In DaVinci Resolve 18.6, Blackmagic is claiming up to a 4x improvement in Neural Engine performance for AMD GPUs, and a 2x improvement for NVIDIA. Is this a true claim, or a matter of cherry-picked results that won’t impact most users?


In DaVinci Resolve 18.6, Blackmagic is claiming up to a 4x improvement in Neural Engine performance for AMD GPUs, and a 2x improvement for NVIDIA. Is this a true claim, or a matter of cherry-picked results that won’t impact most users?

Blender expands AMD GPU support with HIP-RT integration. What is HIP-RT, and how much does it impreove rendering times?

Cinebench 2024 is with with new features and expanded compatibility. We look into what these features are and what this update means for benchmarking.

Installing add-in cards—like capture cards—can limit PCI-e bandwidth to the GPU. Does the reduction of PCI-e bandwidth harm performance in content-creation?

The AMD Radeon PRO W7600 and W7500 are the next installments in AMD’s Radeon PRO product line of professional GPUs. How do they compare to the last-gen W6600 and NVIDIAs closest-priced competitors?

Stable Diffusion is seeing more use for professional content creation work. How do NVIDIA RTX and Radeon PRO cards compare in this workflow?

Stable Diffusion is seeing more use for professional content creation work. How do NVIDIA GeForce and AMD Radeon cards compare in this workflow?

Hardware-accelerated GPU scheduling is a behind-the-scenes change in Windows to move processing GPU requests from the CPU to the GPU. Does enabling the feature have any impact on content creation performance?

AMD’s has released the Radeon PRO 7000 series of graphics cards featuring up to 48 GB of VRAM. How do they compare to NVIDIA’s RTX Ampere and Ada GPUs?

DDR5 memory has kits rated for up to 8400 Mbps, while desktop CPUs only officially support up to 5600 Mbps. How much does running at official specifications actually impact performance in common content creation applications?