Windows Server vs. Linux - AMD Threadripper 2990WX Performance Benchmarks Compare against AMD TR baseline 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 Zorin 12: Processor: 2 x Intel Xeon X5650 @ 2.66GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: LENOVO (61KT50AUS BIOS), Chipset: Intel 5520 I/O + ICH10, Memory: 49152MB, Disk: 125GB Ultra + 500GB Samsung SSD 850, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 4096MB (1366/3504MHz), Audio: Analog Devices AD1988, Network: Mellanox MT26448 OS: Zorin 12, Kernel: 4.15.0-32-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.5, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 384.130, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 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 |========================================= Zorin 12 .................. 9096 |====================== 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 |======= Zorin 12 .................. 12557358 |========================================= 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 |===================== Zorin 12 .................. 29941475417 |=================================== 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 |============== Zorin 12 .................. 2234272 |========================================== 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 |========================================= Zorin 12 .................. 9026.37 |========================= 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 |========================================== Zorin 12 .................. 4825266 |========================== 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 |============================================ Zorin 12 .................. 10265 |========== 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 |======================================== Zorin 12 .................. 15860333 |==== 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 |=========================================== Zorin 12 .................. 52.94 |============== 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 |============================================== Zorin 12 .................. 111 |===================== 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 |============================================== Zorin 12 .................. 142 |========================== 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 |=========================================== Zorin 12 .................. 87 |=================== 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 |=========================================== Zorin 12 .................. 80 |================ 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 |=========================================== Zorin 12 .................. 126 |======================= 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 |========================================= Zorin 12 .................. 73 |================ 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 |============================================== Zorin 12 .................. 131 |====================== 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 |============================================ Zorin 12 .................. 37988 |================= 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 |========================================= Zorin 12 .................. 20175708 |============ 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 |========= Zorin 12 .................. 45.97 |============================================ 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 |===================== Zorin 12 .................. 74.97 |======================================== 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 |=================== Zorin 12 .................. 21.51 |============================================ 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 |=============================== Zorin 12 .................. 6.26 |=========================== 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 |============================ Zorin 12 .................. 12.39 |=========================================== 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 |========== Zorin 12 .................. 107.92 |=========================================== 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 |====================== Zorin 12 .................. 87.83 |============================================ 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 |===================== Zorin 12 .................. 140.16 |=========================================== 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 |========================= Zorin 12 .................. 194.83 |=========================================== 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 |=================== Zorin 12 .................. 0.28436589 |==================================== 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 |==== Zorin 12 .................. 0.00201229 |===== 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 |========= Zorin 12 .................. 377.00 |=========================================== 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 |======== Zorin 12 .................. 886.27 |=========================================== 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 |========= Zorin 12 .................. 505.71 |=========================================== 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 |======== Zorin 12 .................. 1040.36 |========================================== 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 |================================== Zorin 12 .................. 251169 |================ 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 |============= Zorin 12 .................. 10.24 |======================