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Intel Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids performance evolves on Ubuntu 26.10

Brief written by the FOSSWire AI editor from Phoronix Benchmarks & Drivers

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Key Takeaway

Newer Linux kernel and compiler versions on Ubuntu 26.10 show performance evolution for Intel Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids servers compared to previous releases.

Summary

A performance comparison shows how the Intel Xeon 6980P Granite Rapids platform has evolved on Linux over the last year. Testing on Ubuntu 26.10, which features Linux kernel 7.3 and GCC 15.3, was compared against previous results from Ubuntu 25.10 using the same Gigabyte R284-A92-AAL1 hardware.

Hardware and Software Configuration

  • Hardware: Gigabyte R284-A92-AAL1 2U platform with 2 x Intel Xeon 6980P processors.
  • Memory: 24 x Micron MRDIMM-8800.
  • Storage: 1.5TB KIOXIA KCD8XPUG1T92 NVMe SSD.
  • Software Stack: Ubuntu 26.10 provides Linux kernel 7.3 and GCC 15.3 by default.

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