Nvidia has quietly unveiled a new entry-level graphics card for laptops last month. Named RTX 3050 (A), this mobile GPU deviates from the Ampere architecture of the previous RTX 3050 GPUs in favour of the Ada architecture. Although Nvidia has not officially confirmed the GPU name, leaks have revealed what …
Read More »Intel Lunar Lake iGPU outperforms Arc A370M in OpenCL CompuBench test
Intel is gearing up to unveil its latest Core Ultra 200V “Lunar Lake” mobile CPU family, designed for lightweight laptops, mini-PCs, and gaming handhelds. The Lunar Lake CPUs will feature Xe2-based integrated graphics (Arc 130V and 140V), which we've only heard rumours about up until now. However, a recent report …
Read More »Asus laptop with AMD Ryzen 9 HX 170/370 spotted in benchmarks
Geekbench recently received three sets of results for the Ryzen 9 HX 170 processor in CPU and GPU testing. The nomenclature update for AMD's Strix Point CPUs just ahead of the Computex announcement caused confusion, with some laptops displaying outdated SKU names during the tests. The Ryzen 9 HX 170/370 …
Read More »Intel Meteor Lake iGPU trades blows with Radeon 780M in benchmark
Back at Intel Innovation 2023, we had a sneak peek at the iGPU found in Intel's upcoming Meteor Lake processors, which will be released next month under the new Intel Core Ultra branding. Now, some leaks a giving us a better idea of what to expect, with one benchmark listing …
Read More »Intel Meteor Lake iGPU outperforms Arc A350M in OpenCL benchmark
The upcoming Intel Core 100 Ultra series, codenamed Meteor Lake, will have a dedicated GPU tile based on the same architecture used in Intel's Arc Alchemist desktop and mobile processors. Based on the Xe-HPG architecture, this iGPU is expected to be as good as an entry-level dedicated GPU, and the …
Read More »Intel Arc A580 appears on Geekbench 5 performing similarly to a Radeon RX 7600
Nearly a year ago, Intel made headlines with the introduction of the Arc A580 GPU, a promising mid-series desktop gaming card. However, it seems that the company has somewhat neglected it. In the meantime, the Alchemist lineup has been divided into the A7 and A3 series, while the A5 series …
Read More »Apple M2 Max with 38-core GPU scores roughly the same as the M1 Ultra in benchmark
Apple's new M2 Max seems quite promising on paper. However, according to a recently spotted GPU benchmark, it may not meet the high expectations some were putting on it. As of now, we can't say much about its CPU performance, but thanks to the Geekbench OpenCL entry spotted by Wccftech, …
Read More »Benchmark leak gives an early look at the RX 7900 XTX VS the RTX 4080
In less than a week, AMD will be releasing the Radeon RX 7900 series to the public. However, there are samples out in the wild and actively being tested. As a result, two benchmark entries have been found, giving us an early look at performance. The two entries shared by …
Read More »First Nvidia RTX 4080 benchmark scores arrive
We're just a week away from Nvidia launching the RTX 4080, and thanks to early samples floating around, we now have our first 3rd-party benchmark results to look at, including Geekbench and 3DMark scores, giving us a better view of how it compares to the RTX 4090 and previous-gen graphics …
Read More »Two unannounced Nvidia Quadro RTX GPUs leak via Khronos
Nvidia seems to be getting ready to launch two new workstation graphics cards. As per Khronos Group's OpenCL conformant products page, Nvidia has submitted two unannounced Ampere SKUs to receive OpenCL 1.2 certification – the Quadro RTX A4000 and RTX A5000. As seen on this page spotted by @KOMACHI_ENSAKA, Nvidia added two graphics cards …
Read More »AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT early benchmarks reveal OpenCL and Vulkan performance
We're still a week away from the release of AMD's Radeon RX 6700 XT graphics card, but some new benchmark leaks have given us an early idea of what performance to expect in OpenCL and Vulkan games. Two Geekbench 5 database entries were spotted by @TUM_APISAK. The benchmarks were run on …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3060Ti benchmark results spotted
As we get closer to the alleged release of Nvidia's RTX 3060Ti, new benchmarks of this SKU have emerged in the Ashes of The Singularity and Geekbench 4 and 5 databases. Starting with the Ashes of The Singularity benchmark results, the RTX 3060Ti scored 7900 points on the Crazy_1080p preset. …
Read More »Nvidia RTX 3080 offers 68% more CUDA and OpenCL performance than the RTX 2080 Super
The first benchmarks after the announcement of the RTX 30 series graphics cards have surfaced. The first graphics card to get tested was the RTX 3080 on the Compubench test suite, checking how well the card performs in the CUDA and OpenCL tests. The info page shows us that the graphics …
Read More »Khronos Group has released OpenCL 3.0 specifications
The Khronos Group, a consortium of industry-leading companies, has announced that it is publicly releasing the “OpenCL 3.0 Provisional Specifications.” The consortium has gone back to basics and choosen to make all “functionality beyond version 1.2 optional”. So far, many of the specifications aren't set in stone. The Khronos Group released the …
Read More »Valve: DirectX 12 does not make a lot of sense, Vulkan does
Microsoft Corp.’s DirectX 12 application programming interface promises to significantly improve performance of video games in Windows 10 operating system thanks to efficient usage of modern hardware. However, Valve Software believes that it makes no sense to use DX12, but to utilize cross-platform Vulkan API instead. Modern application programming interfaces – …
Read More »AMD readies three new GPUs: Greenland, Baffin and Ellesmere
In the recent years, Advanced Micro Devices has reduced the amount of new graphics processors it releases per annum, which lead to massive erosion of its market share and revenue. While the company hopes that its latest product lineup will help it to regain some of the lost share and …
Read More »Khronos unveils Vulkan: API for wearables, computers, cars and drones
Khronos Group on Tuesday introduced what was originally known as the next-generation OpenGL initiative, a brand-new application programming interface called Vulkan. The new API is designed to replace OpenGL in the long-term future and will address loads of markets and platform. The Vulkan is a new low-overhead/high-throughput API that provides …
Read More »AMD cuts prices of professional GPUs by 50% to gain market share
Advanced Micro Devices offers to sell its professional graphics cards for workstations or servers with a massive discount to first time buyers in an attempt to increase its revenue and market share. ATI Technologies and then Advanced Micro Devices was an underdog on the market of professional graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware …
Read More »AMD FirePro W9100: Hawaii GPU goes to work with 16GB of GDDR5
Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday introduced its first professional graphics card based on the code-named “Hawaii” graphics processing unit. The new solution for CAD, CAM, DCC and other professionals boasts unbeatable DP FP compute performance in addition to whopping 16GB of memory and six 4K display outputs. As expected, the …
Read More »Exclusive Kaveri interview with Nicolas Thibieroz of AMD
When KitGuru first spoke with AMD's Developer Relations guru Nic Thibieroz, back in May 2011, he had just taken over as point-man for the chip designer's drive into the hearts and minds of the developer community. Things have changed a lot over the past 32 months. We got the chance …
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