nMP D700 Benchmark

[tecnezio]

Finally some benchmark of NMP and D700 visible at this address:

http://liftgammagain.com/forum/inde...resolve-benchmarks-d700-vs-d500-vs-2010.2256/

What do you think?

 

[simsaladimbamba]

One has to be registered there to watch the JPEG & PDF with the results.

 

[Anim]

Something from the article

Interesting Note: The R9 280x in 10.8 appears as a "Tahiti XT Prototype Compute Engine", however in 10.9.1 is shows up as the "D700 Compute Engine". The R9 280x is basically identical to the original HD 7970 released in 2011. This verifies that the D700s in the 2013 Mac Pro are essentially HD 7970s with 6GB of Vram.

 

[razer]

Which then makes the price apple is asking stupidly expensive! from the quick google ive done

 

[Anim]

Which then makes the price apple is asking stupidly expensive! from the quick google ive done

Aye, but depends, I did a quick search too and they range from £200 to £400 for 3GB models, so lets assume they are worth £480 due to being 6GB (based on link) and we get two of them so £960 worth of GPU horsepower with the D700s. Makes it a little more easier on the wallet as Apple always adds on a margin.

Actually, found a 6GB 7970 for £480
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sapphire-11197-05-40G-HD7970-Vapor-X-Graphics/dp/B0094DVG7U

 

[G4DP]

Which then makes the price apple is asking stupidly expensive! from the quick google ive done

Nothing out of line with there entire policy on GPU's in the Pro Towers. They have always used GPU's that are at least 12 months old.

As for the price, nothing out of the ordinary there either. Given the normal mark up charge and then factor in the additional VRAM, the prices are inline.

It blows, but they are not doing anything that they haven't done for the past 10 years.

 

[VirtualRain]

Which then makes the price apple is asking stupidly expensive! from the quick google ive done

Or a bargain, depending on how you look at it. The D700 is also using the same core and amount of VRAM as the $3000 W9000.

 

[Anim]

Or a bargain, depending on how you look at it. The D700 is also using the same core and amount of VRAM as the $3000 W9000.

Nothing with these Dx00s cards are simple lol. I guess drivers are a factor we are not adding in to the cost when comparing to consumer 7970s and can hope Apple keep enhancing the driver for the professional market.

The oMP crowd might be able to benefit from this too by getting dual 7970's and having essentially D5/700s due to OSX drivers seeing them as that and enhancing the cards over their stock drivers?

 

[ozbimmer]

I can see dual 7970 being used in oMP as d700 although extra power is needed plus only 6gb VRAM is available compared to 12 in dual D700

 

[sparkplug37]

A quick summary of results are:

Resolve 9 Standard Candle: Winner = 2010 12C 2x280x

Juan Salvo's Standard Flashlight: Winner = 2010 12C 2x280x

Sapphire OFX: Winner = 2013 6c D500

4K Playback: Winner = 2013 12c D700

4K Spatial NR: Winner = 2010 12C 2x280x

HD Render: Winner = 2010 12C 2x280x

ARRIRAW Playback: Winner = 2013 12c D700

Sony F65 Playback: Winner = 2013 12c D700

Blackmagic 2.5K BMCC Playback: Winner = 2013 12c D700

Phantom Flex Playback: Winners = 2010 12c 280x, 2010 12c 2x280x, 2013 12c D700

RED R3D Playback: Winner = 2013 12c D700

REDCINE-X GPU Debayer: Winner = 2013 12c D700

 

[666sheep]

The oMP crowd might be able to benefit from this too by getting dual 7970's and having essentially D5/700s due to OSX drivers seeing them as that and enhancing the cards over their stock drivers?

Not so simple. In 10.9.2 magic is gone. Apple has changed cards identification in drivers and OpenCL framework. 7970 uses Tahiti XT OpenGL and OpenCL engine, and so far there's no straightforward method to force OS to load D700 one for 7970. Same story is with other 7xxx cards with device IDs matching Dxxx.

 

[Anim]

Not so simple. In 10.9.2 magic is gone. Apple has changed cards identification in drivers and OpenCL framework. 7970 uses Tahiti XT OpenGL and OpenCL engine, and so far there's no straightforward method to force OS to load D700 one for 7970. Same story is with other 7xxx cards with device IDs matching Dxxx.

Have they done that to force an upgrade or some other reason?

 

[wheelhot]

Nothing with these Dx00s cards are simple lol. I guess drivers are a factor we are not adding in to the cost when comparing to consumer 7970s and can hope Apple keep enhancing the driver for the professional market.

The oMP crowd might be able to benefit from this too by getting dual 7970's and having essentially D5/700s due to OSX drivers seeing them as that and enhancing the cards over their stock drivers?

Haha, yeah cause workstation GPU is essentially the same as their gaming counterpart except for the driver and in this case, memory as well.

 

[mBox]

A quick summary of results are:

RED R3D Playback: Winner = 2013 12c D700

REDCINE-X GPU Debayer: Winner = 2013 12c D700

This is all that matters to me

 

[666sheep]

Have they done that to force an upgrade or some other reason?

I guess they don't want to give away free Dxxx Performance with "regular" OpenGL and OpenCL engine is 10-15% worse than it was with FirePro ones in 10.9.1 (at least in current beta).

 

[mrkennethtong]

Don't understand why don't you guys get me to do it.

I have every conceivable option on my Mac Pro...

 

[goMac]

Which then makes the price apple is asking stupidly expensive! from the quick google ive done

The D700 is the W9000 which is the 280x.

They're all related, yet do a Google search on the price for all three.

 

[lupinglade]

Don't understand why don't you guys get me to do it.

I have every conceivable option on my Mac Pro...

Battlefield 4 benchmark w/ D700 would be interesting.

 

[Sinx2oic]

Battlefield 4 benchmark w/ D700 would be interesting.

I too would like to see how the CF D700 does with games in windows.

Unfortunately Mr tong has never posted anything useful. He could always prove me wrong and benchmark as many games as he can with his D700's. But I doubt it. On a positive I think barefeat will be doing it soon anyway.

 

[ozbimmer]

I too would like to see how the CF D700 does with games in windows.

Unfortunately Mr tong has never posted anything useful. He could always prove me wrong and benchmark as many games as he can with his D700's. But I doubt it. On a positive I think barefeat will be doing it soon anyway.

I think mr kt has the time and money to help you My concern is whether it's done properly as it appears that he's technically challenged in many aspects. If he manage to get one done, we still need evidence from other sources

 

[wheelhot]

Don't understand why don't you guys get me to do it.

I have every conceivable option on my Mac Pro...

Run a specviewperf 11 and 12 pls!

specviewperf 11 because there are more benchmark results to compare to
specviewperf 12 cause it's supposedly better for AMD FirePros but the result cannot be compared between the two

 

[mrkennethtong]

Run a specviewperf 11 and 12 pls!

specviewperf 11 because there are more benchmark results to compare to
specviewperf 12 cause it's supposedly better for AMD FirePros but the result cannot be compared between the two

Where do I get this stuff from?

 

[wheelhot]

Where do I get this stuff from?

My bad, it's Windows only though, so I hope you have Windows installed

More info about SPECviewperf® 12
SPECviewperf® 12 Download Page

SPECviewperf® 11 Download Page

Thanks!