Best Workstation PC for RealityCapture (Spring 2020)
Written on July 10, 2020 by William GeorgeA short article covering some of the best computer system configurations for photogrammetry in RealityCapture.
Best Workstation PC for Metashape (Spring 2020)
Written on July 10, 2020 by William GeorgeA short article covering some of the best computer system configurations for photogrammetry in Metashape.
3ds Max 2021 CPU Roundup: Intel vs AMD
Written on July 8, 2020 by Kelly ShipmanThe release of 3ds Max 2021, as well as new CPUs from Intel and AMD, it was time for a new round of hardware testing. This was also a great opportunity to begin building a new benchmark suite to test many of the common actions within 3ds Max such as modeling, simulations and rendering. There has been a lot of changes within 3ds Max as well as with CPUs in the years since our last pass, so let's see how Max handles now.
RealityCapture 1.0.3 HT / SMT Performance Analysis
Written on July 2, 2020 by William GeorgeWe've observed that some photogrammetry applications seem to perform better with lower core count processors, so we wanted to look at whether Hyperthreading and Simultaneous Multithreading could be negatively impacting performance in these programs. Next up is RealityCapture.
Pix4D 4.5.6 HT / SMT Performance Analysis
Written on July 1, 2020 by William GeorgeWe've observed that some photogrammetry applications seem to perform better with lower core count processors, so we wanted to look at whether Hyperthreading and Simultaneous Multithreading could be negatively impacting performance in these programs. Next up is Pix4Dmapper.
Agisoft Metashape 1.6.2 HT / SMT Performance Analysis
Written on June 30, 2020 by William GeorgeWe have observed that some photogrammetry applications seem to perform better with lower core count processors, so we wanted to look at whether Hyperthreading and Simultaneous Multithreading could be negatively impacting performance in these programs - starting with Agisoft Metashape.
SOLIDWORKS 2020 SP1 Intel Core 10th Gen CPU Performance
Written on June 26, 2020 by William GeorgeIntel recently updated their mainstream Core processor series, and since we had tested SOLIDWORKS 2020 SP1 pretty recently we thought it would be good to run these new CPUs through the same testing to see how they compare with other Intel and AMD models.
Premiere Pro 14.2 GPU Roundup - NVIDIA GeForce SUPER vs AMD Radeon
Written on June 18, 2020 by Matt BachDepending on the number of GPU-accelerated effects you use, a higher-end GPU can give you a nice performance boost in Premiere Pro. But is it better to go with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX video card, or one of AMD's Radeon GPUs?
Best Workstation PC for V-Ray Next GPU (Spring 2020)
Written on June 15, 2020 by William GeorgeA short article covering some of the best computer system configurations for rendering with V-Ray Next GPU.
Best Workstation PC for V-Ray Next CPU (Spring 2020)
Written on June 12, 2020 by William GeorgeA short article covering some of the best computer system configurations for rendering with V-Ray Next CPU.
Best Workstation PC for Pix4D (Spring 2020)
Written on June 11, 2020 by William GeorgeA short article covering some of the best computer system configurations for photogrammetry in Pix4D.
Best Workstation PC for Redshift 3D (Spring 2020)
Written on June 10, 2020 by William GeorgeThe second entry in a series of short articles looking at the best computer system specs for a variety of popular applications focuses on Redshift by Maxon.
Premiere Pro 14.2 H.264/H.265 Hardware Encoding Performance
Written on June 4, 2020 by Matt BachIn the 14.2 version of Premiere Pro, Adobe has added support for GPU-based H264/H.265 (HEVC) hardware encoding with both NVIDIA and AMD GPUs. How well does this feature work, and how much faster is it than the previous hardware encoding that utilized Intel Quicksync?
Agisoft Metashape Performance: Intel Core 10th Gen vs AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen
Written on May 20, 2020 by William GeorgeIntel's new 10th Gen Core processors are out now, with an increased number of cores and very high clock speeds. How do they stack up against AMD's Ryzen chips and other current models for photogrammetry workloads in Agisoft Metashape?
Pix4D Performance: Intel Core 10th Gen vs AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen
Written on May 20, 2020 by William GeorgeIntel's new 10th Gen Core processors are out now, with an increased number of cores and very high clock speeds. How do they stack up against AMD's Ryzen chips and other current models for photogrammetry workloads in Pix4D?
RealityCapture Performance: Intel Core 10th Gen vs AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen
Written on May 20, 2020 by William GeorgeIntel's new 10th Gen Core processors are out now, with an increased number of cores and very high clock speeds. How do they stack up against AMD's Ryzen chips and other current models for photogrammetry workloads in RealityCapture?
Cinema 4D CPU Rendering Performance: Intel Core 10th Gen vs AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen
Written on May 20, 2020 by William GeorgeIntel's new 10th Gen Core processors are out now, with an increased number of cores and very high clock speeds. How do they stack up against AMD's Ryzen chips and other current models in a heavily threaded environment like Cinema 4D's CPU-based rendering?
V-Ray CPU Rendering Performance: Intel Core 10th Gen vs AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen
Written on May 20, 2020 by William GeorgeIntel's new 10th Gen Core processors are out now, with an increased number of cores and very high clock speeds. How do they stack up against AMD's Ryzen chips and other current models in a heavily threaded environment like V-Ray's CPU-based rendering?
Photoshop CPU performance: Intel Core 10th Gen vs AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen
Written on May 20, 2020 by Matt BachWhen AMD released their Ryzen 3rd Gen CPUs in 2019, they very slightly out-performed Intel's 9th Gen processors. Intel's new 10th Gen lineup should allow them to take back the Photoshop performance crown, but will it be by a noticeable amount, or just a few percent?
Lightroom Classic CPU performance: Intel Core 10th Gen vs AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen
Written on May 20, 2020 by Matt BachLightroom Classic has a number of interesting performance quirks - chief among them the fact that AMD processors are overwhelming faster than Intel processors for a number of tasks like exporting and generating smart previews. Will this hold true for the new Intel 10th Gen processors, or will we see Intel take over as our go-to recommendation for Lightroom Classic?
After Effects CPU performance: Intel Core 10th Gen vs AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen
Written on May 20, 2020 by Matt BachIntel processors have long been our recommendation for After Effects workstations, although AMD's Ryzen 3rd Gen CPUs closed the gap to the point that there was little benefit to using one brand over the other. With the launch of the new Intel 10th Gen desktop processors, however, Intel has the chance to regain the lead for After Effects.
Premiere Pro CPU performance: Intel Core 10th Gen vs AMD Ryzen 3rd Gen
Written on May 20, 2020 by Matt BachWhen AMD released their Ryzen 3rd Gen CPUs in 2019, they were able to match (or beat) Intel at most price points. Will Intel's new 10th Gen lineup allow them to take back the Premiere Pro performance crown?
Best Workstation PC for OctaneRender (Spring 2020)
Written on May 5, 2020 by William GeorgeIn a new series of short articles we will be looking at the best computer system specs for a variety of popular applications, starting with OctaneRender by OTOY.
Inventor 2020 GPU Performance
Written on April 29, 2020 by William GeorgeWe put several Quadro video cards to the test in Autodesk Inventor 2020.2, using Inventor Bench, to see if there is a benefit to having a higher performance GPU in this application.
Revit 2020 GPU Performance
Written on April 29, 2020 by William GeorgeWe put several Quadro video cards to the test in Autodesk Revit 2020.2, using RFO Benchmark, to see if there is a benefit to having a higher performance GPU in this application.