Windows 11 22H2 AMD Boost? Not really.

Weber462
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Topic 227951

Hey Nerds!

I had read a few articles regarding a massive boost in OpenGL performance in new 22h2 windows and AMD Hardware.  I did a quick comparison.  Just random information that I found interesting.  For what its worth.

Hardware: 5950x, 6900xt x1, 6800xt x2

Comparing Windows 11(22000.00) AMD (22.7.1) VS Windows  11 22H2 (22622.450) AMD (22.7.1)

Note: GPU utilization = 0.16

(Before) Windows 11(22000.00) AMD (22.7.1)

Gamma-ray pulsar binary search #1 on GPUs v1.28 () windows_x86_64

N=130

Run time = 830.94

CPU time = 78.82

 

(After) Windows  11 22H2 (22622.450) AMD (22.7.1)

N=131

Run time = 836.05

CPU time = 20.09

 

I'm not smart enough to realize if this is relevant or not, but looks to be a massive decrease in CPU time, but no change in run time.  Must be another bottleneck at play?  

https://www.amd.com/en/support/kb/release-notes/rn-rad-win-22-7-1

https://wccftech.com/amd-radeon-gpus-opengl-windows-11-22h2-drivers-signficant-graphics-performance-boost/

https://www.neowin.net/news/amds-windows-11-22h2-wddm-31-driver-finally-fixes-radeons-poor-opengl-performance/

 

 

 

 

 

Harri Liljeroos
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Please note that the GPU

Please note that the GPU calculations here use OpenCL and not OpenGL

Weber462
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Agreed.  The Did mention

Well Crap.

They did mention Improved performance in OpenCL in AMD drivers, but must not be relevant to my Cards.  I just thought the drop In CPU time was significant, but apperently its not.  I am still curious why CPU dropped so much while overall time remained static.

 

 

 

 

 

Ian&Steve C.
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The improvement was aimed

The improvement was aimed specifically at Folding@home performance from the other comments I’ve seen about the new driver. 
 

I guess it doesn’t translate to the kinds of calculations being performed by the gamma ray application. 
 

folding does molecular modeling, Einstein is more signals analysis with FFTs. 

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