PCMark Memory Benchmark Favors GenuineIntel

javy_tahu writes "A review by Ars Technica disclosed that PCMark 2005 Memory benchmark favors GenuineIntel CPUID. A VIA Nano CPU has had its CPUID changed from the original VIA to fake GenuineAMD and GenuineIntel. An improvement of, respectively, 10% and 47% of the score was seen. The reasons of this behavior of FutureMark product are not yet known."

GenuineIntel

[Plantain]

I'm a GenuineIntel, mod me 47% higher!

Re:Money

[Shadow Wrought]

Yep. They increased the L2 Cash size.

Re:GenuineIntel

[Metorical]

People running Intel can get Score: 7.35, Funny?

Numerology.

[cp.tar]

V+I+A == 224
G+e+n+u+i+n+e == 715;
Genuine+A+M+D == 925
Genuine+I+n+t+e+l == 1223

The bigger the number, the faster the processor. And you get 20% extra when you pass 1000.

Re:Money

[Chrisq]

It is just what you'd expect with "Intel" inside ..... even inside another manufacturer's processor!

Re:Money

[Chrisq]

Easy. Intel paid them to make it that way.

If anyone can come up with a better explanation I'd be interested to hear it.

OK, far-fetched it maybe but what if VIA paid them to do it so that the expose would generate a lot of free advertising and ram home the information that the Nano is faster.

Alternatively the US military could have engineered it to distract us from the possibility that they are working for aliens and have files full of UFO data on their systems. Gosh, i'd better hack in and take a look....

Re:GenuineIntel

[despe666]

If it's an intel processor doing the math, then yes [wikipedia.org]

Re:Money

[aikodude]

It is just what you'd expect with "Intel" inside ..... even inside another manufacturer's processor!

<Larry the Cable Guy>I don't care who y'are. That thar's funny!</LTCG>

(sorry i'm outta mod points. that was funny!)

And here's the code:

[Ihlosi]

if(cpuid == "GenuineIntel")
{
Run_really_fast();
}
else if(cpuid == "AuthenticAMD")
{
Run_no_so_fast();
}
else
{
Run_slow();
}

Re:Money

[Anonymous Coward]

Mods, while you're at it, mod me +5 insightful for pointing out that the parent post was modded +4 insightful for pointing out that its parent was redunant...

Re:GenuineIntel

[MSG]

On the internet, no one can tell that you're a VIA Nano!

Re:Do I understand this correctly?

[enoz]

GenuineIntel/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008072820 Firefox/3.0.1

I can already feel the speed!

Re:Closed Source Benchmarks?

[Sir_Lewk]

Obviously the only real benchmark is bogomips.

Re:And here's the code:

[Pink Fandango]

aren't those the startup lines of Vista?

Re:And here's the code:

[Ihlosi]

aren't those the startup lines of Vista?

No way. Vista doesn't even _try_ to run fast on any hardware.

Re:Numerology.

[cp.tar]

its AuthenticAMD, not GenuineAMD

Do not want! Ur in my numerologiez, ruining my calculationz!