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| Source: AMD website. The AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 graphics cards were used in the tests. |
Commissioned by AMD, QA Consultants used Microsoft’s Windows Hardware Lab Kit (HLK) to conduct a 12-day head-to-head test comparing AMD and NVIDIA graphics drivers. The test compared 12 GPUs, six from AMD and six from NVIDIA, running on 12 identical machines. All machines were configured with the Windows 10 April 2018 Update. Both gaming and professional GPUs were equally represented in the testing.
QA Consultants tested six of AMD’s most popular graphics cards at the high, medium and budget price points, from both the Gaming and Workstation lineups, against competing NVIDIA GPUs. These include the Radeon RX Vega 64, RX 580 and RX 560 for gaming, and the Radeon Pro WX 9100, WX 7100 and WX 3100 for workstations, using drivers Radeon Software Adrenalin 18.5.1 and Radeon Pro Software Enterprise 18.Q2, respectively.
QA Consultants conducted a four-hour crash test on each GPU consecutively, six times a day for twelve days. Completing each test was considered a pass, and the overall stability score was determined from the total number of passes divided by the total number of attempts.
AMD systems passed 401 out of 432 tests while NVIDIA systems passed 356—equivalent to a pass rate of 93% for AMD versus 82% for NVIDIA.
AMD systems passed 401 out of 432 tests while NVIDIA systems passed 356—equivalent to a pass rate of 93% for AMD versus 82% for NVIDIA.
AMD notes that driver crashes can incur real costs like lost productivity and time. The results reflect AMD’s continued focus on driver stability along with the most requested features and top performance to ensure the best overall Radeon Software experience.
"Driver stability is a consistent priority for AMD and our engineering team is dedicated to testing and refining each new update to ensure users can depend on their Radeon cards. With the results of the QA Consultants report, we’re pleased to see the results of that commitment to stability that we’ll continue into the future of Radeon products," said Andrej Zdrakovic, AMD’s Corporate VP of Software and Platform Solutions in a blog post.
"Driver stability is a consistent priority for AMD and our engineering team is dedicated to testing and refining each new update to ensure users can depend on their Radeon cards. With the results of the QA Consultants report, we’re pleased to see the results of that commitment to stability that we’ll continue into the future of Radeon products," said Andrej Zdrakovic, AMD’s Corporate VP of Software and Platform Solutions in a blog post.
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