Ampere Altra Max Performance For Ubuntu Linux 22.04 vs. 23.10 vs. 24.04

In other workloads there were some occasional gains with Ubuntu 24.04 on this 128-core Ampere Altra Max server built around the Giga Computing (Gigabyte) G242-P36. Those wanting to see all 90 benchmarks in full can do so via this result page.

When taking the geometric mean of all 90 benchmarks, the Ubuntu 24.04 performance was similar to that of Ubuntu 23.10. But over the two year old Ubuntu 22.04 release there is around a 7% improvement overall across the many different workloads tested. With the newer AmpereOne platforms there is presumably a more significant benefit from the newer distributions / software like we had seen with the recent Emerald Rapids and Genoa processors but alas no hardware to be found. Look for the official Ubuntu 24.04 LTS release coming out at the end of April.