Windows vs. Linux Benchmarks For AMD Ryzen Server Performance
Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 24 March 2022 at 03:00 PM EDT. Page 4 of 8. 26 Comments.
For H.265 video encoding with Kvazaar, Windows performed in line with many of the other Linux distributions but Intel's Clear Linux yielded the fastest performance on this AMD Ryzen 9 5950X server.
For the Intel / AO Media SVT-AV1 video encoder, Clear Linux yielded the fastest performance here while Windows 11 was the slowest. AMD Ryzen servers can make a lot of sense for video encoding/transcoding boxes on a budget due to the highly threaded encoders. With the Intel Xeon E-2300 series still maxing out at 8 cores / 16 threads, the higher-end Ryzen 7 and Ryzen 9 servers can offer significant performance and cost advantages over the Xeon E line-up for budget video encoding as shown in last week's comparison review.