AMD Ryzen 7 7840U Windows 11 vs. Linux CPU Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 18 August 2023 at 10:36 AM EDT. Page 4 of 6. 67 Comments.
x264 benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ubuntu 22.04 + Linux 6.5 Git + No Inception was the fastest.
x264 benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p. Ubuntu 22.04 + Linux 6.5 Git + No Inception was the fastest.
Intel Open Image Denoise benchmark with settings of Run: RT.hdr_alb_nrm.3840x2160, Device: CPU-Only. Windows 11 Home was the fastest.
Intel Open Image Denoise benchmark with settings of Run: RT.ldr_alb_nrm.3840x2160, Device: CPU-Only. Windows 11 Home was the fastest.
Intel Open Image Denoise benchmark with settings of Run: RTLightmap.hdr.4096x4096, Device: CPU-Only. Windows 11 Home was the fastest.

Windows 11 was outperforming Linux in some of these common cross-platform workloads but at least the competition was healthy.

OSPRay benchmark with settings of Benchmark: particle_volume/ao/real_time. Windows 11 Home was the fastest.
OSPRay benchmark with settings of Benchmark: particle_volume/scivis/real_time. Windows 11 Home was the fastest.

Typically in workloads like OSPRay we tend to see Linux deliver some sizable advantages over Windows, which leads me to thinking there still is further potential to optimize the new AMD Ryzen "Phoenix" SoCs on Linux.

7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Compression Rating. Ubuntu 22.04 was the fastest.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Decompression Rating. Ubuntu 22.04 was the fastest.

The 7-Zip results were also closer than I typically see when comparing Windows and Linux performance.


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