Comments on: Galaxy S Flies With Hummingbird Graphics Processor

By: Marly

Marly — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 06:26:46 +0000

@Phil
So when will these 90 million triangles/sec be needed for phone use? I reckon such processing power is over the top for graphics in the OS. So this will only be benefited in 3D games I think.
Or will this also be beneficial for multitasking for example?

By: Covert

Covert — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:32:05 +0000

yup yup, above is well explained, to add to it, you can make a “ball” using 8 triangles, they’d be very big and it would be VERY “pointy” so more triangles means the quality goes way up, we all learned this concept in elementary school. to cut a good circle out of a piece of paper you make it into a square and cut the corners, the more corners you cut the rounder it gets and it starts to look like a circle and not an octagon. so more triangles means 2 things

1. MUCH better image quality at the same framerate
OR
2. MUCH better framerate using the same “quality” as other processors…

90 million is quiet an impresive number but it also means the CPU is an energy hog… the snapdragon CPU is made to be efficient, this is why the numbers are lower.

By: shawn1224

shawn1224 — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 05:18:12 +0000

Since Samsung actually makes the processors that iphone and Nexus use … it would only be appropriate that they put their best stuff in their devices LOL.

By: Abrown

Abrown — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 04:30:23 +0000

I wonder what kind of frame rate the HTC Evo 4G has…I bet it has a staggering millions of triangles as well…either way Android is becoming a powerhouse to reckoned with. No wonder Steve Jobs is losing sleep at night and suing his little heart out.

By: treefq

treefq — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:52:25 +0000

Its this ability to process graphics that in the end will put the portable hand held game pads out of business.

By: Covert

Covert — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:25:28 +0000

@abrown it has the same CPU as the N1 so it is still very impressive, just not the most amazing one out there, it’ll still be able to handle anything for quiet sometime

By: Jouten

Jouten — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:17:38 +0000

Not until the get d-pads and at least 6 buttons to push:

treefq wrote on March 26, 2010

Its this ability to process graphics that in the end will put the portable hand held game pads out of business.

By: Athir

Athir — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:12:43 +0000

I was just able to draw 8 triangles in 10 seconds.

By: Athir

Athir — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 03:06:48 +0000

… but that was under-clocked. If I over-clock, I’m up around 12-13.

By: a

Sat, 27 Mar 2010 02:59:13 +0000

@Rob Your chart is a bit misleading – snapdragon GPU is not that much faster than that of the Droid. Qualcomm specifically states “UP TO” 22M triangles/sec while PowerVR SGX factsheet cites 7M – 140M* (for the whole family) and adds
“* Realistic, sustainable, SoC performance at 200 MHz (e.g., less than 50% shader load); peak performance
significantly higher dependent on content and operating conditions.”

Another thing I noticed is that 7M triangles/sec is the lowest value while Droid GPU is definitely not the lowest end core of the family (SGX520 is lower). That is why I think you should change the number for Droid to 14.

If you want to see that factsheet you have to register on their site (http://www.imgtec.com)