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Barren791

Oct 15, 2012 @ 6:42pm

3DMark 11 or Vantage?

Which one is better for benchmarking? Is there a difference or is one a newer than the other?

Last edited by UL_James; Oct 22, 2012 @ 4:31am

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UL_James Oct 16, 2012 @ 5:49am

3DMark 11 is the latest version and is designed for testing PCs with DirectX 11 compatible hardware. 3DMark Vantage is for testing DirectX 10 hardware.

Barren791

Oct 16, 2012 @ 12:50pm

Thank you

HYP3RSTRIKE has 3DMark 11

Dec 30, 2012 @ 6:38pm

FM_KingKat, can 3DMark11 benchmark DX10 systems also? I've purchased both Vantage and 11 based on the info the app page told me, that they run exclusively to each card type.

Barren791

Dec 30, 2012 @ 8:21pm

Have my new ram, ssd and crossfire card coming this week from the Boxing Day sales. Canèt wait to test my new scores.

UL_James Jan 8, 2013 @ 1:57am

Originally posted by Hyperstrike™ BiohazeGaming:
FM_KingKat, can 3DMark11 benchmark DX10 systems also? I've purchased both Vantage and 11 based on the info the app page told me, that they run exclusively to each card type.

Sorry for not replying sooner. You can run 3DMark Vantage on both DirectX 10 and DirectX 11 based systems, but you cannot run 3DMark 11 on DirectX 10 systems.

DirectX 10 hardware - use 3DMark Vantage
DirectX 11 hardware - use 3DMark 11 (ideally) or 3DMark Vantage

Hope that makes sense?

HYP3RSTRIKE has 3DMark 11

Jan 18, 2013 @ 12:17am

Yes it does. Thank you.

nya[dc] Feb 23, 2013 @ 9:51am

As far as an overall synthetic benchmark is concerned I find Vantage to be an infinitely better solution, 3DMark 11 is primarily taking a score based upon GPU performance. I know it uses the CPU as well and that is calculated in but CPU state changes do not affect your score very much as it is mainly putting load on the GPU hardware.

Vantage however stresses the CPU and GPU very evenly which means that if you are doing overclocks and trying to attain a higher score you will see that reflected in the numbers. My CPU sits at 29,800 or so and my GPU's at 32,000, so you can see that if anything were to change I would be able to notice very clearly, if I dropped off my 4.4 ghz overclock my CPU score would probably drop by 5,000 or more.

Last edited by nya[dc]; Feb 23, 2013 @ 9:52am

UL_Jarnis [developer] Feb 23, 2013 @ 11:19pm

Well, not really. What you are seeing is that Vantage, being older and having a somewhat lighter load on the GPU, is starting to hit the CPU limitations of your system - hence overclocking the CPU has a larger influence on the scores than in 11.

new 3DMark has a set of three - first (Ice Storm) is pretty much all about CPU on high end desktops (it is designed for tablets), second (Cloud Gate) is somewhat comparable to what you are seeing with Vantage - CPU matters a lot there too while third (Fire Strike) is very GPU-heavy. Pick and choose the one you want :)