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…
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…
What is “Zen4” (Ryzen 7000)? AMD’s Zen4 (“Raphael”) is the 4rd generation ZEN core – aka the new 7000-series of CPUs from AMD – that brings brand new features like AVX512 ISA (instruction set support), DDR5 and PCIe5. These do require a brand new platform (AM5) almost a decade since … Read more…
What is “Zen4” (Ryzen 7000)? AMD’s Zen4 (“Raphael”) is the 4rd generation ZEN core – aka the new 7000-series of CPUs from AMD – that brings brand new features like AVX512 ISA (instruction set support), DDR5 and PCIe5. These do require a brand new platform (AM5) almost a decade since … Read more…
What is “Zen4” (Ryzen 7000)? AMD’s Zen4 (“Raphael”) is the 4rd generation ZEN core – aka the new 7000-series of CPUs from AMD – that brings brand new features like AVX512 ISA (instruction set support), DDR5 and PCIe5. These do require a brand new platform (AM5) almost a decade since … Read more…
What are AVX, AVX512? AVX or “Advanced Vector eXtensions” is a family of SIMD instructions on x86/x64 that have expanded the old SSE/2 (Streaming SIMD Extensions) that themselves have extended/expanded the original SIMD x86 instruction set: MMX (Multi-Media eXtensions). AVX2 increases the width to 256-bit while AVX512 increases the width … Read more…
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…
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…
What is “Sapphire Rapids”? It is the “next-generation” Xeon (big Core-X) architecture, replacing the “Ice Lake X” / “Cascade Lake X” arch on HEDT platform. It consists only of big/P(erformant) gen 12 “Alder Lake X” cores (without any LITTLE/E(fficient) “Atom” cores) thus it is not a hybrid design. While mainly … Read more…
We are pleased to release R15c (version 31.100) update for Sandra 20/21 with the following changes: Sandra 20/21 Press Release We are releasing a maintenance release that includes various updates and fixes to benchmarks and hardware support. Please don’t forget to submit benchmark results to the Official SiSoftware Ranker! Many … Read more…
We are pleased to release R14c (version 31.97) update for Sandra 20/21 with the following changes: Sandra 20/21 Press Release We are releasing a maintenance release that includes various updates and fixes to benchmarks and hardware support. Please don’t forget to submit benchmark results to the Official SiSoftware Ranker! Many … Read more…
Note: R13c, R13b and R13a have replaced original R13 with additional fixes and work-arounds. We are pleased to release R13c (version 31.91) update for Sandra 20/21 with the following changes: Sandra 20/21 Press Release We are releasing more server hardware updates and fixes for existing Intel “Whitley”/”Ice Lake” ICL-SP, Intel … Read more…
What is “WoW”? “WoW” stands for “Windows-on-Windows” is the compatibility/emulation layer that allows the execution of different architecture applications on the same version of Windows. Originally (in the days of Windows NT) it allowed running 16-bit x86 legacy applications on 32-bit x86 Windows NT. Today, with 64-bit Windows, it allows … Read more…
What is “WoW”? “WoW” stands for “Windows-on-Windows” is the compatibility/emulation layer that allows the execution of different architecture applications on the same version of Windows. Originally (in the days of Windows NT) it allowed running 16-bit x86 legacy applications on 32-bit x86 Windows NT. Today, with 64-bit Windows, it allows … Read more…
