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 4 of 9. 45 Comments.
Windows 11 did pick up a few wins in some of the other graphics tests, but the number of Ubuntu 25.04 graphics wins -- including for games on Steam -- were surprising from this AMD Strix Halo laptop.
For a range of different Vulkan compute workloads it was a robust battle between Windows 11 and Ubuntu 25.04 on this ultra-premium laptop. Some areas where the Mesa RADV open-source driver can improve upon but overall was a pretty fine showing out of Linux on this new AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 laptop.