HDMI vs Displayport (the technical part)

[Mr.Tech.Qc]

Hey guys!

 

I have a very simple question, thta might have a complex awnser

 

Exept for the physical connector and framerates that HDMI 1.6 can give at 4K, what is the difference inside between HDMI and displayport?

 

What is different in the cable and processing on the GPU side?

 

 

Thanks! 

[Enderman]

they are both digital formats

just different encoding and decoding

HDMI is way more common though

 

both work great, especially with HDMI2.0 giving some real competition to DP

[Oberon.Smite]

they are both digital formats

just different encoding and decoding

HDMI is way more common though

 

both work great, especially with HDMI2.0 giving some real competition to DP

RIP DVI. 

[xxtoochxx]

Just watch Linus' FAP video here: 

[Weak1ings]

Typically, Display Port is going to be the better if you are using it for Displays:  Primarily with older standards like DP 1.2 as HDMI could only drive 60hz 1080p and not 144hz unlike DP OR Dual-Link DVI.  (1.2 can drive 4K @ 60hz)

 

With the newest standards this is how they compare:

• Display Port supports Daisy chaining and DP 1.3 4:2:0 supports 8K 60hz  But at 3m, can go longer depending on resolution and bitrate  (Please note that 8k 60hz is subsampled and not true as DP cannot achieve 45Gbps)
• HDMI 2.0 can do 4K 60Hz (note that DP can also do this) Doesn't support Daisy chain but can go further with 4K at 10m.  (I suspect DP can do this too, as that standard does 8k at 3m)

Both support digital Audio

 

http://www.planar.com/blog/2014/12/15/displayport-13-vs-hdmi-20/ 

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8533/vesa-releases-displayport-13-standard-50-more-bandwidth-new-features

[Mr.Tech.Qc]

Typically, Display Port is going to be the better if you are using it for Displays:  Primarily with older standards like DP 1.2 as HDMI could only drive 60hz 1080p and not 144hz unlike DP OR Dual-Link DVI.  (1.2 can drive 4K @ 60hz)

 

With the newest standards this is how they compare:

• Display Port supports Daisy chaining and DP 1.3 4:2:0 supports 8K 60hz  But at 3m, can go longer depending on resolution and bitrate  (Please note that 8k 60hz is subsampled and not true as DP cannot achieve 45Gbps)
• HDMI 2.0 can do 4K 60Hz (note that DP can also do this) Doesn't support Daisy chain but can go further with 4K at 10m.  (I suspect DP can do this too, as that standard does 8k at 3m)

Both support digital Audio

 

http://www.planar.com/blog/2014/12/15/displayport-13-vs-hdmi-20/ 

 

http://www.anandtech.com/show/8533/vesa-releases-displayport-13-standard-50-more-bandwidth-new-features

Great, thx very much!