Return-Path: Received: from mail-ob0-f169.google.com ([209.85.214.169] verified) by media-motion.tv (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 4.2.10) with ESMTP-TLS id 4725390 for AE-List@media-motion.tv; Sat, 26 May 2012 20:48:51 +0200 Received: by obbwd18 with SMTP id wd18so3204342obb.28 for ; Sat, 26 May 2012 11:50:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:from:date:message-id:subject:to:content-type; bh=OwqGyY5euidrV9pdkZ0CV0NkNXSr3f8qKSZNqIpZxso=; b=Mt1Gc1MhVz40I+cou0UxUGTkK18SgKUOeqOwEwGbZa8DZ7awwBi38a8AwmKlrfPT4J 6ZW75aj1B6YxZwihSIV5YoxL2fgvf3yCPqRGM5vwead0R6s0wP5cUOw2bZMd8Sb0T9N8 oiZwTw7eKhIfrN0xfcyrWK0+w6Ug6ajjP9VGMJnV8/WkbK5P2o/jKu1ITJu22I4Pmzp2 6YX4tLZ5C+5znZlCeksoIP7tRhij4K3XfqkjS7uoD40C5/2O5EG4cSDGlrILxUw4XRCk qxj46pzvygRSKuL8pWuVKLZ4evw2N00Dbv66gwgGCbhuFxcJdSlAPAlrcbfuoCIenkG3 bgJw== Received: by 10.182.192.2 with SMTP id hc2mr2973562obc.58.1338058258036; Sat, 26 May 2012 11:50:58 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.182.46.163 with HTTP; Sat, 26 May 2012 11:50:17 -0700 (PDT) From: Teddy Gage Date: Sat, 26 May 2012 14:50:17 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: [OT] Benchmarking AE CUDA on nVidia GTX 580 vs. GTX 680 - SHOCKING RESULTS To: After Effects Mail List Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=14dae9399df728b95d04c0f4f7d0 --14dae9399df728b95d04c0f4f7d0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Well, shocking if you care about this sort of thing. So after some struggles getting the GTX 680 to work with AE CS6 11.0.1 I finally got it working. How would the 3 GB VRAM GTX 580, with 500 CUDA cores stack up to the brand new 2 GB VRAM GTX 680 with 1,500 CUDA cores? Would it be worth upgrading if you already owned a 580? Would the extra 1 GB VRAM make a difference for the older card? Well I came up with a benchmark (228K) available HEREthat maxes out the GPU and tests your CUDA processing ability. You will need about 900 MB local space for the output and the new 11.0.1 patch (probably). Now a lot of figures are at play here but with the project using 100% GPU and 25% CPU I think it's a decent bench for comparing graphics cards. Here are the results: GTX 680 (2GB) = 6 min. 11 sec to render GTX 680 (2GB) (overclocked) = 5 min. 52 s GTX 580 (3GB) = 5 min. 42 s So the GTX 580 with 3GB VRAM is faster. Now it's hard to say whether that's because the architecture is more compute-friendly, or the extra GB of VRAM makes that much of a difference. Considering I got the 580 for about $415 shipped used on eBay, I'd say for now nobody needs to rush out and buy a 680. It's performance is nearly as good, and great if you are focusing on games, but not for purely compute / cuda / mercury in CS6 I would love to hear some results on a 4GB 680, a 590 or a 690, let me know TG -- Animator & Editor www.teddygage.com Brooklyn --14dae9399df728b95d04c0f4f7d0 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable =A0=A0=A0=A0 Well, shocking if you care about this sort of thing. So after = some struggles getting the GTX 680 to work with AE CS6 11.0.1 I finally got= it working. How would the 3 GB VRAM GTX 580, with 500 CUDA cores stack up = to the brand new 2 GB VRAM GTX 680 with 1,500 CUDA cores?

Would it be worth upgrading if you already owned a 580? Would the extra= 1 GB VRAM make a difference for the older card?

Well I came up with= a benchmark (228K) available HERE that maxes out the GPU and tests your CUDA processing ability.= You will need about 900 MB local space for the output and the new 11.0.1 p= atch (probably).

Now a lot of figures are at play here but with the project using 100% G= PU and 25% CPU I think it's a decent bench for comparing graphics cards= . Here are the results:

GTX 680 (2GB) =3D 6 min. 11 sec to render GTX 680 (2GB) (overclocked) =3D 5 min. 52 s
GTX 580 (3GB) =3D 5 min. 42 = s

So the GTX 580 with 3GB VRAM is faster. Now it's hard to say w= hether that's because the architecture is more compute-friendly, or the= extra GB of VRAM makes that much of a difference.

Considering I got the 580 for about $415 shipped used on eBay, I'd = say for now nobody needs to rush out and buy a 680. It's performance is= nearly as good, and great if you are focusing on games, but not for purely= compute / cuda / mercury in CS6

I would love to hear some results on a 4GB 680, a 590 or a 690, let me = know

TG

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www.teddygage.co= m
Brooklyn

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