Ryzen 9 5900X Kernel Comparison Tests for a future article. Linux 5.9.16: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3202 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 6GB (1780/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.9.16-050916-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 5.10.12: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3202 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 6GB (1780/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.10.12-051012-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Linux 5.11 Git: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 6.44GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3202 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 1TB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 6GB (1780/875MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 10 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 20.10, Kernel: 5.11.0-rc6-phx (x86_64) 20210203, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.2, Display Server: X Server 1.20.9, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 20.2.6 (LLVM 11.0.0), Vulkan: 1.2.131, Compiler: GCC 10.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 768667 |===================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 770333 |===================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 779667 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Random Write - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 4KB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory IOPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 632200 |======================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 637067 |========================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 849000 |====================================================== Flexible IO Tester 3.25 Type: Sequential Read - Engine: IO_uring - Buffered: No - Direct: Yes - Block Size: 2MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 6345 |======================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 6338 |======================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 6328 |======================================================== IOR 3.3.0 Block Size: 32MB - Disk Target: Default Test Directory MB/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 1317.78 |==================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 1326.60 |===================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 1337.49 |===================================================== DDraceNetwork 15.2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 457.51 |===================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 464.09 |====================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 462.32 |====================================================== DDraceNetwork 15.2.3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 479.16 |====================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 480.56 |====================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 479.62 |====================================================== DDraceNetwork 15.2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 364.10 |================================================ Linux 5.10.12 .. 376.06 |================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 406.27 |====================================================== DDraceNetwork 15.2.3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 2.8 MAX: 12.5 Linux 5.10.12 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 8.0 Linux 5.11 Git . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 9.3 DDraceNetwork 15.2.3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 367.17 |============================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 397.07 |================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 430.47 |====================================================== DDraceNetwork 15.2.3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... MIN: 2.1 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 4.9 Linux 5.10.12 .. MIN: 2.0 AVG: 2.5 MAX: 5.5 Linux 5.11 Git . MIN: 2.0 AVG: 2.4 MAX: 4.2 Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 501.05 |============================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 524.51 |================================================ Linux 5.11 Git . 586.49 |====================================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 302.02 |================================================ Linux 5.10.12 .. 313.81 |================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 342.09 |====================================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 135.40 |====================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 135.10 |====================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 135.40 |====================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 212.8 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 214.2 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 213.8 |======================================================= Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 70.9 |======================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 70.6 |======================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 70.8 |======================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Medium - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 103.4 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 102.9 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 103.3 |======================================================= Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 155.46 |====================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 155.75 |====================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 155.82 |====================================================== Warsow 2.5 Beta Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 958.8 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 955.7 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 957.8 |======================================================= Warsow 2.5 Beta Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 340.5 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 340.0 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 340.1 |======================================================= ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 215.60 |===================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 214.81 |===================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 218.46 |====================================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 3449.64 |==================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 3436.97 |==================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 3495.40 |===================================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 333.38 |====================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 331.70 |====================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 333.29 |====================================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 3474.20 |===================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 3456.77 |===================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 3473.26 |===================================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 218.74 |====================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 218.12 |====================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 218.72 |====================================================== ParaView 5.9 Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 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5.10.12 .. 12826.7 |================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 13869.0 |===================================================== OpenFOAM 8 Input: Motorbike 30M Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 97.23 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 96.98 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 97.59 |======================================================= LAMMPS Molecular Dynamics Simulator 29Oct2020 Model: Rhodopsin Protein ns/day > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 10.82 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 10.66 |====================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 10.85 |======================================================= John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 30347 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 30416 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 30316 |======================================================= John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 1786333 |===================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 1802667 |===================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 1801000 |===================================================== dav1d 0.8.1 Video Input: Chimera 1080p FPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 704.66 |============================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 707.63 |============================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 846.76 |====================================================== dav1d 0.8.1 Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p FPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 602.36 |======================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 612.71 |======================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 831.69 |====================================================== dav1d 0.8.1 Video Input: Chimera 1080p 10-bit FPS > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 100.78 |============================================ Linux 5.10.12 .. 101.09 |============================================ Linux 5.11 Git . 123.14 |====================================================== x264 2019-12-17 H.264 Video Encoding Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 168.37 |==================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 169.09 |==================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 174.97 |====================================================== x265 3.4 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 24.05 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 24.16 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 24.11 |======================================================= x265 3.4 Video Input: Bosphorus 1080p Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 71.62 |=============================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 72.47 |================================================ Linux 5.11 Git . 83.61 |======================================================= OpenVKL 0.9 Benchmark: vklBenchmark Items / Sec > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 220 |===================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 217 |==================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 237 |========================================================= Stockfish 12 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 35890224 |=================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 36825372 |==================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 36802532 |==================================================== asmFish 2018-07-23 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 48839565 |==================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 49161610 |==================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 48905168 |==================================================== Timed GDB GNU Debugger Compilation 9.1 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 83.20 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 83.60 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 65.94 |=========================================== Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation 3.2.3 Time To Compile Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 90.85 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 90.01 |====================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 89.80 |====================================================== Node.js V8 Web Tooling Benchmark runs/s > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 15.10 |====================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 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|===================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 1791723 |===================================================== Darktable 3.2.1 Test: Server Rack - Acceleration: CPU-only Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 0.188 |====================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 0.192 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 0.175 |================================================== GIMP 2.10.18 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 6.686 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 6.684 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 5.703 |=============================================== GIMP 2.10.18 Test: rotate Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 9.271 |====================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 9.418 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 8.556 |================================================== GIMP 2.10.18 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 10.462 |====================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 10.420 |====================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 9.356 |================================================ GIMP 2.10.18 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 12.87 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 12.85 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 11.80 |================================================== RawTherapee Total Benchmark Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 46.69 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 46.79 |======================================================= Linux 5.11 Git . 45.39 |===================================================== librsvg Operation: SVG Files To PNG Seconds < Lower Is Better Linux 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|================================================ Linux 5.11 Git . 116.0 |======================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 88.44 |==================================================== Linux 5.10.12 .. 88.13 |==================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 93.61 |======================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 122 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 124 |======================================================== Linux 5.11 Git . 126 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Linux 5.9.16 ... 599.0 |======================================================= Linux 5.10.12 .. 589.8 |====================================================== Linux 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