Windows vs. Linux Scaling Performance From 16 To 128 Threads With AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 14 February 2020 at 09:43 AM EST. Page 5 of 6. 23 Comments.
Linux vs. Windows - AMD Threadripper 3990X Scaling
Linux vs. Windows - AMD Threadripper 3990X Scaling

IndigoBench was rather interesting in that at 128 threads is where Windows 10 was able to outperform Linux while at the lower thread counts is where Linux was performing better. With the supercar scene is also where Linux performed worse at 128 threads relative to 64 threads but Windows 10 (both Enterprise and Professional) saw slightly better performance.

Linux vs. Windows - AMD Threadripper 3990X Scaling

As we have long been used to, Blender for CPU-based rendering performs much better on Linux than Windows.

Linux vs. Windows - AMD Threadripper 3990X Scaling
Linux vs. Windows - AMD Threadripper 3990X Scaling

At least the Windows performance continued improving up to 128 threads, but across all of the scenes tested, Clear Linux was offering measurably better performance.


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