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http://techgage.com/news/amd-shares-fresh-mantle-numbers-promises-driver-to-support-it-soon/
Oxide Games StarSwarm is AMDs other proof-of-concept. Oxide consists of industry veterans from Firaxis and Microsoft Studios, so they seem like good candidates for executing Mantle at its full potential.
CPU-limited scenario: 319% (1080p) and 281% (1600p) performance improvement in the RTS test on Extreme settings with the AMD A10-7700K and an AMD Radeon R9 290X.
GPU-limited scenario: 5.1% (1080p) and 16.7% (1600p) performance improvement in the RTS test on Extreme settings with the Core i7-4960X and an AMD Radeon R7 260X
Average uplift for 1080p: 115.65% (Average of 290X and 260X data on the i7-4960X, A10-7700K, FX 8350 and i5-4670K)
Average uplift for 1600p: 75.19% (Average of 290X and 260X data on the i7-4960X, A10-7700K, FX 8350 and i5-4670K)
Well, thats quite a different picture. A 319% increase might seem a bit outlandish, but the reason for it has to do with some of the tasks Mantle takes off of the CPU. In this particular case, Mantle allows more units to be introduced into the game, an issue that a high-end CPU negates thanks to its extra performance potential. Even so, with Mantle enabled, a small gain can still be seen on high-end rigs. Its worth noting that a demo of StarSwarm is due out Thursday afternoon on Steam.