cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/19143537

Last Wednesday was the review embargo for the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X Zen 5 desktop processors that proved to be very exciting for Linux workloads from developers to creators to AVX-512 embracing AI and HPC workloads. Today the review embargo lifts on the Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 9 9950X and as expected given the prior 6-core/8-core tests: these new chips are wild! The Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 9 9950X are fabulous processors for those engaging in heavy real-world Linux workloads with excellent performance uplift and stunning power efficiency.

I have been very much enjoying my time testing out AMD’s Zen 5 wares from the Ryzen AI 300 series to the Ryzen 9000 series. The Ryzen 5 9600X / Ryzen 7 9700X were great for whetting my appetite while awaiting the Ryzen 9 9900 series. I had been very much enjoying them to the extent I was rather surprised myself last week when hearing of some reviewers not finding much excitement out of these new Zen 5 processors but typically those just looking at Windows gaming performance or running only a few canned/synthetic benchmarks. Following the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X Linux testing when the Ryzen 9 9900X/9950X arrived, they were put immediately to my gauntlet of hundreds of Linux benchmarks and indeed living up to expectations.

  • Lucy :3@feddit.org
    61·
    3 months ago

    So … all reports of the CPUs performance being shit or way below expectations are just due to windows. As always.

    • WereCat@lemmy.world
      2·
      3 months ago

      I would hold on the conclusion for now. Steve from HW Unboxed tested both Zen 4 and Zen 5 with the “supposed” fix and both had improved performance so the rough difference between Zen 4 and Zen 5 remained almost the same as the issue was affecting both. We will need to see more tests though to draw a reasonable conclusion. We don’t yet know if this also affects older Zen 3 at all or not.

  • narc0tic_bird@lemm.ee
    56·
    3 months ago

    Something is wrong with the Windows scheduler and these new chips. The Linux results aren’t revolutionary, but they’re about what you’d expect from what AMD marketed in terms of IPC uplift.

    More reviewers should benchmark hardware on multiple operating systems.

    • Zikeji@programming.devEnglish
      29·
      3 months ago

      The new gamer’s nexus review outlines some pretty specific prerequisites that AMD sent to fix performance on Windows, and AMD didn’t communicate those until they’d had the review units for days.

  • DacoTaco@lemmy.world
    21·
    3 months ago

    This is… Interesting. I would love for gamers nexus to investigate this tbh. Means something is horribly wrong in windows ( shown by the wtf steps reviewers had to go through ).
    Im also curious at the performance uplift of zen5 in linux in regard of handbrake. Amd claimed a 40% uplift there which i guess might have been in linux and with a very specific clip?

  • minimalfootprint@discuss.tchncs.de
    4·
    3 months ago

    That’s encouraging, 3ven though these models are out of my price range.

    I’m planning to build a new system pretty soon. With Intel 13 an 14th Gen woes, AMD CPU releases and upcoming (Septmber) AM5 Motherboards, my planning is in constant flux.

  • WhiteBerry@lemmy.mlEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Can someone PLEASE do some reviews of the Strix Point CPUs running Linux on notebooks?