Windows Server vs. Linux - AMD Threadripper 2990WX Performance Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core on Windows Server 2016/2019, Windows 10, 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

Windows Server 2016: 

	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: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: Bluetooth Device (RFCOMM Protocol TDI) + LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000 + Microsoft ISATAP

	OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2016 Essentials Build 14393, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 10.0.14393.0, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Windows Server 2019 17733: 

	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: Microsoft Basic Display, Network: LAN7500 USB 2.0 to 10/100/1000

	OS: Microsoft Windows Server 2019 Standard Build 17733, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 10.0.17733.1000, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 1024x768

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

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

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

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 |============================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 17868 |===========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 13811 |=================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 16606 |========================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 15063 |=====================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 15198 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 16754 |=========================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: json
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 2532362 |====================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 2923436 |==========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 2873549 |=========================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 2265529 |=================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 2254282 |================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 2275764 |=================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 2261557 |================================


Go Benchmarks
Test: build
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 28958415200 |==================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 32469766300 |======================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 31441424833 |=====================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 17690970408 |=====================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 15525249988 |==================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 17685537436 |=====================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 17935765991 |=====================


Go Benchmarks
Test: garbage
Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 1023071 |=========================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 1050322 |==========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 1023858 |=========================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 731838  |=============================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 726901  |=============================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 725841  |=============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 727886  |=============================


Fhourstones 3.1
Complex Connect-4 Solving
Kpos / sec > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 11132.70 |==============================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 8984.43  |=========================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 10162.43 |============================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 13149.33 |====================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 12314.90 |==================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 13901.80 |======================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 15012.63 |=========================================


Crafty 25.2
Elapsed Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 7165467 |======================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 4976658 |==========================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 5078185 |===========================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 7391551 |=======================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 7705141 |=========================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 7561867 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 7901571 |==========================================


John The Ripper 1.8.0-jumbo-1
Test: Blowfish
Real C/S > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 20903 |====================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 16454 |================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 17956 |=================
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  |============
Windows Server 2016 ....... 38482333  |=========
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 37676667  |========
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 |==================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 98.29  |==========================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 99.48  |==========================
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 |=================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 108 |====================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 106 |====================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 240 |=============================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 246 |==============================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 244 |==============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Rotate
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 176 |================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 119 |======================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 129 |========================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 250 |==============================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 239 |============================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 252 |==============================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Sharpen
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 119 |==========================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 69  |===============
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 68  |===============
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 207 |=============================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 212 |==============================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 199 |===========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Enhanced
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 168 |==================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 91  |==================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 92  |===================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 220 |=============================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 227 |==============================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 213 |===========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Resizing
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 133 |=========================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 112 |=====================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 114 |=====================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 239 |============================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 248 |==============================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 233 |===========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: Noise-Gaussian
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 176 |======================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 94  |====================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 93  |====================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 200 |===========================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 214 |==============================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 192 |=========================================


GraphicsMagick 1.3.30
Operation: HWB Color Space
Iterations Per Minute > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 204 |==================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 129 |=====================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 126 |=====================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 269 |============================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 267 |============================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 279 |==============================================


7-Zip Compression 16.02
Compress Speed Test
MIPS > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 41145 |==================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 41246 |==================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 42136 |===================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 94492 |==========================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 99764 |============================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 77891 |==================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 99098 |============================================


Stockfish 9
Total Time
Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 67589037 |=========================================
Windows 10 Pro ............ 56575468 |==================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 54394773 |=================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 54810661 |=================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 67775162 |=========================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 55711383 |=================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 67213875 |========================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 68352835 |=========================================


Primesieve 6.2
1e12 Prime Number Generation
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 12.47 |==========================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 12.99 |============================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 12.84 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 9.37  |================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 9.43  |================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 9.42  |================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 9.32  |================================


AOBench
Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 57.83 |===============================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 83.40 |============================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 83.28 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 39.73 |=====================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 34.58 |==================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 39.36 |=====================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 39.33 |=====================


FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2
WAV To FLAC
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 9.38  |==============================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 13.61 |============================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 13.15 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 9.14  |==============================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 8.72  |============================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 9.34  |==============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 9.30  |==============================


BLAKE2 20170307

Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 7.25  |===============================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 9.60  |=========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 10.21 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 7.24  |===============================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 7.13  |===============================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 7.16  |===============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 7.18  |===============================


FFmpeg 4.0.2
H.264 HD To NTSC DV
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 6.27  |======================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 12.45 |===========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 12.75 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 8.35  |=============================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 6.17  |=====================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 8.65  |==============================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 8.17  |============================


m-queens 1.1
Time To Solve
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 25.67 |======================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 30.00 |============================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 29.85 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 24.62 |====================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 25.83 |======================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 25.24 |=====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 24.61 |====================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Graceful
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 50.50 |===============================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 72.44 |============================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 71.75 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 43.65 |===========================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 41.73 |=========================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 43.73 |===========================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Solitaire
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 54.32 |==============================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 76.96 |===========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 78.50 |============================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 66.51 |=====================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 65.27 |=====================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 68.13 |======================================


Minion 1.8
Benchmark: Quasigroup
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 123.35 |==============================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 179.05 |===========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 175.20 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 113.82 |===========================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 106.12 |=========================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 113.28 |===========================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Pod2html
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 0.21584567 |===========================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 0.30615599 |=======================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 0.29292943 |=====================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 0.14189685 |==================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 0.14409207 |==================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 0.14910324 |===================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 0.14958213 |===================


Perl Benchmarks
Test: Interpreter
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 0.01730746 |=======================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 0.01502764 |==================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 0.01661603 |=====================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 0.00164660 |====
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 0.00082595 |==
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 0.00161968 |====
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 0.00162056 |====


Blender 2.79a
Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 92.61  |=======================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 102.05 |===========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 102.24 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 79.44  |=================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 79.27  |=================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 78.74  |=================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 77.79  |=================================


Blender 2.79a
Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 206.11 |==========================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 213.31 |===========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 210.85 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 156.40 |================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 157.45 |================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 156.98 |================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 156.43 |================================


Blender 2.79a
Blend File: Fishy Cat - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 138.67 |========================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 149.27 |===========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 147.51 |==========================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 110.08 |================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 112.50 |================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 110.03 |================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 108.08 |===============================


Blender 2.79a
Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona - Compute: CPU-Only
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 240.47 |=========================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 251.01 |===========================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 249.58 |===========================================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 206.73 |===================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 208.06 |====================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 209.16 |====================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 202.00 |===================================


PHPBench 0.8.1
PHP Benchmark Suite
Score > Higher Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 264964 |=================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 189459 |============
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 193589 |=============
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 504495 |=================================
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 662464 |===========================================
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 509129 |=================================
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 519762 |==================================


Git
Time To Complete Common Git Commands
Seconds < Lower Is Better
Windows 10 Pro ............ 20.37 |============================================
Windows Server 2016 ....... 16.74 |====================================
Windows Server 2019 17733 . 14.24 |===============================
Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 5.52  |============
Clear Linux 24200 ......... 5.56  |============
Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 5.66  |============
openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 5.96  |=============