Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.04 Linux Performance For The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.04 Linux Performance For The AMD Ryzen 9 9590X

With all of my AMD Ryzen 9900X and 9950X Linux benchmarking and Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X reviews as well, many have wondered if AMD Zen 5 is just really great on Linux, if Windows 11 is in particularly poor shape for these new AMD Ryzen 9000 series processors, if it's just the different/diverse benchmarks being run, or simply why are these new desktop CPUs running so well on Linux but less so with Windows?

https://www.phoronix.com/review/ryzen-9950x-windows11-ubuntu

[varikonniemi]

Imagine the amount of kWh hours wasted on having the CPU do unnecessary tasks on all windows computers in the world today.... That's something global warming hysterics should focus on, unless it's just a psyop and the attack targets are political in nature.

[geerge]

These numbers are really missing power benchmarks, is Linux more efficient or are the chips consuming more power to do the work quicker, or both? Normally you measure power in software, but I think from the wall is probably fine as the hardware is not changing at all in this case. That would provide a general idea of how efficient each OS is. The latest fedora should also be in the mix imo as it tends to have more recent builds of things, in some cases more modern tools. And clear OS I guess as the defacto "optimised Linux".

Speaking of optimised builds, Zen5 is apparently very good at using avx512 sporadically compared to intel, there is very little penalty to mixing in a little avx512 in otherwise integer code ( http://www.numberworld.org/blogs/202...er_transitions ). Which sounds ripe for an OS build targeting specifically Zen5 to potentially have some tasty performance increase relative to a generic build. Ground up avx512 gentoo build I guess (?), assuming the latest compilers have well-defined zen5 targets by now.

[jrch2k8]

Something tells me that a 9900x with proper pbo+curve optimizations(Undervolt) will be a Super Linux Monster CPU

[ddriver]

It is quite impressive that linux manages to edge out winblows even in strictly computational, not io bound scenarios.

Gotta be all that spyware running in the background...

[HEL88]

Imagine the amount of kWh hours wasted

True. And cheap Linux contributes to it. Millions of pointless servers are still running serving content nobody needs. Because they're cheap. Because of linux.

As if the system cost like Unix used to cost thousands of dollars, the number of servers would be much smaller and they would serve more useful content.

Yes. Cheap linux, cheap open sourece contributes to the pollution of the planet by serving cheap junk content .

[loganj]

Michael did u run it with administrator (built in) account on windows? it seems there is a bug on windows that affects ZEN cpus even if your account had admin rights.

[theuserbl]

Missing the graphics of all number one ratings.

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Then you can see, how often Ubuntu 24.04 wins over Windows 11.

[Volta]

True. And cheap Linux contributes to it. Millions of pointless servers are still running serving content nobody needs. Because they're cheap. Because of linux.

As if the system cost like Unix used to cost thousands of dollars, the number of servers would be much smaller and they would serve more useful content.

Yes. Cheap linux, cheap open sourece contributes to the pollution of the planet by serving cheap junk content .

It's not Linux fault moron. If there were no Linux much more power would be wasted due to mediocre windows and bsd performance.

[Volta]

Linux wipes the floor with windows even with the slowest CPU governor. Can't you do the benchmark using performance governor instead? Hell won't freeze when you use something that should be default.