Dell Pro Max GB10 vs. AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Framework Desktop For Llama.cpp, OpenCL & Vulkan Compute
For those wondering about the Vulkan compute performance with the popular VkFFT benchmark, the Framework Desktop Strix Halo with the Mesa RADV driver was quite competitive to the GB10 here with NVIDIA's proprietary Vulkan driver.
Across various OpenCL benchmarks with the GB10 using the NVIDIA OpenCL Linux driver and Strix Halo with the ROCm OpenCL driver, the Dell Pro Max was typically performing the best in these synthetic benchmarks.
Again, mostly for reference purposes or those wanting to compare their own system's OpenCL performance against these mini PCs.
The Dell Pro Max with GB10 packs quite a performance punch in a small form factor for those leveraging both the Arm CPU cores and the Blackwell GPU. Its price is higher than the Framework Desktop but particularly if leveraging demanding AI/CUDA workloads can be quite justified and also delivering the best performance-per-Watt too. Thanks for Dell having sent over the review units and further benchmarks are still being conducted at Phoronix.
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