Intel launched its 12th generation Alder Lake processor family in the third quarter of last year. Buying an Intel Alder Lake processor Linux users, stated that they observed a performance increase in new processors.
Chip company recently Tower Semiconductor Announcing its acquisition, Intel took its competition with AMD to the next level. While some leaks about 13th generation Intel processors have emerged, a good news has come from Linux users.
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Linux users are happy with the Intel Alder Lake family
12th generation Intel processors were quite assertive about Windows 11 performance when they first came out. from the Linux kernel 5.16 update Afterwards, the open source operating system is now fully compatible with Intel processors.
The Phoronix team did some testing with both Windows and Linux. Tests with processes such as scanning, encoding, processing and file compression revealed how well the update works.
The team’s statement Asus Z960 motherboard, 64GB DDR 4,400MHz RAM and Core i9 12900K processor was carried out with. The test was carried out with the Windows 11 operating system, 3 different Linux distributions with Linux 5.16 and higher kernel versions, and a distribution using 5.15. The tests included Clear Linux 35810, Linux 5.16-based Ubuntu 22.04, Linux 5.17 rc3-based Ubuntu and Ubuntu 22.04 Daily.
Stating that there were 104 different tests in total, the team announced that Windows 11 was ahead in only 14 of the tests. Recommending a kernel update to Linux-based operating system users, the team underlined that Intel Alder Lake processors work wonders with Linux. It is worth remembering that the tests were conducted with the most powerful processor Intel has ever produced.