AMD’s new 96-core Ryzen Threadripper Pro 7995WX (Amazon/B&H Photo Video) processor runs 20% faster on Ubuntu compared to Windows 11, according to recent benchmark tests by Phoronix. The tests demonstrate Linux’s advantage over Windows when utilizing high core count CPUs.
Phoronix tested the 7995WX chip on an HP Z6 G5 workstation featuring 128GB of DDR5 RAM and an Nvidia RTX A4000 GPU. They pitted Windows 11 Pro version 23H2 against Ubuntu 23.10 in various CPU-intensive benchmarks. Across all tests, Ubuntu averaged 19.5% higher performance than Windows 11.