Intel's Linux Software Optimizations Continue Paying Off Big Time For Xeon Emerald Rapids
Especially with demanding HPC benchmarks, it doesn't take long for Clear Linux to show the benefits of Intel's aggressive software optimizations shipped out-of-the-box on their x86_64 Linux distribution.
Occasionally the likes of CentOS Stream 9 or even Arch Linux would peak out in front, but rather consistently Clear Linux was demonstrating the importance of well-tuned software.
A combination of the CPU frequency scaling governor defaults, Linux kernel patches, employing various compiler optimizations, and in some cases per-package tuning has helped Clear Linux maximize x86_64 performance over the years.