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

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 19 March 2024 at 11:30 AM EDT. Page 3 of 6. 5 Comments.
OpenFOAM benchmark with settings of Input: drivaerFastback, Small Mesh Size, Mesh Time. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
OpenFOAM benchmark with settings of Input: drivaerFastback, Small Mesh Size, Execution Time. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
OpenFOAM benchmark with settings of Input: drivaerFastback, Medium Mesh Size, Mesh Time. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
OpenFOAM benchmark with settings of Input: drivaerFastback, Medium Mesh Size, Execution Time. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS was the fastest.

In a few rare cases Ubuntu 24.04 ended up slightly regressing performance compared to the prior Ubuntu ARM64 releases tested.

SPECFEM3D benchmark with settings of Model: Mount St. Helens. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
SPECFEM3D benchmark with settings of Model: Layered Halfspace. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
SPECFEM3D benchmark with settings of Model: Homogeneous Halfspace. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
SPECFEM3D benchmark with settings of Model: Water-layered Halfspace. Ubuntu 24.04 18 March was the fastest.

In the workloads that improved going from Ubuntu 22.04 LTS to 23.10, at least they tended to still carry over nicely to Ubuntu 24.04.

FFmpeg benchmark with settings of Encoder: libx265, Scenario: Video On Demand. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS was the fastest.
FFmpeg benchmark with settings of Encoder: libx265, Scenario: Platform. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS was the fastest.
Xmrig benchmark with settings of Variant: Monero, Hash Count: 1M. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS was the fastest.
DaCapo Benchmark benchmark with settings of Java Test: Spring Boot. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
DaCapo Benchmark benchmark with settings of Java Test: Apache Tomcat. Ubuntu 23.10 was the fastest.
Renaissance benchmark with settings of Test: ALS Movie Lens. Ubuntu 22.04 LTS was the fastest.
WebP2 Image Encode benchmark with settings of Encode Settings: Default. Ubuntu 24.04 18 March was the fastest.
WebP2 Image Encode benchmark with settings of Encode Settings: Quality 100, Compression Effort 5. Ubuntu 24.04 18 March was the fastest.

It would be much more interesting to see how AmpereOne is performing with Ubuntu 24.04.


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