Linux 6.6 LTS To Linux 7.1 Bechmarks: Performance Up 13% On AMD Threadripper Over Three Years
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The [1]Linux 7.1 kernel performance has been looking quite good on the various Intel/AMD systems I have tested over the past three weeks. [2]Linux 7.1 does bring some solid improvements over Linux 7.0 prior in different workloads and haven't encountered any worrisome regressions compared to the current Linux 7.0 stable kernel. For those wondering the longer-term picture, here are benchmarks of Linux 7.1 Git compared to recent Linux LTS kernel series going back to 2023 for providing a picture at how the upstream Linux kernel has netted 13% faster performance (geo mean) on the same hardware in less than three years.
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Today's Linux kernel testing is looking at the performance of Linux 6.6 LTS, Linux 6.12 LTS, Linux 6.18 LTS, and Linux 7.1 Git on the same system. For this testing the newest workstation in the lab was used, [4]the new System76 Thelio Major powered by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X. The System76 Thelio Major was equipped with the 64-core / 128-thread Zen 5 HEDT processor, 128GB of RAM, NVMe SSD storage, and AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics. Thanks to System76 for providing the review unit for these ongoing Linux performance benchmarks.
Going back as far as Linux 6.6 LTS was limited for maintaining compatibility with this Zen 5 workstation. Even with Linux 6.6 LTS, the Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics were unsupported so there are only the OpenGL/Vulkan benchmarks beginning with Linux 6.12 LTS.
The same hardware configuration during all of the testing as well as the same user-space software with simply swapping out the kernel version being used. For easy reproducibility and transparency into the kernel configuration, the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA was used. The Linux 7.1 Git kernel used for testing was the Git state as of 14 May.
Let's see how the AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation performance has evolved since Linux 6.6 LTS from late 2023 through Linux 7.1 that will be debuting as stable by mid-June. And besides the performance enhancements of the new kernel, [5]Linux 7.1 also has many other new features .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-71-early-benchmarks
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Linux+7.1
[3] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=linux-66-linux-71&image=linux_71_threadripper_lrg
[4] https://www.phoronix.com/review/system76-thelio-major-9980x
[5] https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-71-features-changes
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Today's Linux kernel testing is looking at the performance of Linux 6.6 LTS, Linux 6.12 LTS, Linux 6.18 LTS, and Linux 7.1 Git on the same system. For this testing the newest workstation in the lab was used, [4]the new System76 Thelio Major powered by AMD Ryzen Threadripper 9980X. The System76 Thelio Major was equipped with the 64-core / 128-thread Zen 5 HEDT processor, 128GB of RAM, NVMe SSD storage, and AMD Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics. Thanks to System76 for providing the review unit for these ongoing Linux performance benchmarks.
Going back as far as Linux 6.6 LTS was limited for maintaining compatibility with this Zen 5 workstation. Even with Linux 6.6 LTS, the Radeon AI PRO R9700 graphics were unsupported so there are only the OpenGL/Vulkan benchmarks beginning with Linux 6.12 LTS.
The same hardware configuration during all of the testing as well as the same user-space software with simply swapping out the kernel version being used. For easy reproducibility and transparency into the kernel configuration, the Ubuntu Mainline Kernel PPA was used. The Linux 7.1 Git kernel used for testing was the Git state as of 14 May.
Let's see how the AMD Ryzen Threadripper workstation performance has evolved since Linux 6.6 LTS from late 2023 through Linux 7.1 that will be debuting as stable by mid-June. And besides the performance enhancements of the new kernel, [5]Linux 7.1 also has many other new features .
[1] https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-71-early-benchmarks
[2] https://www.phoronix.com/search/Linux+7.1
[3] https://www.phoronix.com/image-viewer.php?id=linux-66-linux-71&image=linux_71_threadripper_lrg
[4] https://www.phoronix.com/review/system76-thelio-major-9980x
[5] https://www.phoronix.com/review/linux-71-features-changes