Friday, September 6th 2019
Intel Sourgrapes AMD's Creator Performance Leadership with Laughably Dubious Data
Intel as part of its IFA Berlin client-segment presentation resorted to some very juvenile marketing tactics, inviting criticism from noted PC enthusiast Der8auer. Intel scampered to reclaim its market position in the PC gaming space with the announcement of the Core i9-9900KS 8-core processor, which armed with a 5.00 GHz all-core Turbo Boost frequency, is expected to cement the company's gaming performance leadership. The company didn't leave it at that, and went on to attack AMD's creator performance leadership.
Der8auer observed something curious about a few slides in particular that Intel used to discredit AMD's high-end desktop processors, relating to its Creator performance as tested in Maxon Cinema 4D's benchmark program, Cinebench. Intel claimed that AMD cannot use Cinebench data to represent "real-world" performance as "only 0.22 percent" of users polled by Intel's "Software Improvement Program" respondents use Maxon Cinema 4D. And who are these respondents? Close to 11 million of them, _all_ of whom are notebook and tablet users, and a majority of whom have Software Improvement Program part of OEM bloatware. This, according to Der8auer, is fundamentally dishonest on Intel's part as Maxon Cinema 4D is less likely to be used on portable computers, and more likely on premium desktops or HEDTs. You can watch Der8auer's vlog here (English) or here (German).
The complete slide-deck follows.
Der8auer observed something curious about a few slides in particular that Intel used to discredit AMD's high-end desktop processors, relating to its Creator performance as tested in Maxon Cinema 4D's benchmark program, Cinebench. Intel claimed that AMD cannot use Cinebench data to represent "real-world" performance as "only 0.22 percent" of users polled by Intel's "Software Improvement Program" respondents use Maxon Cinema 4D. And who are these respondents? Close to 11 million of them, _all_ of whom are notebook and tablet users, and a majority of whom have Software Improvement Program part of OEM bloatware. This, according to Der8auer, is fundamentally dishonest on Intel's part as Maxon Cinema 4D is less likely to be used on portable computers, and more likely on premium desktops or HEDTs. You can watch Der8auer's vlog here (English) or here (German).
90 Comments on Intel Sourgrapes AMD's Creator Performance Leadership with Laughably Dubious Data
Intel simply uses whatever suits them to showcase that their products are superior.
Where's the Qualcomm 8cx? Intel is using the old 850 instead. Not saying Qualcomm based notebooks are of any use, but even so, Intel are comparing a high-end part vs. the competitions old part.
medium.com/performance-at-intel/real-world-performance-ifa-without-compromise-9f2dff21c277
They couldn't buy this much coverage and attention normally. Some PR guy is somewhere out there sitting laughing and thinking to him self, I can't believe it was this easy. His bonus check is going to be pretty big.
@Durvelle27 Has the latest drivers from yesterday/two days ago fixed any of your issues yet with Navi?
I don't remember Intel ever rehashing a single CPU architecture (KBL/CFL/WHL/CML = SKL) for full four years and counting. That's a clusterfuq of epic proportions. Looks like they fired Brian Krzanich far too late.
Over 10 million system infected.
I'm curious, if Intel is bashing AMD Turbo clock and stated that Cinebench is not real, doesn't that mean Intel "might" struggling with their turbo clock at rated TDP? Like, I don't see any of image above they had advantage at maximum load :pIntel should thanks to partner like HPE , Dell and Lenovo for treating their Celeron better with dual channel SODIMM and SSD while giving Ryzen single channel and 5400rpm drive. So much for real world :rolleyes:
Love the Disclaimers Slide lol
Intel WORST NIGHTMARE is happening right now, they have to lower prices and go in to a defensive position competing with only price/performance and skewed data because they are NOT the leader anymore.