Windows 10 Competing Well Against Ubuntu 20.10 On The AMD Ryzen 9 5950X

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 23 December 2020 at 10:35 AM EST. Page 3 of 7. 4 Comments.
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks

Heavier workloads like dav1d AV1 decoding and Intel's Embree ray-tracing kernels were still providing consistently better performance on Linux.

Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks

Windows 10 though was racking up a few wins in tests now like the Rust-written "rav1e" AV1 encoder and Intel's SVT-AV1 encoder.

Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks
Ryzen 9 5950X Windows vs. Ubuntu 20.10 Benchmarks

Intel's SVT VP9 and HEVC encoders were still having the upperhand though on Linux.

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