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Is there anything that makes AMD CPU’s the preferred choice over Intel CPU’s, when running Linux? I was of the understanding that compatibility was quite smoothed out at this point at the CPU/motherboard level and that there wouldn’t be any particular preference in that respect.
I myself have had both Intel CPU’s back in the Sandy Bridge days and then AMD CPU’s since Zen - both worked equally well for Linux in my experience.
as another comment said, it’s probably the steam deck contributing to the amd numbers. i don’t think intel is any worse compared to amd on the cpu side of things.
It’s the AMD GPUs that are much better performing on linux than NVidia. My primary reason for choosing an AMD CPU was bangs for bucks.
About 40% of linux users in the Steam survey use a Steam Deck, so this is not surprising at all.
I hope they increase their market share even more, they have been great with open source.
“AMD CPU use among people who run Linux, only play custom maps on CS:GO, refuse to buy anything on pistol round, still haven’t learned how to use GIMP properly, and work as a low level IT slave, approaching 90%.”
I mean, we do realize a large percentage of “Linux Gamers” are running steam decks, right? And AMD has been the best choice for Linux users for a while. 70% in that context is kinda sad.
do intel cpus not perform as well on linux? im a little ootl on this but i thought the cpu compatibility was just fine on both amd and intel on linux, unlike the gpu scene where amd is doing the best on linux
Intel runs just fine on Linux, but because AMD gives so much support and lip service to open source, and because Intel is the big bad market leader, there’s a lot of “intel bad, amd good” in the open source community.
My original comment was trying to point out that “Linux Gamers” are an incredibly niche category filled with die hard linux fans with strong opinions and steam deck users. And frankly I’m surprised Intel has ANY marketshare with that crowd.
I play on Linux from time to time. (With my desktop which has AMD hardware and with the steam deck)
Desktop performance in Linux for me is like 80-90% of windows performance on AAA games that are DX12 based. So if the hardware is overkill for the game, I play it on Linux. If the hardware is not enough (for 1440p 144 FPS my limit), I play it on windows.
