AMD Ryzen 9 7950X & Intel Core i9 14900K: Ubuntu 22.04 vs. 23.10 vs. 24.04 Linux Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 25 April 2024 at 05:00 PM EDT. Page 3 of 5. 31 Comments.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Junkshop, Compute: CPU-Only. Ryzen 9 7950X: Ubuntu 24.04 was the fastest.

When running the official Blender 4.1 binaries on all tested platforms, there were some slight benefits on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS for both the Intel and AMD desktops.

LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: DLSC, Acceleration: CPU. Ryzen 9 7950X: Ubuntu 24.04 was the fastest.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: Danish Mood, Acceleration: CPU. Ryzen 9 7950X: Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.

The LuxCore renderer with the same binaries across was showing some performance benefits of using Ubuntu 24.04 LTS compared to 23.10 or the 22.04 LTS series.

OSPRay Studio benchmark with settings of Camera: 1, Resolution: 4K, Samples Per Pixel: 1, Renderer: Path Tracer, Acceleration: CPU. Ryzen 9 7950X: Ubuntu 24.04 was the fastest.
OSPRay Studio benchmark with settings of Camera: 1, Resolution: 4K, Samples Per Pixel: 32, Renderer: Path Tracer, Acceleration: CPU. Ryzen 9 7950X: Ubuntu 24.04 was the fastest.
OSPRay Studio benchmark with settings of Camera: 3, Resolution: 4K, Samples Per Pixel: 1, Renderer: Path Tracer, Acceleration: CPU. Ryzen 9 7950X: Ubuntu 24.04 was the fastest.
Embree benchmark with settings of Binary: Pathtracer ISPC, Model: Asian Dragon. Core i9 14900K: Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.

Not all workloads saw benefit in moving to the new Ubuntu 24.04 LTS on the Intel Raptor Lake and AMD Zen 4 desktops.

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