Linux news of the week: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D under Linux, Vulkan 1.3 for GCN 76 comments
The AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D is not just a pure gaming processor. While the 3D V-Cache often shows strength in games, it can also provide benefits in applications. In addition to the 9800X3D, Vulkan 1.3 for older AMD graphics cards is also news this week.
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D running Linux
While AMD managed to not only maintain the gaming performance crown with the Ryzen 7 9800X3D (test), but also expand it and receive consistently positive results from testers around the world, one aspect often unannounced 3D V-Cache is lost: application performance. Phoronix dedicated an extensive Linux test to this and sees the Ryzen 7 9800X3D ahead of the Intel Core i9-14900K on an average of 300 benchmarks, but behind AMD’s 16 cores and the new Intel Core Ultra 9 285K. In testing, the new AMD processor consumed an average of 100 watts with isolated peaks of up to 162 watts.
AMD is heavily promoting the Ryzen 7 9800X3D as a great gaming processor, which it is, but it’s also much more than just a great gaming processor.
Michael Larabel via Phoronix
3D V-Cache with stored clock restrictions can particularly demonstrate its strengths in video encoding and rises to the top of the benchmarks for AOM and SVT-AV1. The processor with enhanced cache can also compete with AMD’s 16 cores in FFmpeg 7.0 tests. AI applications like Tensorflow and PyTorch also benefit immensely.
Vulkan 1.3 for older AMD GPUs
While AMD’s first GCN graphics cards, like the Radeon HD 7970, were released more than twelve years ago and driver support on Windows has long been discontinued, development continues under the system free Linux operating system. The patches were submitted by Samuel Pitoiset, a Valve developer. These introduce Vulkan 1.3 for AMD’s GFX-6 and GFX-7 GPUs. The range of supported GPUs extends from the HD7000 series to the Radeon R9 290X and R9 390X. GPUs tested with the patch are listed directly with Khronos Group – the group behind Vulkan.
AMD Zero RPM Control with Kernel 6.13
Modern graphics cards generally turn off their fans when temperatures permit. This is particularly useful in desktop computer operation and ensures quiet operation. But in order to give users the choice between volume and temperatures, the Windows driver offers the possibility of activating and deactivating the corresponding zero RPM functionalities. The Linux driver previously lacked this feature and a patch for the upcoming 6.13 kernel now provides it.
Topics: AMD operating systems Open source processors Linux Ryzen Vulkan
Marc deciphers processors by testing their performance for gaming, content creation, and artificial intelligence.
