--- title: Linux 7.2 On Threadripper Shows Some Nice I/O... description: Early benchmarks of Linux 7.2 (pre-rc1 Git state from June 27) versus Linux 7.1 stable on a high-end AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX workstation reveal some... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-on-threadripper-shows-some-nice-i-o-improvements-faster-poll-some-regressions-k89wyswhc twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: Linux 7.2 On Threadripper Shows Some Nice I/O Improvements & Faster Poll, Some Regressions | daily.dev og:description: Early benchmarks of Linux 7.2 (pre-rc1 Git state from June 27) versus Linux 7.1 stable on a high-end AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX workstation reveal some... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/linux-7-2-on-threadripper-shows-some-nice-i-o-improvements-faster-poll-some-regressions-k89wyswhc og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/k89wYsWHC.png og:image:alt: Linux 7.2 On Threadripper Shows Some Nice I/O Improvements & Faster Poll, Some Regressions og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # Linux 7.2 On Threadripper Shows Some Nice I/O Improvements & Faster Poll, Some Regressions **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 1 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary Early benchmarks of Linux 7.2 (pre-rc1 Git state from June 27) versus Linux 7.1 stable on a high-end AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 9995WX workstation reveal some notable I/O improvements and faster poll performance, alongside some regressions. The test system featured 96 cores, DDR5-6400 memory, and a 2TB NVMe SSD. Linux 7.2 is expected to reach stable release in August and will ship with Ubuntu 26.10 and Fedora 45. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. 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