SAPPHIRE PERFORMANCE



2019.5 vs 2020

Playback in After Effects


HOST Sapphire Plug-in GPU Percentage Improvement GPU X Times Faster CPU Percentage Improvement CPU X Times Faster
AE S_BlurMotion 36.89% 1.45 8.84% 1.09
AE EdgeRays 65.59% 1.98 52.41% 1.71
AE S_Rays 72.05% 2.13 37.65% 1.46
AE S_Streaks 43.58% 1.56 73.41% 2.16
AE S_DissolveEdgeRays 41.61% 1.53 40.06% 1.50
AE S_DissolveRays 70.14% 2.08 35.80% 1.44

Playback in Avid


HOST Sapphire Plug-in GPU Percentage Improvement GPU X Times Faster CPU Percentage Improvement CPU X Times Faster
AVID S_BlurMotion 22.22% 1.25 30.00% 1.35
AVID EdgeRays 53.24% 1.73 53.16% 1.72
AVID S_Rays 56.60% 1.79 55.77% 1.77
AVID S_Streaks 6.45% 1.07 2.90% 1.03
AVID S_DissolveEdgeRays 30.30% 1.36 30.93% 1.37
AVID S_DissolveRays 42.04% 1.53 38.96% 1.48

Playback in Resolve


HOST Sapphire Plug-in GPU Percentage Improvement GPU X Times Faster CPU Percentage Improvement CPU X Times Faster
RESOLVE S_BlurMotion 0.00% 1.00 6.90% 1.07
RESOLVE EdgeRays 9.09% 1.10 27.98% 1.33
RESOLVE S_Rays 0.00% 1.00 59.09% 1.84
RESOLVE S_Streaks 4.65% 1.05 53.97% 1.74
RESOLVE S_DissolveEdgeRays 12.50% 1.13 71.37% 2.11
RESOLVE S_DissolveRays 9.84% 1.10 88.14% 2.58

Render to Disk with ProRes422


HOST Sapphire Plug-in GPU Percentage Improvement GPU X Times Faster CPU Percentage Improvement CPU X Times Faster
AE S_BlurMotion 27.88% 1.32 70.55% 2.09
AE EdgeRays 56.56% 1.79 71.02% 2.10
AE S_Rays 60.54% 1.87 47.47% 1.62
AE S_Streaks 36.29% 1.44 66.97% 2.01
AE S_DissolveEdgeRays 21.43% 1.24 15.41% 1.17
AE S_DissolveRays 64.09% 1.94 44.45% 1.57

TEST SPECS:

Windows 10
CPU: 860 @ 2.80GHz
Ram: 16GB
GPU: Geforce GTX 690

Playback in After Effects


HOST Sapphire Plug-in CPU Percentage Improvement CPU X Times Faster
AE S_BlurMotion 80.18% 2.34
AE EdgeRays 82.45% 2.40
AE S_Rays 1.26% 1.01
AE S_Streaks 67.52% 2.02
AE S_DissolveEdgeRays 84.97% 2.48
AE S_DissolveRays 18.29% 1.20

Playback in Avid


HOST Sapphire Plug-in CPU Percentage Improvement CPU X Times Faster
AVID S_BlurMotion 27.03% 1.31
AVID EdgeRays 56.57% 1.79
AVID S_Rays 58.82% 1.83
AVID S_Streaks 6.06% 1.06
AVID S_DissolveEdgeRays 33.66% 1.40
AVID S_DissolveRays 41.51% 1.52

Playback in Resolve


HOST Sapphire Plug-in CPU Percentage Improvement CPU X Times Faster
AE S_BlurMotion 77.59% 2.27
AE EdgeRays 55.89% 1.78
AE S_Rays 43.96% 1.56
AE S_Streaks 51.72% 1.70
AE S_DissolveEdgeRays 73.75% 2.17
AE S_DissolveRays 57.83% 1.81

Render to Disk with ProRes422


HOST Sapphire Plug-in CPU Percentage Improvement CPU X Times Faster
AE S_BlurMotion 76.20% 2.23
AE EdgeRays 60.38% 1.86
AE S_Rays 54.24% 1.74
AE S_Streaks 98.99% 2.96
AE S_DissolveEdgeRays 48.16% 1.63
AE S_DissolveRays 42.06% 1.53

TEST SPECS:

Mac OSX 10.14
CPU: 3.7Ghz
Ram: 12GB
GPU: -