Linux Still Yields Better Multi-Threaded Performance On AMD Threadripper Against Windows 10 May 2019 Update

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 27 May 2019 at 10:51 AM EDT. Page 3 of 4. 37 Comments.
Windows May 2019  vs. Ubuntu Linux - AMD Threadripper

For the Stockfish chess benchmark there wasn't much change in performance with Ubuntu still running around 13% faster for this highly threaded benchmark.

Windows May 2019  vs. Ubuntu Linux - AMD Threadripper
Windows May 2019  vs. Ubuntu Linux - AMD Threadripper

XZ and Zstd file compression was a bit faster too on the new Windows 10 update, but still no match to Ubuntu.

Windows May 2019  vs. Ubuntu Linux - AMD Threadripper

With the single-threaded FLAC audio encoding benchmark is another case showing the single-threaded Windows 10 performance can at least meet or exceed Linux.

Windows May 2019  vs. Ubuntu Linux - AMD Threadripper

With the case of FFmpeg, it performed better on Windows than Linux for the Threadripper 2990WX box.

Windows May 2019  vs. Ubuntu Linux - AMD Threadripper

The OpenMP-threaded M-Queens was another rare case of a multi-threaded benchmark performing similarly under Windows and Linux.


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