Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR SGX543MP2 really is faster, better, stronger (video)

You may have heard of the PowerVR SGX543MP — you know, the GPU behind Sony’s NGP and possibly on its way to the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 — but chances are, you’ve yet to see it working up close. Well, feast your graphics-hungry eyes on this: that’s Futuremark’s Tai Chi benchmark running on a tellingly sheathed device, working the MP2 (dual-core) iteration of the processor, and that fine smartphone to its right is the Nexus S , sporting the PowerVR SGX540 you’ve come to know and love. As you can tell, Imagination Technologies’ promises of 4X the performance aren’t just baseless boasts — the lady on the left moves with grace and fluidity, while her counterpart on the right is all sorts of herky-jerky. Think that’s fast? Check out what the GPU can do with two more cores . Sean Hollister contributed to this report. Imagination Technologies’ PowerVR SGX543MP2 really is faster, better, stronger (video) originally appeared on Engadget on Thu, 03 Mar 2011 09:39:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds . Permalink

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