“When taking the geometric mean of all the data across all the benchmarks that successfully ran on all of the out-of-the-box Linux distributions tested, Clear Linux was 31% faster than the second fastest Linux distribution”
So while more Linux distributions are evaluating packages built for x86_64-v3 or similar and making other adjustments to their platform in the name of better modern hardware platform, Intel’s Clear Linux still easily leads when it comes to the best out-of-the-box Linux x86_64 performance.
Intel’s Linux Software Optimizations Continue Paying Off Big Time For Xeon Emerald Rapids - Phoronix