AMD get off BAPCo organization

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AMD has by means of a press release indicated that the latest version of the Sysmark benchmark is not to support it. In addition, says the company, his membership of the benchmark responsible BAPCo organisation.

The Sysmark 2012 benchmark is published by the Business Application Performance Corporation, or BAPCo. The consortium of companies, including Intel, Dell, Microsoft and Lenovo, at the beginning of June Sysmark 2012. AMD supports that version not and gives as a reason that the only realistic benchmark program, based on normal applications, supports and no synthetic benchmark program whose scores are unclear.

AMD, at the mouth of the head of marketing Nigel Dessau, that the BAPCo benchmarks, no clear insight in the performance of a computer. For that reason stops AMD not only with his support to the benchmarks, but get it from the umbrella organization. In addition, says the company is transparent and unbiased test results to be preferred, so that customers can make an informed choice between platforms.

Dessau writes that the BAPCo test scores Sysmark 2012 is not on a properly weighted average of all the subtests have been based. Also, it would benchmark the gpu performance not enough roads. The company encourages consumers to BAPCo for an explanation of the benchmarks to ask, so as to open up promote. That is AMD, witness the immediate departure from the organisation, as yet, not succeeded.