Linux 6.2 Performance Option Helps Extend The Longevity Of Intel Skylake Era PCs

Written by Michael Larabel in Computers on 31 January 2023 at 11:00 AM EST. Page 5 of 6. 20 Comments.
GIMP benchmark with settings of Test: resize. mitigations=off was the fastest.
GIMP benchmark with settings of Test: rotate. mitigations=off was the fastest.
GIMP benchmark with settings of Test: auto-levels. mitigations=off was the fastest.
GIMP benchmark with settings of Test: unsharp-mask. mitigations=off was the fastest.

There was plenty of real-world workloads enjoying better performance with the "retbleed=stuff" engaged.

Stress-NG benchmark with settings of Test: Futex. mitigations=off was the fastest.
Stress-NG benchmark with settings of Test: Mutex. mitigations=off was the fastest.
Stress-NG benchmark with settings of Test: Socket Activity. mitigations=off was the fastest.
Stress-NG benchmark with settings of Test: Context Switching. mitigations=off was the fastest.
ctx_clock benchmark with settings of Context Switch Time. mitigations=off was the fastest.

And obviously very pronounced differences with kernel micro-benchmarks...


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