New AMD Pro Edition driver promises ‘giant leap’ in performance
AMD promises “significant performance advancements”, for users everywhere
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The newAMDSoftware: PRO Edition 22.Q3 Driver has arrived - and AMD claims it delivers the “most significant performance advancements to date in all OpenGL applications”.
According to theCPUmanufacturer, users can expect up to 72% performance uplifts compared to previous versions. The team has also ensured support for theWindows 112022 OS update.
The redesigned OpenGL Driver follows a number of high-profile releases from the company, notably theAMD 7000 Seriesprocessors, including theAMD Ryzen 7 7700Xand the powerfulAMD Ryzen 9 7950X.
Comparing performance
Following asignificant rebrandin June 2022, the business-focused suite, formerly known as Radeon PRO Software for Enterprise, has increased emphasis on accelerating performance and workflows - particularly when using thebest 3D modeling software, CAD tools,VFX software, and other hardware-intensive apps.
And in a series ofbenchmark tests, comparing the 22.Q3 driver with the previous iteration, results suggest significant improvements across a range of content creation software.
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Testing on both the AMD W6600 and W6800 professionalGPUs, the team behind the new driver saw performance gains between 28-29% in top CAD software SolidWorks.
In rendering software Autodesk Maya, that figure leaps to 72% running on the W6800; 40% on the W6600. Meanwhile, in CATIA - one of thebest architecture softwaretools - performance gains ranged from 57% to 66%.
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Across the board, AMD reported enhanced model visualizations, improved handling for larger projects, and streamlined operations. For some tools, such as Maya, overall stability and performance has also been enriched.
“We took the rearchitected OpenGL and tailored it to increase performance for OpenGL-based Creator and CAD applications, such as Autodesk Maya, which has seen improvement increase up to 72% over the previous driver and up to 41% over the competition. The new architecture will also benefit the low-power Radeon PROworkstationgraphics cards, significantly improving performance for integrated platforms,” AMD confirmed.
The AMD Software: PRO Edition 22.Q3 driver is available to downloadhere.
Steve is TechRadar Pro’s B2B Editor for Creative & Hardware. He began in tech journalism reviewing photo editors and video editing software at the magazine Web User, where he also covered technology news, features, and how-to guides. Today, he and his team of reviewers test out a range of creative software, hardware, and office furniture. Once upon a time, he wrote TV commercials and movie trailers. Relentless champion of the Oxford comma.
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