5700x kernel amp1 stock AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core testing with a ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS_BR (5021 BIOS) and llvmpipe on Linuxmint 22 via the Phoronix Test Suite. 5700x kernel amp1 stock: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core @ 3.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) v3.0 (H.J3 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 32GB DDR4-3600MT/s D4U3236180B, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB + 8002GB TOSHIBA HDWG780U + 4001GB Seagate ST4000VN008-2DR1 + 1000GB USB3.0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: R240HY + DELL S3221QS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 550.120, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 5700x kernel amp2 4.6 1.29: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) v3.0 (H.J3 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 32GB DDR4-3600MT/s D4U3236180B, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB + 8002GB TOSHIBA HDWG780U + 4001GB Seagate ST4000VN008-2DR1 + 1000GB USB3.0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: R240HY + DELL S3221QS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 550.120, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 5700x lernel amp2 4.6 1.29 2: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) v3.0 (H.J3 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 32GB DDR4-3600MT/s D4U3236180B, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB + 8002GB TOSHIBA HDWG780U + 4001GB Seagate ST4000VN008-2DR1 + 1000GB USB3.0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: R240HY + DELL S3221QS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 550.120, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 5700x kernel amp2 4.6 1.26: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core @ 4.60GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) v3.0 (H.J3 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 32GB DDR4-3600MT/s D4U3236180B, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB + 8002GB TOSHIBA HDWG780U + 4001GB Seagate ST4000VN008-2DR1 + 1000GB USB3.0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: R240HY + DELL S3221QS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 550.120, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 5700x kernel amp2 4.4 1.27: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core @ 4.40GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) v3.0 (H.J3 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 32GB DDR4-3600MT/s D4U3236180B, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB + 8002GB TOSHIBA HDWG780U + 4001GB Seagate ST4000VN008-2DR1 + 1000GB USB3.0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: R240HY + DELL S3221QS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 550.120, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 5700x kernel amp2 4.55 1.156: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core @ 4.55GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) v3.0 (H.J3 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 32GB DDR4-3600MT/s D4U3236180B, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB + 8002GB TOSHIBA HDWG780U + 4001GB Seagate ST4000VN008-2DR1 + 1000GB USB3.0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: R240HY + DELL S3221QS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 550.120, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 5700x kernel 4.2 1.156: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 5700X 8-Core @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: MSI B450M BAZOOKA (MS-7A38) v3.0 (H.J3 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 32GB DDR4-3600MT/s D4U3236180B, Disk: 1000GB Samsung SSD 980 1TB + 8002GB TOSHIBA HDWG780U + 4001GB Seagate ST4000VN008-2DR1 + 1000GB USB3.0, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 8GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: R240HY + DELL S3221QS, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: MATE 1.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 550.120, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 13.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 5760x2160 mint5950xbaseline: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS_BR (5021 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 8 GB DDR4-3600MT/s G Skill F4-3600C17-8GVK, Disk: 1000GB KINGSTON SNV3S1000G + 480GB Corsair Force MP510 + 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1ER1 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2421D, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.8.0-49-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 6.2.9, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 550.120, Compiler: GCC 13.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 4480x1440 mint5950xhot: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS_BR (5021 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 8 GB DDR4-3600MT/s G Skill F4-3600C17-8GVK, Disk: 1000GB KINGSTON SNV3S1000G + 480GB Corsair Force MP510 + 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1ER1 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: Gigabyte NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 6GB, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Monitor: DELL P2421D, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.8.0-50-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 6.2.9, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 550.127.08, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 3.0 CUDA 12.4.131, Compiler: GCC 14.1.0 + Clang 18.1.3 + LLVM 18.1.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 4480x1440 mint5950xamd_pstates: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 5.08GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS TUF GAMING X570-PLUS_BR (5021 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 2 x 8 GB DDR4-3600MT/s G Skill F4-3600C17-8GVK, Disk: 1000GB KINGSTON SNV3S1000G + 480GB Corsair Force MP510 + 120GB SanDisk SDSSDA12 + 1000GB Seagate ST1000DM003-1ER1 + 500GB Seagate ST3500418AS, Graphics: llvmpipe, Audio: NVIDIA TU106 HD Audio, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 + Broadcom BCM4360 802.11ac Dual Band OS: Linuxmint 22, Kernel: 6.12.0-061200-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Cinnamon 6.2.9, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.11, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 24.0.9-0ubuntu0.3 (LLVM 17.0.6 256 bits), Compiler: GCC 14.1.0 + Clang 18.1.3 + LLVM 18.1.3, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Timed Linux Kernel Compilation 6.8 Build: defconfig Seconds < Lower Is Better 5700x kernel amp1 stock . 157.07 |============================================= 5700x kernel 4.2 1.156 .. 146.67 |========================================== mint5950xbaseline ....... 74.72 |===================== mint5950xhot ............ 88.83 |========================= mint5950xamd_pstates .... 86.94 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