Debuting last week was [1]FreeBSD 14.1 with performance improvements and more . Given there being some performance optimizations and other upgrades like a more recent LLVM Clang compiler by default, I've begun running some benchmarks of this newest FreeBSD stable release. In today's article is a quick comparison of FreeBSD 14.1 vs. FreeBSD 14.0 performance using an [2]AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X 64-core processor within the System76 Thelio Major workstation.

Before getting to the [3]FreeBSD 14.1 vs. 14.0 performance, for those wondering about the FreeBSD 14 compatibility with this latest-generation System76 Thelio workstation... It "just works" with the notable exception though of the wired networking. But the built-in WiFi of the system had worked fine so that was used instead.

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Given that FreeBSD 14.1 has some SIMD optimized code paths for AMD64 with its C library, upgraded to the LLVM Clang 18 compiler by default, a newer OpenZFS release, and other kernel improvements and software upgrades, I set out to run some fresh out-of-the-box performance tests. The same hardware, of course, was used for both runs with just changing out the FreeBSD installation.

A few dozen benchmarks were run for this FreeBSD 14.1 vs. 14.0 comparison while I have also begun a larger multi-BSD operating system performance comparison too for a fresh 2024 look at the BSD performance.



[1] https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-14.1-Released

[2] https://www.phoronix.com/review/system76-thelio-threadripper-2024

[3] https://www.phoronix.com/search/FreeBSD+14.1

[4] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=freebsd-141-benchmarks&image=freebsd_141_lrg