Items tagged with ul

by Paul Lilly - Thu, Feb 11, 2021

3DMark Adds Interactive Mesh Shader Benchmark To Test DX12 Ultimate Ready Graphics Cards

Two days ago, Raja Koduri teased Intel's next-generation Xe-HGP gaming GPU running a new and, at the time, unreleased 3DMark Mesh Shader feature test. There was no information provided about the GPU, like what clockspeed it was running at or how it fared in the new benchmark. However, if you want to run it yourself... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Wed, Apr 15, 2020

UL Delists Over 50 Phones Using MediaTek Chips Following PCMark Cheating Scandal

A week ago, we brought you news of a cheating scandal involving MediaTek and its popular [with low-end smartphones] Helio P95 SoC. The company was found to be gaming the system in UL's PCMark benchmark utility, posting overall scores that were inflated by as much as 30 percent due to a hidden “Sports Mode”. The... Read more...

by Brandon Hill - Fri, Sep 07, 2018

Huawei And UL Issue Joint Statement Over 3DMark Benchmark Cheating

Yesterday afternoon, we reported on Huawei's rather suspect "optimizations" when it comes to its smartphones running 3DMark. The company was caught red-handed cheating by AnandTech, and UL took the drastic move to delist benchmark results for the P20, P20 Pro, Nova 3 and Honor Play. At the time, UL stated, "We found... Read more...