Linux Provides Better Performance With The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Over Windows 11
Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 22 May 2026 at 09:20 AM EDT. Page 4 of 5. 37 Comments.
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS is making use of the Linux 7.0 kernel and moving ahead with Linux 7.1 are already more kernel optimizations and with Linux 7.2 we can look forward to Cache Aware Scheduling as well.
The $899 USD price-tag of the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 is high but there is very stellar desktop performance on Linux.