AI tasks such as chat, translation, reasoning, and summarization.
➁ It highlights the MI325X and MI300X as cost-effective options for Llama3 70B chat and translation tasks.
➂ The analysis reveals that AMD GPUs are less cost-effective in rental scenarios due to limited availability and higher prices.
➃ The article discusses the need for better inference benchmarks and explores the features and capabilities of NVIDIA's Dynamo framework.
➀ CrystalMark Retro 2.0.0 has been released, extending retro benchmarking to systems from Windows 95 to Windows 11.
➁ The update started a year ago, in response to user feedback.
➂ The benchmarking tool now supports Windows 95/98/Me and offers a bonus with the official benchmark score comparison site.
➀ The Crucial Pro Overclocking DDR5-6400 C38 offers excellent performance for both Intel and AMD CPUs.
➁ The memory kit supports Intel XMP 3.0 and AMD EXPO, and has a low-profile design.
➂ While the kit performs well in application workloads, its gaming performance is average, and it has limited overclocking capabilities.
➀ AMD发布了Radeon RX 9070和RX 9070 XT GPU,但没有发布参考设计,而是依赖合作伙伴的型号。
➁ 现已出现一款未发布的Radeon RX 9070参考设计,其双风扇设计让人联想到AMD为RDNA 3系列设计的Radeon RX 7000系列。
➂ 该GPU在3DMark基准测试中表现出色,但可能仅用于合作伙伴的预发布测试和验证。
➀ AMD's Ryzen AI Max+ 395 'Strix Halo' APU outperforms NVIDIA's RTX 5080 in AI benchmarks, offering up to 3x faster performance.
➁ The APU has up to 128GB of VRAM and combines a 16-core, 32-thread Zen 5-based processor with 50 TOPS of AI workload performance.
➂ The APU's performance is up to 3.05x faster than a discrete GPU with less than 16GB of VRAM.
➀ Apple's new M3 Ultra chip, used in the Mac Studio, has been benchmarked on Geekbench, showing impressive multi-core performance that surpasses the M4 Max.
➁ The M3 Ultra's single-core score is not as impressive, falling behind the M4 Max and even the entry-level M4 in some cases.
➂ The M3 Ultra's multi-core score is notably higher, with a performance uplift of around 8% over the M4 Max.
➀ This article provides a comprehensive hierarchy of GPU performance, ranking nearly every GPU released in the past seven years based on benchmarks.
➁ The article discusses the performance of GPUs across different resolutions and the impact of technologies like ray tracing and DLSS.
➂ It highlights the latest GPUs from Nvidia's Ada Lovelace and AMD's RDNA 3 architectures, as well as Intel's Arc GPUs.
➀ Leaked benchmarks of the RTX 5070 show mixed results against the RTX 4070 Super, being up to 20% slower than the RTX 5070 Ti.
➁ The RTX 5070 is powered by a slightly cut-down GB205 die with 48 SMs and 12GB of GDDR7 memory.
➂ Despite its lower performance, the RTX 5070 still offers a 20% lead over the base RTX 4070.
➀ AMD的Ryzen 9 9950X3D和9900X3D处理器的最新基准测试泄露表明,多核性能的代际提升较弱,尤其是旗舰CPU。尽管如此,这些基准测试的出现至少表明新芯片即将上市。
➁ 与前代相比,Ryzen 9950X3D的单核性能提升了约15%,但在多核方面,代际提升仅为约4%,这至少看起来有些令人失望。
➂ Ryzen 9900X3D与7900X3D相比,单核性能提升了15%,多核性能提升了9%,但仍然落后。
➀ PassMark观察到2025年初CPU性能下降;
➁ 推测原因可能是硬件或软件问题,如软件冗余或Windows 11的影响;
➂ 注意到自2020年以来,超过8核心处理器的采用率停滞不前。
➀ Preliminary benchmarks at PassMark show Intel's new Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 9 275HX is 7% ahead of AMD's Ryzen 9 7945HX3D processor in CPU Mark.
➁ Despite a 400 MHz clock deficit, the 275HX is 34% faster than the i9-14900HX from last generation.
➂ The 275HX achieves a solid 9% lead in single-threaded performance over the Ryzen 9 7945HX3D.