Windows 10 vs. Linux - AMD Threadripper 2990WX Performance Benchmarks AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core on Windows and Linux operating systems. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix.com. Windows 10 Pro: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME, Memory: 4 x 8192 MB 1600MHz Unknown F4-3200C14-8GFX, Disk: 466GB Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Bluetooth Device (Personal Area ) + Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI) + Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4A Wireless + Qualcomm Atheros Sparrow 11ad Wireless OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 24.20.12019.1010, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (2580.6) + OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (2639.5), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (0064 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8176MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-29-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.5 (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Antergos 18.7-Rolling: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (0064 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 8176MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Antergos Linux 18.7-ISO-Rolling, Kernel: 4.17.11-arch1 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.0, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.0, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.5 (LLVM 6.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180531, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Clear Linux 24200: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (0064 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: Clear Linux OS 24200, Kernel: 4.17.12-603.native (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.3.0-devel (LLVM 6.0.1), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 8.2.0 + Clang 6.0.1 + LLVM 6.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 openSUSE Tumbleweed: Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (0064 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Family 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20180803, Kernel: 4.17.11-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.13.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.0, Display Driver: amdgpu 18.0.1, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.4 (LLVM 6.0.1), Compiler: GCC 8.1.1 20180719 [gcc-8-branch revision 262874], File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 18153 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 16606 |============================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 15198 |======================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 15063 |======================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 16754 |============================================ Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 2532362 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 2265529 |========================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 2275764 |========================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 2254282 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 2261557 |========================================= Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 28958415200 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 17690970408 |========================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 17685537436 |========================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 15525249988 |======================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 17935765991 |========================== Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 1023071 |============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 731838 |================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 725841 |================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 726901 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 727886 |================================= Fhourstones 3.1 Complex Connect-4 Solving Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 11132.70 |================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 13149.33 |======================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 13901.80 |========================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 12314.90 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 15012.63 |============================================= Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 7165467 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 7391551 |=========================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 7561867 |============================================ Clear Linux 24200 ..... 7705141 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 7901571 |============================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ..... 20903 |======================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 38857 |============================================ Clear Linux 24200 .. 45371 |=================================================== John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1 Test: Traditional DES Real C/S > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ..... 53264000 |============== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 171326333 |============================================= Clear Linux 24200 .. 179144667 |=============================================== x264 2018-07-28 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ..... 127.42 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 137.42 |========================================== Clear Linux 24200 .. 163.28 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Swirl Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 175 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 240 |================================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 244 |================================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 246 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Rotate Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 176 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 250 |================================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 252 |================================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 239 |=============================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Sharpen Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 119 |============================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 207 |================================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 199 |=============================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 212 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Enhanced Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 168 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 220 |================================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 213 |=============================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 227 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Resizing Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 133 |=========================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 239 |================================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 233 |=============================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 248 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: Noise-Gaussian Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 176 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 200 |=============================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 192 |============================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 214 |================================================== GraphicsMagick 1.3.30 Operation: HWB Color Space Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 204 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 269 |================================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 279 |================================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 267 |================================================ 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 41145 |==================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 94492 |============================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 77891 |===================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 99764 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 99098 |================================================ Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 67589037 |============================================ Windows 10 Pro ........ 56575468 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 67775162 |============================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 67213875 |============================================ Clear Linux 24200 ..... 55711383 |===================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 68352835 |============================================= Primesieve 6.2 1e12 Prime Number Generation Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 12.47 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 9.37 |==================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 9.42 |==================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 9.43 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 9.32 |==================================== AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 57.83 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 39.73 |================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 39.36 |================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 34.58 |============================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 39.33 |================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 9.38 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 9.14 |================================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 9.34 |================================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 8.72 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 9.30 |================================================= BLAKE2 20170307 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 7.25 |================================================= Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 7.24 |================================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 7.16 |================================================ Clear Linux 24200 ..... 