Disabling Intel Graphics Security Mitigations Enhances GPU Performance by 20%
Originally Published 6 months ago — by Phoronix
Disabling Intel graphics security mitigations can improve GPU compute performance by up to 20%, and Canonical, in collaboration with Intel, plans to disable these mitigations in Ubuntu packages to enhance performance, with the change expected to be included in Ubuntu 25.10. This move is based on the understanding that the security risks are minimal, as Intel and Canonical have approved the change, and Intel's own builds already disable these mitigations for better performance.