Full Disk Encryption Performance With Ubuntu 25.04 + Framework Laptop 13 Strix Point

Written by Michael Larabel in Storage on 2 May 2025 at 08:30 AM EDT. Page 3 of 5. 65 Comments.
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation benchmark with settings of Build: defconfig. Full Disk Encryption was the fastest.
Timed Linux Kernel Compilation benchmark with settings of Build: allmodconfig. No Encryption was the fastest.
Timed Mesa Compilation benchmark with settings of Time To Compile. Full Disk Encryption was the fastest.
Timed Godot Game Engine Compilation benchmark with settings of Time To Compile. Full Disk Encryption was the fastest.

For software developers doing a lot of code development on your laptop and frequently compiling large codebases, that I/O isn't enough to throw off the build times when making use of full disk encryption. Across different large codebases built from source, full disk encryption didn't adversely impact the build times.

Git benchmark with settings of Time To Complete Common Git Commands. Full Disk Encryption was the fastest.

Or for those developers frequently running many operations with Git, even that I/O wasn't enough to see any measurable cost when using full disk encryption on Ubuntu 25.04 with Framework Laptop 13.

Darktable benchmark with settings of Test: Boat, Acceleration: CPU-only. Full Disk Encryption was the fastest.
Darktable benchmark with settings of Test: Masskrug, Acceleration: CPU-only. Full Disk Encryption was the fastest.
Darktable benchmark with settings of Test: Server Room, Acceleration: CPU-only. Full Disk Encryption was the fastest.
Darktable benchmark with settings of Test: Server Rack, Acceleration: CPU-only. No Encryption was the fastest.
RawTherapee benchmark with settings of Total Benchmark Time. No Encryption was the fastest.
GEGL benchmark with settings of Operation: Rotate 90 Degrees. Full Disk Encryption was the fastest.
GEGL benchmark with settings of Operation: Crop. No Encryption was the fastest.

Or for creators doing a lot of work with large image files and the like, there wasn't any measurable performance impact from running with full disk encryption on the Framework Laptop 13.

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