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2013 SP1a
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SiSoftware Sandra 2013 SP1a Released: London, UK, 4th Feb 2013 - New Memory Transaction Throughput benchmark.
Measures the transaction throughput of the memory sub-system using different locks and update algorithms. It shows the improvement the new transactional synchronisation extensions (TSX: HLE and RTM of Intel Haswell and future AMD CPUs) bring to locking mechanisms that are used in modern multithreaded operating systems and applications.
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2013 RTM
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SiSoftware Sandra 2013 Released: London, UK, 5th November 2012 - Updated Device Performance Certification, New Drivers/Firmware Notification, Windows 8 support.
While Sandra has been updated for the brand-new Windows 8 / Server 2012 operating systems, we have not forgotten Windows 7, Vista or XP users - all new features and enhancements are supported on all operating systems.
As SiSoftware operates a "just-in-time" release cycle, some features were introduced in Sandra 2012 service packs: in Sandra 2013 they have been updated and enhanced based on all the feedback received.
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DirectX Compute Shader GPGPU
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SiSoftware DirectX Compute Shader Support Released: London, UK, 4th January 2010 - SiSoftware releases its suite of DirectX 11 Compute Shader GPGPU benchmarks as part of SiSoftware Sandra 2010.
Compute Shader/DirectCompute is a new programmable shader stage introduced with DirectX 11 that expands Direct3D beyond graphics programming. We believe Compute Shader/DirectCompute will become "the standard" for programming parallel workloads in Windows, thus we have ported all our GPGPUs benchmarks to DirectX 11 Compute Shader/DirectCompute. more...
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OpenCL GPGPU
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SiSoftware OpenCL Support Released: London, UK, 30th November 2009 - SiSoftware releases its suite of OpenCL GPGPU benchmarks as part of SiSoftware Sandra 2010.
OpenCL is an open standard for running parallel tasks on GPUs, CPUs and hardware accelerators using the same code - unlike proprietary solutions. We believe OpenCL will become "the standard" for programming parallel workloads in the future, thus we have ported all our GPGPUs benchmarks to OpenCL. more...
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| Benchmarking 101 |
| We have started a series of articles to detail the new benchmarks of the latest version, Sandra 2013. |
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Sandra 2013 : Measuring GP (GPU/APU) Cache and Memory Latencies (updated) @ SiSoftware |
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Sandra 2013 : Benchmarks: Messen von GP (GPU / APU) Cache- und Speicher-Latenzen @ SiSoftware [German] |
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Sandra 2012 : Intel Android Phone (Xolo X900 / San Diego): Beating ARM at its own game? @ SiSoftware |
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Sandra 2012 : Intel Mobile Ivy Bridge: Worthy upgrade? (Turbo) @ SiSoftware |
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Sandra 2012 : Intel Mobile Ivy Bridge: Core Comparison (non-Turbo) @ SiSoftware |
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Sandra 2012 : Measuring Cache and Memory Latency (access patters, paging and TLBs) @ SiSoftware |
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| Reviews, Tweaks and Benchmarks |
| Here are the very latest reviews using Sandra from around the Internet: |
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Sandra 2012 : AMD A10-5800K APU @ Technic 3D [German] |
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Sandra 2012 : AMD Trinity Review: The A10 5800K and A8 5600K Break Cover @ PC Perspective |
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Sandra 2012 : AMD A10-5800K Trinity Desktop APU Review @ Legit Reviews |
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Sandra 2012 : AMD A10 and A8 Trinity APU: Virgo CPU Performance @ Hot Hardware |
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Sandra 2012 : AMD A10 5800K review @ Guru of 3D |
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Sandra 2012 : AMD A10-5800K e A8-5600K: completa analisi delle APU di seconda generazione @ Bits and Chips [Italian] |
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| For a complete list of reviews, check out Reviews & Benchmark Results. If we're missing a recent review, please contact us. |
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