Linux 4.4 To 4.16 Kernel Benchmarks With AMD Ryzen Threadripper

Written by Michael Larabel in Software on 27 March 2018 at 03:30 PM EDT. Page 6 of 6. 7 Comments.

Lastly is a look at the relative performance on the two Intel systems and Threadripper from Linux 4.8 and newer.

The most noticeable difference from those graphs is with Linux 4.15+ where the Intel vs. AMD performance now deviates more due to Intel CPUs needing the kernel page table isolation.

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