Despite progress, the time is still far away when graphics cards Chinese will have the upper hand over models from AMD, Intel or NVIDIA.
A few days ago we had the first – encouraging – results of the Chinese MTT S80 GPU. A complete test sheds less laudatory light.
First PCI Express 5.0 GPU
The BullLabs YouTube channel is the first to test in detail this GPU of Chinese origin designed by Moore Thread, a test which was then relayed by Videocardz. The MTT S80 is undoubtedly an event for the company with its 4,096 cores and its 12 nm engraving.
Mounted on a relatively large graphics card with its three-fan cooling system, the GPU is accompanied by 16 GB of video memory. This was lathered by highlighting the fact that it was the first GPU to support PCI Express 5.0.
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We had previously seen that this support was of no use and early indications of performance left the MTT S80 far behind an Intel Arc A770.
Very high consumption
Thanks to its video test, BullLabs puts the dots on the “i” a little more. It first confirms that the MTT S80 is limited to DirectX 9 games and does not support such a basic function as tessellation.
Logically, the performances on the few games selected by BullLabs are not reassuring. On games like League of Legends Or Assassin’s Creed Brotherhoodthe MTT S80 is pulverized by a modest GeForce GT 1030 and alone Counter-Strike Global Offensive allows it to be on par with this old NVIDIA card.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Or Starcraft II come to drive the point home with more than double the images per second for the GT 1030. For Moore Threads, however, the trickiest part is not in terms of performance. Indeed, despite limited performance and maximum size, the MTT S80 is by far the most energy-consuming.
While the GT 1030 is measured at 30 Watts consumption, the MTT S80 gobbles up 252 Watts. This is more than double what the GTX 1060 consumes and still well above the GeForce RTX 3060. The only slightly positive point to highlight: the GPU cooler than on competing models, the exception of the GT 1030.
As we said, for Moore Threads, the release of the MTT S80 is an important event. It marks serious progress in GPU design. It also proves to us that the Chinese company still has a long way to go to get closer to American GPUs.
Source : Videocardz
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