7.13 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 7.18 |================================================= FFmpeg 4.0.2 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 6.27 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 8.35 |=============================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 8.65 |================================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 6.17 |=================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 8.17 |============================================== m-queens 1.1 Time To Solve Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 25.67 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 24.62 |============================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 25.24 |=============================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 25.83 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 24.61 |============================================== Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Graceful Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 50.50 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 43.65 |========================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 43.73 |========================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 41.73 |======================================== Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Solitaire Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 54.32 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 66.51 |=============================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 68.13 |================================================ Clear Linux 24200 ..... 65.27 |============================================== Minion 1.8 Benchmark: Quasigroup Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 123.35 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 113.82 |=========================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 113.28 |=========================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 106.12 |======================================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 0.21584567 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 0.14189685 |============================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 0.14910324 |============================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 0.14409207 |============================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 0.14958213 |============================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 0.01730746 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 0.00164660 |==== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 0.00161968 |==== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 0.00082595 |== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 0.00162056 |==== Blender 2.79a Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 92.61 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 79.44 |========================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 78.74 |========================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 79.27 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 77.79 |======================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 206.11 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 156.40 |==================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 156.98 |==================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 157.45 |==================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 156.43 |==================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 138.67 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 110.08 |===================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 110.03 |===================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 112.50 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 108.08 |===================================== Blender 2.79a Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 240.47 |=============================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 206.73 |======================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 209.16 |========================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 208.06 |========================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 202.00 |======================================= PHPBench 0.8.1 PHP Benchmark Suite Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 264964 |=================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 504495 |==================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 509129 |==================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 662464 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 519762 |===================================== Git Time To Complete Common Git Commands Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro ........ 20.37 |================================================ Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 5.52 |============= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 5.66 |============= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 5.56 |============= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 5.96 |============== OpenSSL 1.1.0f RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 5863.50 |============================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 5846.37 |============================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 5865.33 |============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 5877.57 |============================================== Chaos Group V-RAY 1.1.0 Mode: CPU Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 31.19 |================================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 30.84 |=============================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 30.23 |=============================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 30.24 |=============================================== GNU Octave Benchmark 4.2.2 Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 8.99 |==================================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Write TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 16244.84 |========================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 17343.86 |============================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 16670.29 |=========================================== PostgreSQL pgbench 10.3 Scaling: Buffer Test - Test: Normal Load - Mode: Read Only TPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 469556.00 |============================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 467202.96 |============================================ Clear Linux 24200 ..... 317125.52 |============================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 1461629.04 |================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 1591930.77 |==================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 1892933.42 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1406505.12 |================================ Redis 4.0.8 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 1916298.54 |================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 1926175.08 |================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 2545182.13 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1774192.29 |============================== Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 1273901.92 |=================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 1287815.37 |=================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 1578909.21 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1198568.96 |================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 1276721.00 |================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 1292158.79 |================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 1622625.37 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1226572.42 |================================= Redis 4.0.8 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 1725471.84 |================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 1730431.50 |================================ Clear Linux 24200 ..... 2306085.00 |=========================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1569082.17 |============================= Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP CFD Solver Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 9.09 |========================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 9.22 |========================================= Clear Linux 24200 ..... 8.42 |====================================== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 10.71 |================================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP LavaMD Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 25.97 |================================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 25.21 |=============================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 25.73 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 23.58 |============================================ Rodinia 2.4 Test: OpenMP Streamcluster Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 30.15 |====================================== Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 28.63 |==================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 37.84 |================================================ openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 32.39 |========================================= C-Ray 1.1 Total Time - 4K, 16 Rays Per Pixel Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 24.30 |================================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 20.08 |======================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 19.79 |======================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 20.02 |======================================== Smallpt 1.0 Global Illumination Renderer; 128 Samples Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 13.70 |================================================ Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 13.37 |=============================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 3.26 |=========== openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 13.42 |=============================================== Himeno Benchmark 3.0 Poisson Pressure Solver MFLOPS > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS .... 1297.46 |============================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 1317.47 |============================================== Clear Linux 24200 ..... 1277.17 |============================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 1304.54 |============================================== Open FMM Nero2D 2.0.2 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS . 90.65 |=================================================== GNU Octave Benchmark 4.4.0 Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 24200 ..... 8.71 |================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling . 12.79 |================================================ Clear Linux 24200 ..... 8.92 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ... 7.22 |===========================