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Tuesday, January 21, 2014

Performance Comparison of SolidWorks 2014 with SolidWorks 2013 on Same Hardware and Operating System

Dear CAD HELP CENTER readers in earlier post we have discussed comparison of performance test result of SolidWorks 2014 SP1.0 x64 bit with SolidWorks 2011 in Windows 7 SP1 x64 bit and found that the latest version is much faster then the SolidWorks 2011.

Today we are going to discuss the  performance test result of SolidWorks 2014 SP1.0 x64 bit with SolidWorks 2013 SP1.0 in Windows 7 SP1 x64 bit on the same machine.

Before further discussion I am mentioning the configuration of my PC for reference on which both test are performed:
Mother Board : Intel DH67BL (with latest Drivers)
Processor : Intel i5-2400 CPU @3.1 GHz, 4 Core(s),
Graphics Card : Intel(R) HD Graphics 2000
RAM : 4 GB
Hard Disk : 500 GB
OS : Windows 7 Ultimate SP1 x64 Bit.
Anti Virus : AVG Internet Security 2014

So we will discuss about test now. Below is the snapshots of the performance test of SolidWorks 2013 and SolidWorks 2014 on the same hardware (mentioned above) and Windows.


As we can see in above images their is a little difference in the in performance from SolidWorks 2013 to SolidWorks 2014. As compare to earlier version the performance is lowered in SolidWorks 2014.
The Overall time taken by the SolidWorks 2014 is 140 seconds as compare to 119.5 seconds in SolidWorks 2013.
The overall performance is decreased by 14.64% in SolidWorks 2014 as compare to SolidWorks 2013.
The Graphics performance is decreased by 31.28% in SolidWorks 2014.
The Processor performance is decreased by 4.79% in SolidWorks 2014.
The input/output performance is increase by 14.6% in SolidWorks 2014.

As I mentioned in earlier post, the maximum time is taken by the Graphics (71.6 seconds), as I had performed the test with the Intel embedded graphics which are inbuilt with Intel i5-2400 CPU. So if someone want to improve the performance, then you can use a dedicated graphics card or else use alternate CPU from Intel which are having more graphics memory. Upgrading the Intel processor with Intel in-built Graphics will also improve your Processing and Input/Output performance, so I think a small or medium user can use a new Processor (i5 or i7) with Intel HD Graphics P3000/P4000/P4600 which are also certified from SolidWorks and cost effective.

In the coming days we will compare the performance of SolidWorks 2014 with SolidWorks 2013 on different hardware's or machines, so stay tuned.

Have a nice day.

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