Benchmarking Linux 5.5 vs. Linux 5.6-rc1 On A Few Systems So Far

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Benchmarking Linux 5.5 vs. Linux 5.6-rc1 On A Few Systems So Far

Since the release of Linux 5.6-rc1 that is coming in as a very feature-packed kernel, here are benchmarks of Linux 5.5 stable up against Linux 5.6-rc1 on a few of the systems tested so far while more results are in-progress...

http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=Linux-5.5-5.6-rc1-Benchmarks

[perpetually high]

Thanks for these Michael. Can we also get the 5.4 LTS kernel included in the benchmarks going forward? I ask because I've been happy with 5.4.x (currently 5.4.19) and haven't found a feature I really need on 5.5, and since 5.6 will be the big one, I want to hold off until that is released and more mature, so it would be great to see how the 5.4 kernel stacks up.

[dmanlfc]

Michael, as Arm64 support is improving in the Linux mainline for popular SBC's it would be great to monitor progress, especially around Mesa - V3D, Panfrost etc. Ideally, CPU performance, GPU & VPU acceleration.

I appreciate all your efforts to the community.

Dan

[dud225]

Michael

To some surprise, in the compilation tests run that make use of GNU Make there didn't end up being much of a difference in compilation speed at least with these high-end systems tested given that Linux 5.6 has the pipe optimization that should help out Make

See this comment: https://www.phoronix.com/forums/foru...01#post1159401