Ubuntu 20.04 Core i7 Whiskey Intel Core i7-8550U testing with a Dell 0H0VG3 (1.10.0 BIOS) and Intel UHD 620 3GB on Ubuntu 20.04 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Linux 5.4 Kernel Default: Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3 (1.10.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8GB, Disk: PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.4.0-42-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 5.8.2: Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3 (1.10.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8GB, Disk: PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.8.2-050802-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Linux 5.9 Git: Processor: Intel Core i7-8550U @ 4.00GHz (4 Cores / 8 Threads), Motherboard: Dell 0H0VG3 (1.10.0 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7th, Memory: 8GB, Disk: PM961 NVMe SAMSUNG 256GB, Graphics: Intel UHD 620 3GB (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC3271, Network: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac OS: Ubuntu 20.04, Kernel: 5.9.0-050900rc1daily20200819-generic (x86_64) 20200818, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.36.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.8, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.8, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.0.8, Compiler: GCC 9.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 1171374 |=========================================== Linux 5.8.2 .............. 1164012 |=========================================== Linux 5.9 Git ............ 1161160 |=========================================== Open Porous Media OPM Benchmark: Flow MPI Norne - Threads: 1 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 454.21 |============================================ Linux 5.8.2 .............. 454.96 |============================================ Linux 5.9 Git ............ 454.55 |============================================ Open Porous Media OPM Benchmark: Flow MPI Norne - Threads: 2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 309.02 |============================================ Linux 5.8.2 .............. 308.29 |============================================ Linux 5.9 Git ............ 308.31 |============================================ Open Porous Media OPM Benchmark: Flow MPI Norne - Threads: 4 Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 387.92 |============================================ Linux 5.8.2 .............. 389.70 |============================================ Linux 5.9 Git ............ 389.87 |============================================ ASTC Encoder 2.0 Preset: Fast Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 5.95 |============================================== Linux 5.8.2 .............. 5.89 |============================================== Linux 5.9 Git ............ 5.89 |============================================== ASTC Encoder 2.0 Preset: Medium Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 16.10 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 16.04 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 15.99 |============================================= ASTC Encoder 2.0 Preset: Thorough Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 112.98 |============================================ Linux 5.8.2 .............. 112.52 |============================================ Linux 5.9 Git ............ 112.50 |============================================ ASTC Encoder 2.0 Preset: Exhaustive Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 919.94 |============================================ Linux 5.8.2 .............. 913.62 |============================================ Linux 5.9 Git ............ 912.71 |============================================ Darktable 3.0.1 Test: Boat - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 31.14 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 31.13 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 31.27 |============================================= Darktable 3.0.1 Test: Masskrug - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 24.46 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 24.57 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 24.60 |============================================= Darktable 3.0.1 Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 0.321 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 0.323 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 0.324 |============================================= Darktable 3.0.1 Test: Server Room - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 21.47 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 21.52 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 21.53 |============================================= GIMP 2.10.18 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 12.57 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 12.71 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 12.68 |============================================= GIMP 2.10.18 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 14.18 |=========================================== Linux 5.8.2 .............. 14.79 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 14.80 |============================================= GIMP 2.10.18 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 15.20 |============================================ Linux 5.8.2 .............. 15.52 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 15.53 |============================================= GIMP 2.10.18 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 18.89 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 18.98 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 19.03 |============================================= Hugin Panorama Photo Assistant + Stitching Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 88.73 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 89.08 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 88.40 |============================================= Inkscape Operation: SVG Files To PNG Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 26.50 |============================================ Linux 5.8.2 .............. 26.66 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 26.88 |============================================= LibreOffice Test: 20 Documents To PDF Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 7.950 |============================================ Linux 5.8.2 .............. 8.129 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 8.149 |============================================= OCRMyPDF 9.6.0+dfsg Processing 60 Page PDF Document Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 79.92 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 79.69 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 80.00 |============================================= librsvg Operation: SVG Files To PNG Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 26.58 |=========================================== Linux 5.8.2 .............. 27.49 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 27.75 |============================================= Tesseract OCR 4.1.1 Time To OCR 7 Images Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.4 Kernel Default . 29.04 |============================================= Linux 5.8.2 .............. 29.00 |============================================= Linux 5.9 Git ............ 29.00 |=============================================