Intel Continues To Demonstrate The Importance Of Software Optimizations: Clear Linux + Xeon Max Benchmarks

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 23 October 2023 at 11:20 AM EDT. Page 3 of 5. 28 Comments.
Renaissance benchmark with settings of Test: Akka Unbalanced Cobwebbed Tree. Clear Linux 40130 was the fastest.
Renaissance benchmark with settings of Test: Random Forest. CetnOS Stream 9 was the fastest.

Clear Linux and CentOS Stream were the fastest with their OpenJDK Java performance. Worth noting though is that Fedora Server 39 even with its Schedutil governor default was still much faster than Ubuntu 23.10.

PyPerformance benchmark with settings of Benchmark: go. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
PyPerformance benchmark with settings of Benchmark: raytrace. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
PyPerformance benchmark with settings of Benchmark: float. Clear Linux 40130 was the fastest.
PyPerformance benchmark with settings of Benchmark: python_startup. CetnOS Stream 9 was the fastest.
PyPerformance benchmark with settings of Benchmark: 2to3. Clear Linux 40130 was the fastest.
PyBench benchmark with settings of Total For Average Test Times. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.

The newer Linux distributions on Python 3.11+ were delivering much faster Python performance as is to be expected compared to the older Python defaults on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS and CentOS Stream / RHEL 9.

NAMD benchmark with settings of ATPase Simulation, 327,506 Atoms. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.

Ubuntu 23.10 did secure another win when it came to running NAMD 2.14 on this Supermicro Xeon Max server.

Appleseed benchmark with settings of Scene: Emily. CetnOS Stream 9 was the fastest.

Meanwhile with the Appleseed renderer, Clear Linux and CentOS Stream 9 returned to delivering the best out-of-the-box performance.


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