Intel 13th Gen Core AlderLake-Refresh (i5 13400) Review & Benchmarks – Value Hybrid Efficiency

What is “RaptorLake”? It is the “next-generation” (13th gen) Core architecture, replacing the current “AlderLake” (12th gen) and thus the 3rd generation “hybrid” (aka “big.LITTLE”) arch that Intel has released. As before it combines big/P(erformant) “Core” cores with LITTLE/E(fficient) “Atom” cores in a single package and covers everything from desktops, … Read more…

SiSoftware Sandra 20/21-R17 – Even More Hybrid Optimisations

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We are pleased to release R17 (version 31.109) update for Sandra 20/21 with further optimisations for hybrid designs (AlderLake, RaptorLake, etc.). Sandra 20/21 Press Release Please don’t forget to submit benchmark results to the Official SiSoftware Ranker! Many thanks for your continued support. And please, don’t forget small ISVs (independent … Read more…

SiSoftware Sandra 20/21-R16a – Hybrid Optimisations – AlderLake to RaptorLake and beyond

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We are pleased to release R16a (version 31.104) update for Sandra 20/21 with further optimisations for hybrid designs (AlderLake, RaptorLake, etc.). Sandra 20/21 Press Release Please don’t forget to submit benchmark results to the Official SiSoftware Ranker! Many thanks for your continued support. And please, don’t forget small ISVs (independent … Read more…

big/LITTLE cores Performance Analysis – AlderLake to RaptorLake and beyond

What are “AlderLake”, “RaptorLake”? It is the current (12th gen) Core architecture – soon to be replaced by “RaptorLake” (RPL 13th gen) – that replaced the short-lived “RocketLake” (RKL “real” 10th gen aka ICL) that finally replaced the many, many “Skylake” (SKL) derivative architectures (6th-10th “fake” gen). It is the … Read more…

Intel 12th Gen Core AlderLake Mobile (i7-12700H) Review & Benchmarks – Hybrid Performance

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What is “AlderLake”? It is the “next-generation” (12th) Core architecture – replacing the short-lived “RocketLake” (RKL) that finally replaced the many, many “Skylake” (SKL) derivative architectures (6th-10th). It is the 1st mainstream “hybrid” arch – i.e. combining big/P(erformant) “Core” cores with LITTLE/E(fficient) “Atom” cores in a single package. While in … Read more…

SiSoftware Sandra 20/21-R8x – New Memory & Cache Benchmarks

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Note: Releases R8 and R8x have been updated to R8z to address additional compatibility issues. Note2: ARM64 support has shipped with the R9 release. We are pleased to release R8z (version 31.60) update for Sandra 20/21 with the following changes: Sandra 20/21 Press Release We are continuing to make multi-threading … Read more…

Mythical Intel 12th Gen Core AlderLake 40C/40T E-Cores (i11-12911E) – AVX2 Extrapolated Performance ;)

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What is this “AlderLake-E”? After considering whether the recently released AlderLake (ADL) would have been better with 10 big/P(erformance) Cores and AVX512 rather than hybrid – someone asked why not the other way round? Why not just use LITTLE/E(fficient) Atom cores and no big/P cores? Note that Intel had such … Read more…

Mythical Intel 12th Gen Core AlderLake 10C/20T big/P Cores (i11-12999X) – AVX512 Extrapolated Performance

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What is this “AlderLake-X”? ADL has now been launched – with AVX512 disabled: but, for the moment, it is possible to enable AVX512 on some boards; at least until the next microcode update. Some users have managed to benchmark ADL with AVX512 enabled (only big/P Cores enabled, LITTLE/E Atom cores … Read more…

big/Performance Core Performance Analysis (Intel 12th Gen Core AlderLake (i9-12900K))

What is “AlderLake”? It is the “next-generation” (12th) Core architecture – replacing the short-lived “RocketLake” (RKL) that finally replaced the many, many “Skylake” (SKL) derivative architectures (6th-10th). It is the 1st mainstream “hybrid” arch – i.e. combining big/P(erformant) “Core” cores with LITTLE/E(fficient) “Atom” cores in a single package. While in … Read more…