Linux 6.2 Performance Option Helps Extend The Longevity Of Intel Skylake Era PCs

Written by Michael Larabel in Computers on 31 January 2023 at 11:00 AM EST. Page 4 of 6. 20 Comments.
Timed FFmpeg Compilation benchmark with settings of Time To Compile. mitigations=off was the fastest.
Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation benchmark with settings of Time To Compile. mitigations=off was the fastest.
Hackbench benchmark with settings of Count: 16, Type: Thread. mitigations=off was the fastest.
Hackbench benchmark with settings of Count: 16, Type: Process. mitigations=off was the fastest.
KeyDB benchmark with settings of Test: SET, Parallel Connections: 50. mitigations=off was the fastest.
KeyDB benchmark with settings of Test: GET, Parallel Connections: 100. mitigations=off was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1, Clients: 1, Mode: Read Write. mitigations=off was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1, Clients: 50, Mode: Read Only. mitigations=off was the fastest.
PostgreSQL benchmark with settings of Scaling Factor: 1, Clients: 50, Mode: Read Only, Average Latency. mitigations=off was the fastest.
SQLite Speedtest benchmark with settings of Timed Time, Size 1,000. mitigations=off was the fastest.

The Call Depth Tracking with Linux 6.2 was showing off some nice performance improvements over IBRS for mitigating Retbleed on this aging Core i7 8700K desktop.

Related Articles
Apple M4 Mac Mini With macOS vs. Intel / AMD With Ubuntu Linux Performance
System76 Thelio Astra Reviewed: High-End ARM64 Developer Desktop
Intel Core Ultra 7 256V Lunar Lake With ASUS Zenbook Performing Better After New Linux Patch
Intel Lunar Lake vs. AMD Strix Point Platform Profile Performance Comparison
Intel Announces Core Ultra 200S Arrow Lake CPUs
NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation vs. Radeon PRO Performance On Ubuntu Linux 24.04 LTS