Intel Xe2 Lunar Lake Linux Graphics Performance Up ~17% Over Past Year Review
…I re-ran all the same graphics benchmarks on the same laptop but now using Ubuntu 26.04 in its near-final state with the Linux 7.0 kernel and Mesa 26…
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Nouveau vs. NVIDIA R595 Linux Driver For Workstation Graphics Performance
…NVIDIA benchmarks were more focused on GPU compute and workstation graphics. Those interested in Linux gaming performance with Nouveau can see some of my earlier Nouveau benchmarks from this year, but it…
Linux 6.6 LTS To Linux 7.1 Bechmarks: Performance Up 13% On AMD Threadripper Over Three Years
…For those wondering the longer-term picture, here are benchmarks of Linux 7.1 Git compared to recent Linux LTS kernel series going back to 2023 for providing a picture at how…
KDE Plasma 6.6 Showing Frequent Performance Advantage Over GNOME 50 With NVIDIA R595 Driver
…Earlier this week I provided benchmarks looking at KDE Plasma 6.6's performance advantage over GNOME 50 for Linux gaming with AMD Radeon graphics. That raised the question if the same…
Glibc Lands A Big Optimization For LoongArch CPUs
…Will be fun to benchmark these LoongArch improvements soon to see how much better the 3B6000 is looking across a range of workloads. Linux 7.1 Supports Newer Logitech Bluetooth Keyboards, Malicious…
Linux Provides Better Performance With The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Over Windows 11
…In being curious if Linux had an inherent advantage to the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition with the larger cache compared to Microsoft Windows, I ran a fresh round of benchmarks…
Intel Arc Pro B70 Open-Source Linux Performance Against NVIDIA RTX & AMD Radeon AI PRO Review
Last week after receiving the Intel Arc Pro B70 review hardware I began with some benchmarks looking at how the Arc Pro B70 compared to existing Intel GPUs on Linux with their…
Phoronix Marking 22 Years Of Linux Hardware Coverage This Week
…Over the past 22 years on Phoronix there have been more than 5,600 original Linux hardware reviews / benchmark articles and more than 50,200 original news articles on hardware, open-source…
Linux 7.1 Helping Intel Arc Battlemage Graphics Achieve Better Performance
…For this round of testing the configurations benchmarked were: Ubuntu 26.04 Stock - Linux 7.0 + Mesa 26.0: The stock Ubuntu 26.04 LTS setup as shipped out-of-the-box…
Intel Arc Pro B70 BMG-G31 Linux Gaming Performance
In recent weeks we have been exploring different areas of the Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics performance on Linux from various OpenCL and Vulkan to Level Zero compute benchmarks, scaling up to…