AMD Ryzen Lenovo Laptop Linux Performance For Zen 2 / Zen 3 / Zen 3+ / Zen 4

Written by Michael Larabel in Computers on 10 November 2023 at 10:50 AM EST. Page 2 of 7. 18 Comments.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: Jetstream 2, Browser: Firefox. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.

First up are some of the Mozilla Firefox and Google Chrome browser benchmarks. Right off the bat using the demanding JetStream 2 browser benchmark, we see very healthy gains with the exception of the Zen 3+ Rembrandt refresh not delivering much uplift. But for those on an old Zen 2 Ryzen 4000 series laptop to now the Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 series, there was 45% better performance for JetStream 2.0 for those that are on a three year upgrade cycle for laptops.

Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: Jetstream 2, Browser: Firefox. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: Jetstream 2, Browser: Firefox. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.

Over time the power efficiency has continued to increase. There are some slight differences here based on the laptop firmware/model and some of the thermal characteristics. The ACPI Platform Profile "balanced" mode was used throughout testing as the default.

Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: Jetstream 2, Browser: Google Chrome. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: Jetstream 2, Browser: Google Chrome. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: Jetstream 2, Browser: Google Chrome. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.

The Google Chrome browser benchmarks have also improved nicely for AMD Zen and a great performance uplift from Zen 4.

Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM, Browser: Firefox. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM, Browser: Google Chrome. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection, Browser: Firefox. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection, Browser: Google Chrome. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute, Browser: Firefox. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute, Browser: Google Chrome. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.

The WebAssembly performance has also improved quite nicely going from the Ryzen 6000 to Ryzen 7000 mobile series.

Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: Kraken, Browser: Firefox. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.
Selenium benchmark with settings of Benchmark: Kraken, Browser: Google Chrome. Ryzen 7 PRO 7840U was the fastest.

If you're thinking of a laptop upgrade this holiday season and running on a ~2020 laptop or older, there can be some nice uplift going for the Ryzen 7040 series.


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