AMD Rejects SYSmark Benchmark 118
Deathspawner writes "In an unusual move, Advanced Micro Devices has issued a press release rejecting its endorsement for the industry recognized benchmark SYSmark 2012. Developed by BAPCo and backed by industry heavyweights such as Dell, Intel and Hewlett-Packard, AMD has stated that BAPCo both has tuned SYSmark to create bias in favor of its competitor, and that its benchmarks are not relevant for the audience it targets. Also noted is a complete lack of heterogeneous CPU+GPU testing. Techgage tears apart AMD's claims to see if they are valid, while also evaluating the overall usefulness of SYSmark and the impact it can have on consumers."
Re:Once again... (Score:4, Insightful)
There is always the Phoronix test suite. They might be chicken littles, but their test suite is at least open and repeatable.
Re:AMD a bit lost (Score:4, Insightful)
A benchmark that doesn't test realistic workloads is of little use for evaluation if a system is fit to purpose.
A benchmark that isn't open about its methodology is at best worthless and at worst directly misleading.
I think they are pissy because they dont stand up well to the competition.
I think the complaints sound quite reasonable on the face of it. If it is true that Nvidia and VIA have also resigned, that just leaves Intel waving their cocks around at any rate.