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 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 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 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 |========================================= Windows Server 2016 ....... 17868 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 13811 |================================= 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 |================================ Windows Server 2016 ....... 2923436 |========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 2873549 |========================================= 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 |===================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 32469766300 |====================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 31441424833 |===================================== 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 |============================= Windows Server 2016 ....... 1050322 |========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 1023858 |========================================= 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 |========================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 4976658 |========================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 5078185 |=========================== 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 |========================= Windows Server 2016 ....... 72.44 |============================================ Windows Server 2019 17733 . 71.75 |============================================ 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 |===================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 76.96 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 78.50 |============================================ 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 |========================= Windows Server 2016 ....... 179.05 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 175.20 |========================================== 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 |=============================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 9.60 |========================================= Windows Server 2019 17733 . 10.21 |============================================ 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 |============================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 13.61 |============================================ Windows Server 2019 17733 . 13.15 |=========================================== 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 |================================ Windows Server 2016 ....... 12.99 |============================================ Windows Server 2019 17733 . 12.84 |=========================================== Stockfish 9 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 67775162 |========================================= Windows 10 Pro ............ 56575468 |================================== Ubuntu 18.04.1 LTS ........ 67589037 |========================================= Antergos 18.7-Rolling ..... 67213875 |======================================== Clear Linux 24200 ......... 55711383 |================================= openSUSE Tumbleweed ....... 68352835 |========================================= Windows Server 2016 ....... 54394773 |================================= Windows Server 2019 17733 . 54810661 |================================= 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 |============================================ Windows Server 2016 ....... 41246 |================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 42136 |=================== 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 |============================================ Windows Server 2016 ....... 16454 |================ Windows Server 2019 17733 . 17956 |================= 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 |======================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 38482333 |========= Windows Server 2019 17733 . 37676667 |======== 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 |==================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 30.00 |============================================ Windows Server 2019 17733 . 29.85 |============================================ 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 |===================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 83.40 |============================================ Windows Server 2019 17733 . 83.28 |============================================ 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 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 108 |==================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 106 |==================== 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 |============================================ Windows Server 2016 ....... 119 |====================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 129 |======================== 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 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 69 |=============== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 68 |=============== 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 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 91 |================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 92 |=================== 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 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 112 |===================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 114 |===================== 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 |============================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 94 |==================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 93 |==================== 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 |============================================ Windows Server 2016 ....... 129 |===================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 126 |===================== 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 |=========================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 98.29 |========================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 99.48 |========================== 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 |================================= Windows Server 2016 ....... 102.05 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 102.24 |=========================================== 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 |================================ Windows Server 2016 ....... 213.31 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 210.85 |=========================================== 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 |=============================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 149.27 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 147.51 |========================================== 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 |=================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 251.01 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 249.58 |=========================================== 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 |============================ Windows Server 2016 ....... 12.45 |=========================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 12.75 |============================================ 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 |================================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 189459 |============ Windows Server 2019 17733 . 193589 |============= 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 |=================== Windows Server 2016 ....... 0.30615599 |======================================= Windows Server 2019 17733 . 0.29292943 |===================================== 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 |==== Windows Server 2016 ....... 0.01502764 |================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 0.01661603 |===================================== 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 |========================================= Windows Server 2016 ....... 8984.43 |========================= Windows Server 2019 17733 . 10162.43 |============================ 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 |============= Windows Server 2016 ....... 16.74 |==================================== Windows Server 2019 17733 . 14.24 |===============================