VOOZH about

URL: https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2504-ampere-altra/4

⇱ Ubuntu 25.04 Advancing The Performance Of The System76 Thelio Astra With Ampere Altra - Phoronix

👁 Phoronix

Ubuntu 25.04 Advancing The Performance Of The System76 Thelio Astra With Ampere Altra

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 28 April 2025 at 08:20 AM EDT. Page 4 of 4. 24 Comments.

Across a variety of different benchmarks there was nice uplift running the System76 Thelio Astra with 128-core Ampere Altra Max on Ubuntu 25.04 compared to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The gains in some of these were rather surprising considering how many years Ampere Altra has been around at this point and seeing many software optimizations over those years.

The geo mean improved by 20% when running the System76 Thelio Astra with Ubuntu 25.04 compared to Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. This is a solid improvement for the mature Ampere Altra platform for those wanting to maximize the possible performance and not minding that Ubuntu 25.04 isn't a long-term support (LTS) release, which is less important anyhow for desktop/workstation use compared to ARM64 servers. Overall it was a nice experience running Ubuntu 25.04 ARM64 on the Ampere Altra powered System76 Thelio Astra.

If you enjoyed this article consider joining Phoronix Premium to view this site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and other benefits. PayPal or Stripe tips are also graciously accepted. Thanks for your support.

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.