We are providing an update to Sandra 2016, RTMa (version 22.15) with various updates and fixes: .Net native Vector support: (floating-point single/double) in latest 4.6 CLR RyuJIT. the CLR automatically uses AVX/SSE2 SIMD as supported by the CPU. (see .Net Vectors (CLR 4.6 RyuJIT) Performance article for more information) CPU … Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Press Office SiSoftware Sandra 2016 Released: Brand-new benchmarks, OpenGL CS, RTM Windows 10 and future Server 2016* support Superseded By: Sandra Platinum (2017) Updates: RTMa, SP1, SP1a, SP2, SP3, SP4. Articles: .Net Vector Performance, AVX512 Future Performance. London, UK, November 16th 2015 – We are pleased … Read more…
What is “Mullins”? “Mullins” (ML) is the next generation A4 “APU” SoC from AMD (v2 2015) replacing the current A4 “Kaveri” (KV) SoC which was AMD’s major foray into tablets/netbooks replacing the older “Brazos” E-Series APUs. While still at a default 15W TDP, it can be “powered down” for lower … Read more…
What is “Mullins”? “Mullins” (ML) is the next generation A4 “APU” SoC from AMD (v2 2015) replacing the current A4 “Kaveri” (KV) SoC which was AMD’s major foray into tablets/netbooks replacing the older “Brazos” E-Series APUs. While still at a default 15W TDP, it can be “powered down” for lower … Read more…
What is CherryTrail (Braswell)? “CherryTrail” (CYT) is the next generation Atom “APU” SoC from Intel (v3 2015) replacing the current Z3000 “BayTrail” (BYT) SoC which was Intel’s major foray into tablets (both Windows & Android). The “desktop” APUs are known as “Braswell” (BRS) while the APUs for other platforms have … Read more…
What is CherryTrail (Braswell)? “CherryTrail” (CYT) is the next generation Atom “APU” SoC from Intel (v3 2015) replacing the current Z3000 “BayTrail” (BYT) SoC which was Intel’s major foray into tablets (both Windows & Android). The “desktop” APUs are known as “Braswell” (BRS) while the APUs for other platforms have … Read more…
What is big.LITTLE? ARM’s big.LITTLE arch made big waves on launch way back in 2011; it was heralded as a great way to combine performance with power: a “big” (computationally powerful but power hungry) core was to be coupled with a “LITTLE” (slow but low-power) core – and switched as … Read more…
What is Mali? What is Exynos? “Mali” is the name of ARM’s own “standard” GPU cores that complement the standard CPU cores (Cortex). Many ARM CPU licensors integrate GPU cores from other vendors in their SoCs, e.g. Imagination, Vivante, Adreno rather than the default Mali. Mali Series 700 is the … Read more…
What is Exynos? “Exynos” is the family of mobile SoCs from Samsung; the CPU cores in the modern versions are Qualcomm’s own “Krait” (though some are standard ARM Cortex cores) while the (GP)GPU core is Qualcomm’s own “Adreno” – unlike competing ARM SoCs which generally contain standard ARM CPU and … Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Press Office SiSoftware Sandra 2015 Released: Windows 10/Server 2016 (Beta) Support, New Benchmarks Superseded: This version has been replaced by Sandra 2016. Updates: SP4 (Nov 19th 2015), SP3 (Sep 17th 2015), SP2b (Jul 6th 2015), SP2 (Jun 1st 2015), SP1a (Mar 17th 2015), SP1 (Feb 16th … Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Press Office SiSoftware Sandra 2014 Released: Updated Device Performance Certification, New Benchmarks, Windows 8.1 support Superseded: This version has been replaced by Sandra 2015. Updates: SP6a (Mar 17th 2015), SP5 (Jan 19th 2015), SP4 (Nov 26th 2014), SP1a (Feb 17th 2014), SP1 (Jan 28th 2014). London, … Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Press Office SiSoftware Sandra 2013 Released: Updated Device Performance Certification, New Drivers/Firmware Notification, Windows 8 support NB: This version has been replaced by Sandra 2014. Updates: SP6 (October 2nd 2013), SP4 (June 15th 2013), SP3 (March 26th 2013), SP2, SP1 (December 7th 2012). London, UK, November … Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Press Office SiSoftware Releases Support for DirectX 11 Compute Shader/DirectCompute London, UK, 30th November 2009 – SiSoftware releases its suite of DirectX 11 Compute Shader/DirectCompute GPGPU (General Purpose Graphics Processor Unit) benchmarks as part of SiSoftware Sandra 2010, the latest version of our award-winning utility, … Read more…
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Press Office SiSoftware OpenCL Support Released London, UK, 30th November 2009 – SiSoftware releases its suite of OpenCL GPGPU (General Purpose Graphics Processor Unit) benchmarks as part of SiSoftware Sandra 2010, the latest version of our award-winning utility, which includes remote analysis, benchmarking and diagnostic features … Read more…
