Ubuntu 26.04 Provides More Performance For AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo"
Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 7 April 2026 at 11:15 AM EDT. Page 3 of 5. 6 Comments.
H.265 video encoding with Kvazaar was showing some nice evolutionary performance gains when moving to Ubuntu 26.04. The Kvazaar H.265 encoder and video encoders in general tend to be more susceptible to changes in the Linux kernel scheduler as a possible explanation for the better performance.
The VVenC H.266/VVC encoder was also showing some subtle performance improvements on Ubuntu 26.04.
uvg266 gains on Ubuntu 26.04 were more muted.
👁 C-Ray benchmark with settings of Resolution: 4K, Rays Per Pixel: 16. Ubuntu 26.04 was the fastest.
GCC 15 was helping with the C-Ray ray-tracer performance on Ubuntu 26.04.