AMD Ryzen 5 9600X & Ryzen 7 9700X Offer Excellent Linux Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 7 August 2024 at 09:00 AM EDT. Page 15 of 16. 99 Comments.
Java JMH benchmark with settings of Throughput. Core i9 14900K was the fastest.
Java JMH benchmark with settings of Throughput. Core i9 14900K was the fastest.
Java JMH benchmark with settings of Throughput. Core i9 14900K was the fastest.

For OpenJDK Java workloads too, the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X were performing great both in terms of raw performance and power efficiency.

Unvanquished benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: High. Ryzen 7 9700X was the fastest.
Unvanquished benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: Ultra. Ryzen 5 9600X was the fastest.

For gaming and graphics workloads where not entirely GPU-bound, the Ryzen 9000 series was delivering great uplift and now coming out ahead of the Intel Core 14th Gen processors.

Xonotic benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: High. Ryzen 7 9700X was the fastest.
Xonotic benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Effects Quality: Ultimate. Ryzen 7 9700X was the fastest.

It was great seeing these Zen 5 chips delivering very nice generational uplift for Linux gaming.

The new Granite Ridge processors were also performing very well for ParaView as a workstation visualization workload.

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