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Linux 5.15 LTS To 6.17 Benchmarks: Four Years Of Kernel Improvement Net 37% Improvement On AMD EPYC
Stemming from a request by a Phoronix Premium reader wondering about some fresh historical kernel performance comparison numbers, today's benchmarking is looking at the performance of the LTS and latest stable Linux kernel versions going back to Linux 5.15 LTS in 2021.
Stemming from a request by a Phoronix Premium reader wondering about some fresh historical kernel performance comparison numbers, today's benchmarking is looking at the performance of the LTS and latest stable Linux kernel versions going back to Linux 5.15 LTS in 2021. For testing an AMD EPYC Milan-X server was used for compatibility back through Linux 5.15 LTS with some rather impressive results for testing these major Linux kernel releases of the past four years. Page 1 - IntroductionPage 2 - PostgreSQL + ClickHouse DatabasesPage 3 - MariaDB + FIO IO_uringPage 4 - Blender + BRL-CAD + Code CompilationPage 5 - Video Encoding, User-Space AppsPage 6 - HPC Benchmarks, OpenJDK JavaPage 7 - Stress-NG Kernel MicrobenchmarksPage 8 - Nginx, Renaissance + Overall Metrics
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