The performance of the new AMD Ryzen 9000 is below what most people initially expected. We all thought that they would easily outperform the 13th Generation Intel Core, but this has not happened.
We don’t know the real reason why the performance of these chips is much lower than expected. A new comparison of one of these new AMD chips would show that the problem would have to do with the operating system. It seems that Windows 11 is not able to take full advantage of the potential of these new processors.
AMD Ryzen 9000 runs better on Linux
We all know that most users prefer to use Windows, despite the privacy risks and the problems that updates often present. Most users do not use Linux because it is too complex or simply because of fear and lack of knowledge.
We were surprised by the comparison of the AMD Ryzen 7 7900X in the Windows 11 24H2 and Nobara Linux 40 distributions. First, it should be noted that the 24H2 version of Windows is currently only accessible through the Insiders program. On the other hand, it should be noted that Nobara is not even close to the first Linux distribution that comes to mind, the most common being Ubuntu or Fedora, for example.
For the comparison this configuration was used:
- Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
- Motherboard: MSI MAG B650 Tomahawk WIFI
- RAM: 48GB DDR5-6400 CL32-38-38-102
- Graphic: ASUS Geforce RTX 4090 TUF Gaming OC
- SSD: Corsair Force MP600 Elite Series 2TB
- Source: bequiet! Straight Power 12 850W
- Operating System: Windows 11 24H2 and Nobara Linux 40
About the AMD Ryzen 7 9700X, we can say that this processor has 8 cores and 16 threads. This processor offers us a base frequency of 3.8 GHz and can reach 5.5 GHz in Boost mode. It also has 8 MB of L2 cache and 32 MB of L3 cache. This chip is manufactured under TSMC’s 4nm process. On paper, it seems like a brutal CPU.
The performance in the games they have tested shows better performance in this Linux distribution than in Windows. The comparison is very interesting, since these games have been tested:
- Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
- Red Dead Redemption 2
- Horizon Forbidden West
- Ghost of Tsushima
- World of Warcraft
The performance difference in these games ranges from 2-8%, which is quite significant in favor of the Linux distribution. This is quite significant, because most users use the Microsoft operating system. This raises questions about Windows optimization for AMD processors.
There are no changes to the processor or other components here, the hardware configuration is always the same. Only the operating system is modified and, of course, the results are very striking.
We cannot help but remember that Microsoft, when it launched Windows 11, highlighted that it had been developed in collaboration with Intel. What’s more, this operating system was developed with the configuration of Intel chips’ power and efficiency cores in mind. Which leads us to think that this optimization is holding back the best performance for AMD Ryzen processors.