Intel was found to be cheating on 3DMark

Article title: Intel was found to be cheating on 3DMark. Linux is a technology channel of the IT lab in China. Includes basic categories such as desktop applications, Linux system management, kernel research, embedded systems, and open source.

Image-driven performance optimization for specific applications is regarded as a kind of cheating. of course, the current driver's optimization for the game is very popular among players. if it can improve the game experience, why? But what do you think if the benchmark testing software is optimized to improve the test score? Intel does this.

3duremark's 3DMark is one of the most popular GPU testing tools. to make the test fair, Futuremark explicitly prohibits the optimization of 3DMark in the driver. However, Intel does not seem to want to play a fair game. AMD claims that Intel's Windows 7 integrated graphics card driver has been optimized for 3DMark, and Techreport investigation confirms this: they use 3 DMark Vantage 1.0.1, in Windows 7 versions ).

The results were surprising. the scores of the two tests were significantly different, and the CPU scores were also significantly different. In other words, Intel enables the CPU to take part of the GPU workload in the driver, thus artificially increasing the test score. Techreport asked Intel about this. Intel admitted that they asked the CPU to help execute vertex processing in the driver, but thought it was to enhance overall performance, saying 3 DMark Vantage was only one of them, other particularly optimized games include Call of Juarez, Crysis, Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions and Company of Heroes.