AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" Delivers Best Performance On Linux Over Windows 11 - Even With Gaming

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 16 May 2025 at 06:40 AM EDT. Page 3 of 9. 45 Comments.

👁 HITMAN 3 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Quality Level: Ultra. Windows 11 was the fastest.

👁 HITMAN 3 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Quality Level: Ultra, Total Frame Time. Windows 11 was the fastest.

With HITMAN running on Linux under Steam Play, Windows 11 managed to pull out in front but still here was a relatively good battle between these competing operating systems with different graphics drivers.

👁 Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Global Illumination: Low, Denoiser: On, RT API: VK_KHR_ray_query. Windows 11 was the fastest.

👁 Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Global Illumination: Off, Denoiser: On, RT API: VK_KHR_ray_query. Windows 11 was the fastest.

👁 Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Global Illumination: Low, Denoiser: Off, RT API: VK_KHR_ray_query. Ubuntu 25.04 was the fastest.

👁 Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Global Illumination: Off, Denoiser: Off, RT API: VK_KHR_ray_query. Windows 11 was the fastest.

👁 Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Global Illumination: High, Denoiser: Off, RT API: VK_KHR_ray_query. Ubuntu 25.04 was the fastest.

👁 Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Global Illumination: Medium, Denoiser: Off, RT API: VK_KHR_ray_query. Ubuntu 25.04 was the fastest.

👁 Quake II RTX benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Global Illumination: Off, Denoiser: Off, RT API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline. Windows 11 was the fastest.

Similar to the Vulkan ray-tracing results with GravityMark, the Vulkan ray-tracing performance with Quake II RTX was very competitive between the operating systems. The RADV performance on AMD Strix Halo was outstanding and exceeded my expectations.

👁 Unigine Heaven benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Mode: Fullscreen, Renderer: OpenGL. Windows 11 was the fastest.

👁 Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: Low, Renderer: OpenGL. Ubuntu 25.04 was the fastest.

👁 Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: High, Renderer: OpenGL. Ubuntu 25.04 was the fastest.

👁 Unigine Superposition benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Mode: Fullscreen, Quality: Medium, Renderer: OpenGL. Ubuntu 25.04 was the fastest.

👁 Unigine Valley benchmark with settings of Resolution: 2880 x 1800, Mode: Fullscreen, Renderer: OpenGL. Windows 11 was the fastest.

Ubuntu 25.04 also had a good showing with demanding OpenGL graphics workloads.

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AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" Delivers Best Performance On Linux Over Windows 11 - Even With Gaming