title: Docker Desktop Windows - Abysmal performance in AMD system?
body: <p>I've recently assembled a new AMD Desktop, to replace an older Dell Latitude E7540 laptop.</p>
  <p>The AMD Desktop:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Ryzen 3 3100 @ 3.8GHz (4C/8T), 32GB DDR4 3600 CL17 RAM, Corsair P600
  Gen4 SSD</li>
  </ul>
  <p>The DELL Laptop:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>Dell Latitude E7540: Intel I7-5600U @ 2.6GHz (2C/4T), 16 MB RAM DDR3 1600, Samsung mSATA PM851</li>
  </ul>
  <p>On the new AMD Desktop, when executing a <code>docker build</code> command, two situations occur:</p>
  <ul>
  <li>The performance is dreadful, even building a simple image, it takes a long time for the command to start. After starting, it takes a long long time to complete (when it completes)</li>
  <li>The build window crashes almost 50% of the time.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>The benchmarks indicate that the new AMD Desktop is 3.5x faster at single core, and 6x faster at multicore.</p>
  <p><strong>As such, I was expecting a much better performance with the new AMD Desktop.</strong></p>
  <p>Unfortunately, that's not the case, and for the same Dockerfile (which generates a very big image):</p>
  <ul>
  <li>The Dell starts faster</li>
  <li>The Dell completes faster (10m vs 30m)</li>
  <li>On the Dell, the build window never crashes.</li>
  </ul>
  <p>The only difference between both systems is that one is an Intel platform, the new one an Ryzen 3 AMD.</p>
  <p><strong>Environment Details are the same on both machines:</strong></p>
  <ul>
  <li>Windows Version: Windows 10 Ent. 19049</li>
  <li>Docker Desktop Version: Docker 3.0.0</li>
  </ul>
  <p><strong>What can explain this abysmal performance on Docker-Desktop on the new AMD system?</strong></p>