Ubuntu 24.04 Brings Some Performance Gains For AMD Threadripper 7980X / System76 Thelio Major

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 11 April 2024 at 01:01 PM EDT. Page 2 of 4. 9 Comments.
GravityMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Renderer: Vulkan. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
3DMark Wild Life Extreme benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: High, Renderer: OpenGL. Ubuntu 24.04 29 March was the fastest.

With the AMD RDNA3 graphics support already being quite mature on RadeonSI Gallium3D and RADV Vulkan going back to last year, the performance difference out-of-the-box for most graphics tests with the Radeon PRO W7900 didn't yield any major changes overall....

FurMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Demo: FurMark OpenGL, MSAA: 4. Ubuntu 24.04 29 March was the fastest.
FurMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Demo: FurMark Vulkan, MSAA: 4. Ubuntu 24.04 29 March was the fastest.
FurMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Demo: FurMark Knot OpenGL, MSAA: 4. Ubuntu 24.04 29 March was the fastest.
FurMark benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Demo: Furmark Knot Vulkan, MSAA: 4. Ubuntu 24.04 29 March was the fastest.
ParaView benchmark with settings of Test: Many Spheres, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. Ubuntu 24.04 29 March was the fastest.
ParaView benchmark with settings of Test: Wavelet Volume, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. Ubuntu 24.04 29 March was the fastest.
ParaView benchmark with settings of Test: Wavelet Contour, Resolution: 1920 x 1080. Ubuntu 24.04 29 March was the fastest.

In some localized areas the upgraded Linux kernel and Mesa were helping out the Radeon RDNA3 graphics on Ubuntu 24.04 compared to the 23.10 state.


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