Last week I ran some early Linux 6.17 benchmarks showing some improvements and regressions when testing with AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo". Since then there have been some performance regression fixes along with addressing other early fallout from this fresh kernel code. Repeating the tests now on the latest Linux 6.17 Git state ahead of today's Linux 6.17-rc2 tagging is showing some nice improvements and fixes from the code churn this week.

When carrying out the tests on the same AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 with the HP ZBook Ultra G1a laptop with 64GB of RAM and Radeon 8060S Graphics, the fresh kernel code is showing some improvements compared to the same tests I ran last week.

The regressions originally seen on Linux 6.17 Git last week for at least the RDNA 3.5 / Radeon 8060S are now addressed and also some I/O gains stand out.





Good seeing the few graphics performance regressions addressed.


The I/O performance appears better off with the latest Linux 6.17 kernel as a pleasant surprise.




The other Linux 6.17 Git improvements remain in place with the latest round of tests.

Linux 6.17 is looking good and I'll have more benchmarks on other hardware and workloads soon.