AMD Ryzen 9 7950X "Zen 4" Rocks On Intel's Clear Linux

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 14 October 2022 at 10:54 AM EDT. Page 4 of 6. 48 Comments.
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

AVIF image encoding and ASTC texture compression were enjoying some nice advantages with Clear Linux on the AMD Zen 4 desktop.

Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Blender 3.3 heavily favors Linux over Windows but between Clear Linux and Ubuntu when both using the official Blender binaries, there was no major performance difference.

Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu vs. Clear Linux - AMD Ryzen 9 7950X

Meanwhile with the proprietary IndigoBench renderer, it did see some uplift out of running on Clear Linux.


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