Arch Linux Based CachyOS Takes The Lead On Intel Arrow Lake

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  • phoronix
    Administrator
    • Jan 2007
    • 67398

    Arch Linux Based CachyOS Takes The Lead On Intel Arrow Lake

    Phoronix: Arch Linux Based CachyOS Takes The Lead On Intel Arrow Lake

    Following the recent Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux benchmarks I wanted to expand the testing to look at how well other Linux distributions as well were performing on this new 24-core Arrow Lake desktop processor. To much surprise Intel's own Clear Linux distribution didn't take the top spot this round but as a surprising upset the Arch Linux based CachyOS distribution outperformed Clear Linux, Ubuntu, Arch Linux, and Fedora Workstation on this flagship Arrow Lake processor.

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  • mbod
    Phoronix Member
    • Aug 2020
    • 63

    #2
    As an Arch user I like the fact that Arch is doing pretty well in this test. But looking at the geometric mean of all test results on page #5 I am once again reminded that these benchmarks have no meaning in real life. The geometric mean is 2233 +/- 50 points from fastest to slowest. That is +/- 2 %. That should not concern anybody. This is within error limits I assume.

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    • sophisticles
      Senior Member
      • Dec 2015
      • 2617

      #3
      Originally posted by mbod View Post
      As an Arch user I like the fact that Arch is doing pretty well in this test. But looking at the geometric mean of all test results on page #5 I am once again reminded that these benchmarks have no meaning in real life. The geometric mean is 2233 +/- 50 points from fastest to slowest. That is +/- 2 %. That should not concern anybody. This is within error limits I assume.
      Of course you are right, what matters most is if the software you need/want to accomplish some task runs on the hardware/OS combo you use, if it doesn't then it doesn't matter how fast the hardware/OS is.

      But it is a fun talking point.

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      • edxposed
        Senior Member
        • Jan 2023
        • 317

        #4
        What's wrong with webp? I thought CachyOS used O3 for everything.

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        • ptr1337
          Senior Member
          • Dec 2021
          • 216

          #5
          Thanks for the benchmarks! Archlinux also looking in a really good place!

          Originally posted by edxposed View Post
          What's wrong with webp? I thought CachyOS used O3 for everything.
          If you see the compiler flags in a chart, then it is not used from the repository and compiled by the benchmark suite itself. This also does not compile against native libaries (I think)
          Since the PBS does only read the compiler flags from /etc/environment, while ours are in /etc/makepkg.conf there are no FLAGS applied.

          Clearlinux is the only distribution which exports the flags into /etc/environment

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          • warwren
            Junior Member
            • Dec 2023
            • 3

            #6
            I just finished migrating from Manjaro to CachyOS. Going pretty well so far! They have a lot of cool defaults like using alacritty, fish shell, eza, etc. that line up with my tastes pretty well, aside from all the performance benefits of course.

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            • Krteq
              Junior Member
              • Oct 2017
              • 19

              #7
              Originally posted by warwren View Post
              I just finished migrating from Manjaro to CachyOS...
              I did the same few months ago I'm more than happy with that move

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              • skeevy420
                Senior Member
                • May 2017
                • 8695

                #8
                Michael You said that the hardware was the same but I noticed in that chart that CachyOS is showing a 1600p monitor and everything else a 2160p.

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                • ms178
                  Senior Member
                  • Sep 2018
                  • 1713

                  #9
                  I see some weired behavior with powersave/performance. I expected to find that the performance governor wins everything but this is not the case on Raptor Lake. In my testing, powersave is better by a few percent in Total War Troy, but Sniper Elite 5 is unplayable stuttery with it. I guess that there is more work for Intel to do here with P/E-core handling or related work for P/E-architectures.

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                  • Dukenukemx
                    Senior Member
                    • Nov 2010
                    • 1397

                    #10
                    Already made the switch to CachyOS from Linux Mint. No need to further convince me. Only problem is that Fusion 360 won't install using this script. You'd think this wouldn't be a problem since it's Arch based.

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