Wednesday, November 14th 2012

New 3DMark to Compare Windows, Windows RT, Android and iOS Devices

Futuremark has announced that the next version of 3DMark, its popular benchmarking software, will offer cross platform testing capabilities on Windows, Windows RT, Android and iOS devices. With three all new tests Futuremark says 3DMark can be used with the full range of hardware from smartphones and tablets, to notebooks and home PCs, to the latest high-end, multi-GPU gaming desktops. Futuremark expects to launch the new 3DMark before the end of the year.

3DMark is well known in PC circles as the go-to benchmark for testing the latest Windows gaming PCs and video cards. Today Futuremark announced that the next version of 3DMark will also be available on Android, iOS and Windows RT devices. Futuremark says 3DMark scores will be directly comparable across platforms providing valuable insight into the performance differences between competing devices and operating systems.

A new video for the 3DMark benchmark shows an impressively detailed test running on a range of devices including a Microsoft Surface for Windows RT, Google Nexus 7, ASUS Eee Pad Transformer Prime, Samsung GALAXY S III, Apple iPad 4th gen, iPad mini and an iPhone 5.

With three all new tests, Futuremark says 3DMark can be used to measure the performance of hardware from OpenGL ES 2.0 mobile devices to high-performance DirectX 11 gaming PCs and everything in between.

The Ice Storm test is designed for mobile devices and entry-level hardware. It includes two graphics tests focusing on GPU performance and a physics test designed to measure CPU performance. On Windows, Ice Storm uses a DirectX 11 engine limited to Direct3D feature level 9. On Android and iOS, Ice Storm uses OpenGL ES 2.0. The test content, settings and rendering resolution are the same on all platforms and scores can be compared across Windows, Windows RT, Android and iOS.

Cloud Gate is a new test that is designed for Windows notebooks and typical home PCs. Cloud Gate includes two graphics tests and a physics test. Cloud Gate uses a DirectX 11 engine limited to Direct3D feature level 10_0 making it suitable for testing DirectX 10 compatible hardware. Cloud Gate will initially only be available in the Windows version of 3DMark.

The Fire Strike test is designed for high-performance gaming PCs. Fire Strike includes two graphics tests, a physics test and a combined test that stresses both the CPU and GPU at the same time. Fire Strike uses a DirectX 11 engine and is designed for testing DirectX 11 compatible hardware. Fire Strike will initially only be available in the Windows version of 3DMark.

3DMark is currently in development and is expected to be released before the end of the year.

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17 Comments on New 3DMark to Compare Windows, Windows RT, Android and iOS Devices

#1
natr0n
I bet tablets will overheat and possibly fail cause of this benchmark.
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#2
TheMailMan78
Big Member
Not sure the point of a GPU benchmark on fixed hardware platforms. Its not like a driver upgrade will yield you vastly better FPS on a iPhone.
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#3
FYFI13
natr0nI bet tablets will overheat and possibly fail cause of this benchmark.
Also it might cause earthquakes and tornado's in Europe, be careful with that thing.
TheMailMan78ot sure the point of a GPU benchmark on fixed hardware platforms.
It'll allow us to compare the performance of different devices/kernels/performance gains when overclocking (obviously i'm talking here about Android devices).
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#4
hardcore_gamer
I bet Apple will block it if it shows lower scores on iOS.
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#5
3870x2
hardcore_gamerI bet Apple will block it if it shows lower scores on iOS.
IOS devices are actually pretty fast. Even the iPhone 5 beats out the Intel Atom processor by a good margin. With the Unreal engine, the 5 could probably do graphics better than an xbox 360.
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#6
Initialised
I want to melt my Galaxy Nexus with this.
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#7
Prima.Vera
This in interesting. Looking forward to see how much comparable are tablets and phones with 5-6 years old PCs...
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#8
dj-electric
Brace yourselves, massive migration of E-Peens to mobile devices are coming.
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#9
phanbuey
hardcore_gamerI bet Apple will block it if it shows lower scores on iOS.
It's not like microsoft won't when it shows what a pile the RT surface is.
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#10
Frick
Fishfaced Nincompoop
Prima.VeraThis in interesting. Looking forward to see how much comparable are tablets and phones with 5-6 years old PCs...
That would put them up against Core 2 Quads and Duos, I don't think they're up for it yet. :laugh:
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#11
GSquadron
Nice stuff. But i guess something is going to overheat!
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#12
Atom_Anti
Cool, I want test the new Nexus 4. I thought it is coming right after the Windows 8 start!
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#13
cdawall
where the hell are my stars
Will be interesting to see how my phone compares to my AMD based netbook.
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#14
Prima.Vera
FrickThat would put them up against Core 2 Quads and Duos, I don't think they're up for it yet. :laugh:
No way Jose! Even the fastest tablet is more like a Pentium 3 equivalent, relax. I'm on Core 2 Quad, and still everything is blazing fast compared to any mobile or tablet. Relax!
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#15
Steevo
Meaningless on mobile?
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#16
TheMailMan78
Big Member
SteevoMeaningless on mobile?
Yeah I kinda said that in the third post......I fully agree with ya. :laugh:
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