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I'm more interested in benchmarks compared to Windows or MacOS. I doubt any Linux distro even comes close

jeppester 1y ago
Then I guess you'll be surprised to learn that Linux is usually faster for most things with gaming being the exception. Even when it comes to gaming it's becoming more and more of a "trading blows" situation over time. Still I don't think that speed in itself is very important when making a desktop OS choice. The differences are usually too small matter in my opinion.
thewebguyd 1y ago
> I'm more interested in benchmarks compared to Windows or MacOS. I doubt any Linux distro even comes close Ars ran an article last month comparing SteamOS to Windows 11, with SteamOS coming out ahead: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/games-run-faster-on-steamos-than-windows-11-ars-testing-finds/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/games-run-faster-on-s... I don't think there's been any macOS comparisons done as there's no equivalent to proton to run windows games, outside of vanilla wine, as whisky is now no longer maintained
WD-42 1y ago
I wouldn't be so certain. Here are some recent benchmarks on newer CPUs: https://www.phoronix.com/review/lunarlake-windows11-ubuntu2504/6 https://www.phoronix.com/review/lunarlake-windows11-ubuntu25... > Across dozens of benchmarks run on Windows 11 and Ubuntu Linux 25.04 from these two Lenovo ThinkPad laptops, the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V within the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura was around 23% faster on Ubuntu 25.04 than the stock Windows 11 Pro installation. The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 laptop with the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 was 8% faster on Ubuntu 25.04 than Linux. The Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 "Strix Point" though with 8-cores plus SMT, AVX-512, and other features was much faster overall on both operating systems than the Intel Lunar Lake SoC.
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bee_rider 1y ago
Depends on the game. Generally they are pretty close, outside of silly cases https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia2022-windows11-linux https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia2022-windows11-linux Has cyberpunk at 4K, high, 75 fps for windows, 67 for Ubuntu. In Steam Play, so that’s including some overhead. (There’s a bigger difference on silly benchmarks, like Portal in the .5 kfps range). Cachy looks to be a little faster than Ubuntu in most benchmarks so it may be a wash compared to Windows 11 (which ought to be pretty shocking given that Linux is working with some comparability layer).

Then I guess you'll be surprised to learn that Linux is usually faster for most things with gaming being the exception. Even when it comes to gaming it's becoming more and more of a "trading blows" situation over time. Still I don't think that speed in itself is very important when making a desktop OS choice. The differences are usually too small matter in my opinion.

thewebguyd 1y ago

> I'm more interested in benchmarks compared to Windows or MacOS. I doubt any Linux distro even comes close Ars ran an article last month comparing SteamOS to Windows 11, with SteamOS coming out ahead: https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/games-run-faster-on-steamos-than-windows-11-ars-testing-finds/ https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2025/06/games-run-faster-on-s... I don't think there's been any macOS comparisons done as there's no equivalent to proton to run windows games, outside of vanilla wine, as whisky is now no longer maintained

WD-42 1y ago

I wouldn't be so certain. Here are some recent benchmarks on newer CPUs: https://www.phoronix.com/review/lunarlake-windows11-ubuntu2504/6 https://www.phoronix.com/review/lunarlake-windows11-ubuntu25... > Across dozens of benchmarks run on Windows 11 and Ubuntu Linux 25.04 from these two Lenovo ThinkPad laptops, the Intel Core Ultra 7 258V within the ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 13 Aura was around 23% faster on Ubuntu 25.04 than the stock Windows 11 Pro installation. The Lenovo ThinkPad T14s Gen 6 laptop with the Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 was 8% faster on Ubuntu 25.04 than Linux. The Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 "Strix Point" though with 8-cores plus SMT, AVX-512, and other features was much faster overall on both operating systems than the Intel Lunar Lake SoC.

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bee_rider 1y ago

Depends on the game. Generally they are pretty close, outside of silly cases https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia2022-windows11-linux https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia2022-windows11-linux Has cyberpunk at 4K, high, 75 fps for windows, 67 for Ubuntu. In Steam Play, so that’s including some overhead. (There’s a bigger difference on silly benchmarks, like Portal in the .5 kfps range). Cachy looks to be a little faster than Ubuntu in most benchmarks so it may be a wash compared to Windows 11 (which ought to be pretty shocking given that Linux is working with some comparability layer).