Ubuntu 23.04 Laptop Performance Mixed Against Ubuntu 22.10

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 20 April 2023 at 09:00 AM EDT. Page 3 of 5. 27 Comments.
Zstd Compression benchmark with settings of Compression Level: 19, Compression Speed. Ubuntu 22.10: Core i7 1280P was the fastest.
Zstd Compression benchmark with settings of Compression Level: 19, Decompression Speed. Ubuntu 22.10: Core i7 1280P was the fastest.
Zstd Compression benchmark with settings of Compression Level: 19, Long Mode, Decompression Speed. Ubuntu 22.10: Core i7 1280P was the fastest.

When it came to CPU workloads, the Tigerlake and AMD Rembrandt laptops saw similar performance to Ubuntu 22.10 in many workloads... But right off the bat with the Core i7 1280P Alder Lake laptop there was noticeable performance regressions.

Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer, Model: Crown. Ubuntu 23.04: Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U was the fastest.
Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer ISPC, Model: Crown. Ubuntu 23.04: Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U was the fastest.

The Alder Lake laptop performance regressing on Ubuntu 23.04 carried into other CPU/system workloads too....

SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 12, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ubuntu 22.10: Core i7 1280P was the fastest.
SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 13, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ubuntu 22.10: Core i7 1280P was the fastest.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Compression Rating. Ubuntu 22.10: Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U was the fastest.

Without any other changes made to the laptop between the Ubuntu 22.10 and 23.04 installs, Ubuntu 23.04 was performing much worse than Ubuntu 22.10. There weren't any Intel P-State governor changes or the like from 22.10 to 23.04 as an initial thought...

Timed PHP Compilation benchmark with settings of Time To Compile. Ubuntu 22.10: Ryzen 7 PRO 6850U was the fastest.

For most workloads, the Core i7 1280P laptop was exhibiting much worse performance with Ubuntu 23.04 than 22.10.


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