Arch Linux Running Well On LoongArch - Loongson 3B6000 Benchmarks

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 12 February 2026 at 11:05 AM EST. Page 2 of 4. 14 Comments.
Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation benchmark with settings of Time To Compile. Debian was the fastest.
Kvazaar benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Super Fast. Arch Linux was the fastest.
Kvazaar benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Ultra Fast. Arch Linux was the fastest.
C-Ray benchmark with settings of Resolution: 1080p, Rays Per Pixel: 16. Debian + Linux 6.18 was the fastest.
C-Ray benchmark with settings of Resolution: 4K, Rays Per Pixel: 16. Debian was the fastest.

For most of the benchmarks conducted, the Arch Linux and Debian performance was right on par between each other on this LoongArch system.

PHPBench benchmark with settings of PHP Benchmark Suite. Arch Linux was the fastest.

In some cases like PHP performance there was nice uplift from moving over to the newer PHP on Arch Linux.

OpenSSL benchmark with settings of Algorithm: RSA4096. Debian was the fastest.
OpenSSL benchmark with settings of Algorithm: RSA4096. Debian + Linux 6.18 was the fastest.
OpenSSL benchmark with settings of Algorithm: AES-256-GCM. Debian + Linux 6.18 was the fastest.
OpenSSL benchmark with settings of Algorithm: ChaCha20-Poly1305. Debian was the fastest.
easyWave benchmark with settings of Input: e2Asean Grid + BengkuluSept2007 Source, Time: 1200. Debian was the fastest.

But overall the performance was fairly similar between Arch Linux and Debian on this LoongArch box.

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