First Impressions of China’s Glenfly Arise 1020 GPU Aren’t Great

[erek]

Hmm

"In 3DMark 11, the Chinese graphics card, which we think uses mid-2000s era S3/Via GPU technology, scored as follows: Entry – E1980, Performance - P1081, and Extreme X275. What can we find for comparable reference points in the history of AMD / ATI / Nvidia graphics cards?

Looking back at a roundup of single-slot graphics cards on Tom’s Hardware dated June 2011, all of the models easily outpaced this Chinese GPU. We are talking about graphics cards such as the AMD Radeon HD 6850, Nvidia GeForce GTS 450, and Nvidia GeForce GT 440. That’s a shame, and to add insult to injury, ancient GPUs like the Radeon HD 7970 and GeForce GTX 680 appear to be about 10X faster than the Glenfly Arise 1020 using 3DMark 11 Extreme scores as a comparison metric.

Looking back at some Bilibili sourced tests, we saw evidence that the Glenfly Arise 1020 was about 60X slower than the relatively modern GeForce GTX 1060 (Geekbench OpenCL). It may not be quite that bad, but it's certainly not going to keep up with the best graphics cards.

Noting the above poor performance in last year’s tests and those by Löschzwerg today, we hope that some driver and OS wrangling could allow the new Chinese graphics card to improve over time. We know that it's pretty limited with its four CUs (256 shaders) mated with 2GB VRAM on a 64-bit bus, but these benchmark results are worse than expected.

Last time we mused whether the delivery of a working or improved quality Windows driver, or testing the Chinese hardware on a Chinese OS like the Tongxin/Galaxy Kirin operating system, would make a difference. However, we don't expect any massive changes in the coming months, especially considering the base hardware specs.

These early results remain interesting to see, and we hope Löschzwerg makes some good progress, alongside tech enthusiasts in China, in trying to demonstrate the full potential of the Glenfly Arise 1020. TL;DR: Making GPUs is hard."

Source: https://www.tomshardware.com/news/first-impressions-of-chinas-glenfly-arise-1020-gpu-arent-great

 

[Chimpee]

Pretty much DOA given this is weaker than current iGPU offers from AMD and Intel and cannot even compete in the used market. Just another reminder that starting a new GPU from scratch is tough with entrench players like Nvidia and AMD.

 

[Deleted member 162929]

This is just like authentication, how you know it's actually built in China, I don't see the problem.

 

[Elf_Boy]

Its a starting point.

CPU/GPU tech is very iterative and generational.

I see the question as less where they are now but more how "Moore's Law" they are going to be. With exponential growth they only need to be slightly more efficient with generational upgrades to get a superior curve.

Could it be done and can they do it are, I think, the operative questions.

 

[OutOfPhase]

Somewhere, perhaps several places (possibly at AMD, Intel, NVidia) some principal engineers took a sip of tea with a little nod, and even though they were alone said out-loud "Yep."