Dispute Between AMD and The Business Application Performance Corp. About the SYSmark 2012

Published:2011/6/26 22:51:00 Author:Phyllis From:SeekIC

BAPCo is a non-profit consortium to develop and distribute a set of objective performance benchmarks for personal computers based on popular software applications and operating systems. It’s current membership includes CNET, Compal Electronics, Dell, Hewlett-Packard, Intel, Lenovo, Microsoft, Samsung, Sony, Toshiba, etc.

AMD had an argument with the Business Application Performance Corp. in the public statements on Tuesday after AMD withdrawed from the group. AMD resigned from consortium and said it would not endorse one of the benchmarks the group publishes, the SYSmark 2012 (SM2012).

AMD holds that technology is evolving at an incredible pace, and customers need clear and reliable measurements to understand the expected performance and value of their systems. It also said it does not believe SM2012 achieves this objective. SM2012 is the latest version of a bench mark that compares PC performance based on real-world applications, including Microsoft Office, Adobe Creative Suite, Adobe Acrobat, WinZip, Autodesk AutoCAD and 3ds Mas, and others. Previous versions include SYSmark 2007 and SYSmark 2004.

It is not the first time AMD has disagrrement with BAPCo. In 2002, AMD was irritated by revisions to the benchmark that it claimed benefited archrival Intel Corp. Disagreements between hardware makers and firms that create benchmarks from time to time. Occasionally there have been some disputes when the testing disagrees with what one of the hardware manufacturers have done, and it looks like this is one of them.

BAPCo originally had a tight relationship with Intel and was actually housed within Intel at the beginning. Over time, more companies subscribed to BAPCo and it become a true consortium. AMD has argued for about a year that the SYSmark benchmark is misleading with respect to today’s commonplace applications. The heart of AMD’s argument is that the SYSmark benchmark is comprised of unrepresentative workloads that ignore the importance of heterogeneous computing—benefiting Intel—and generates misleading results, he wrote.

Not only AMD, but also Nvidia and VIA quit as well. The Nvidia confirmed that it recently left BAPCo, but it does not provide any more details about this decision. The related integrated circuit is MAC20A.

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