Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 On The AMD Ryzen Threadripper 3990X

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 27 May 2021 at 04:14 PM EDT. Page 2 of 6. 27 Comments.
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X

When measuring WebP image encode performance using Google's libwebp library on both platforms, Windows 10 Build 19042 and Ubuntu 21.04 were quite close to each other in this basic benchmark. But when using the latest Windows Insider Preview build there were some noticeable slowdowns in some scenarios.

Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X

The OpenJDK Java performance remains mixed between Windows and Linux depending upon the particular workload.

Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X
Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Linux - AMD Threadripper 3990X

Ubuntu 21.04 on the Threadripper 3990X tended to lead for Zstd compression performance but in some of the compression configurations there was a strong showing out of Windows.

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