Over at gfxspeak they have results from Jon Peddie’s recent evaluation of NVidia’s new Kepler cards with some CAD benchmarks like Cinebench and Cadalyst. The results are most impressive when comparing the new Quadro K5000 to the older Quadro5000.
The Cadalyst 2012 results proved a good showcase for the C30 and both new Quadro K-series cards. We have a limited history with the 2012 update of the benchmark, but suffice to say that these scores were well beyond what has been reported by third parties in the past year. Furthermore, the K5000-equipped C30 eclipsed the marks set by the C30 with the Fermi-generation Quadro 5000 … and by a substantial margin: 18.6% on the 3D index, 52.6% on the 2D index, and 18.1% on total index. The 18.1% total score is an impressive generation-to-generation gain for a graphics card running a system-level benchmark on the same system as its predecessor.
I was a little disappointed, I had expected bigger improvements. It could be that the results from a benchmark suite aren’t actually representative of what you’ll see in day-to-day use, or perhaps better drivers will improve things even further.
What are your thoughts?
