Intel's Linux Software Optimizations Continue Paying Off Big Time For Xeon Emerald Rapids
Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 21 March 2024 at 11:30 AM EDT. Page 2 of 5. 15 Comments.
Especially with demanding HPC benchmarks, it doesn't take long for Clear Linux to show the benefits of Intel's aggressive software optimizations shipped out-of-the-box on their x86_64 Linux distribution.
Occasionally the likes of CentOS Stream 9 or even Arch Linux would peak out in front, but rather consistently Clear Linux was demonstrating the importance of well-tuned software.
A combination of the CPU frequency scaling governor defaults, Linux kernel patches, employing various compiler optimizations, and in some cases per-package tuning has helped Clear Linux maximize x86_64 performance over the years.