Armari Magnetar M16E-AW1200-GPU Workstation Review

SPECviewperf 12, released by SPEC's Graphics Performance Characterization group (SPECgpc) on December 18, 2013, is an all-new version of the worldwide standard for measuring graphics performance based on professional applications. SPECgpc members at the time of release include AMD, Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Intel, Lenovo, NEC and NVIDIA.

SPECviewperf 12 measures the 3D graphics performance of systems running under the OpenGL and Direct X application programming interfaces. The benchmark’s test files, called viewsets, represent graphics content and behavior from actual applications.

With the AMD FirePro W8100, the Armari posts a commendable set of results, and here the K5000 comparison is a bit more varied. The latter powers ahead in the Solidworks-based sw-03 and creo-01, with a small lead in catia-04. But the W8100 is ahead in snx-02, showcase-01, medical-01 and, perhaps most significantly, the maya-04 viewset, with a small lead in energy-01. So the card to choose really depends on which applications you mostly run.

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