AMD FirePro V3900: Pro Performance, Bargain Price
SpecViewPerf 11
SPECviewperf 11 is
an industry standard, workstation-class, OpenGL performance benchmark.
This software suite was released in June 2010 from the SPECgpc project
group, and updated February 2011. It features a new GUI that accompanies
the fully updated viewsets traced from newer versions of real world
applications. The current iteration tests OpenGL performance in
Lightwave, CATIA, EnSight, Maya, Pro/Engineer, SolidWorks, Siemens
Teamcenter Visualization Mockup, and Siemens NX. Lightwave and Maya are
both 3D rendering programs; the other software packages are used in
CAD/CAM work.
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As you can see, the performance difference
between the two cards varies depending on the application. Some tests,
like the Pro/Engineer workload, show a 2% difference, while the V3900 is
47% faster than the V3800 in EnSight and 45% faster in Maya. The V3900
is an average of 21% faster than the V3800 in the entire SpecViewPerf 11
test set. The Radeon HD 6870 lags even the V3800 by a considerable margin, it's
dead last in every benchmark save for EnSight-04, where it wins the
test.
Now, let's consider performance in specific applications.
