Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 16.04 Linux NVIDIA Intel AMD Analyze
Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article.


Intel: Windows 10: 

	Processor: Intel Family 6 Model 94 Stepping 3 Intel (4 Cores), Disk: 238GB

	OS: Windows NT, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64)

Intel: Linux: 

	Processor: Intel Core i5-6600K @ 3.90GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z170A GAMING PRO (MS-7984) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 15360MB, Disk: 256GB TS256GSSD370S, Graphics: Intel Sky Lake (1150MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.7.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20160622, Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: intel 2.99.917, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 12.1.0-devel- padoka PPA (git-6b0ac95), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

AMD: Linux: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: Sapphire AMD Radeon R9 Fury 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Monitor: DELL P2415Q, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, OpenGL: 4.5.13439, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.0 AMD-APP (2079.3), Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

NVIDIA: Ubuntu 16.04: 

	Processor: Intel Xeon E3-1280 v5 @ 4.00GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI C236A WORKSTATION (MS-7998) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Sky Lake, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 950 PRO 256GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 8192MB (1605/5005MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1150, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.4.0-24-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.0, Display Server: X Server 1.18.3, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, OpenGL: 4.5.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160413, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 . 15.97 |====================================================
Intel: Linux ...... 14.53 |===============================================


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 85.67  |==========================
AMD: Linux ......... 84.40  |=========================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 165.52 |==================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 159.57 |================================================


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 20.97 |===============================
AMD: Linux ......... 20.94 |===============================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 34.92 |===================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 34.88 |===================================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 . 18.45 |====================================================
Intel: Linux ...... 13.46 |======================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 94.39  |================================
AMD: Linux ......... 93.07  |===============================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 149.62 |==================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 129.39 |===========================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 28.58 |==============================
AMD: Linux ......... 28.65 |==============================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 48.87 |===================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 47.26 |=================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 .. 144.05 |====================
Intel: Linux ....... 38.54  |=====
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 318.06 |===========================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 367.14 |==================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 .. 110.04 |==================
Intel: Linux ....... 30.69  |=====
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 280.17 |==============================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 301.42 |==================================================


Xonotic 0.8
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 160.85 |====================================
AMD: Linux ......... 165.52 |=====================================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 225.24 |==================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 218.65 |=================================================


Tomb Raider
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 147.0 |===============================
AMD: Linux ......... 72.5  |===============
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 241.7 |===================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 143.7 |==============================


Tomb Raider
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 55.9 |======================================
AMD: Linux ......... 29.3 |====================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 77.3 |====================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 53.3 |====================================


GRID Autosport
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 83.43  |===========================
AMD: Linux ......... 57.52  |===================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 152.19 |==================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 103.93 |==================================


GRID Autosport
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 65.63  |==============================
AMD: Linux ......... 39.07  |==================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 107.80 |==================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 73.46  |==================================


The Talos Principle 64-bit
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 D3D11 ..... 53.0 |===========================
AMD: Windows 10 OpenGL .... 32.3 |================
AMD: Windows 10 Vulkan .... 40.4 |====================
AMD: Linux OpenGL ......... 32.8 |=================
AMD: Linux Vulkan ......... 41.2 |=====================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 D3D11 .. 89.1 |=============================================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 OpenGL . 57.3 |=============================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 Vulkan . 80.7 |=========================================
NVIDIA: Linux OpenGL ...... 56.4 |============================
NVIDIA: Linux Vulkan ...... 67.4 |==================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 78.35  |=======================================
AMD: Linux ......... 78.40  |=======================================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 96.85  |================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 101.30 |==================================================


Dota 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 85.78  |=========================================
AMD: Linux ......... 80.90  |======================================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 105.64 |==================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 92.83  |============================================


Metro Last Light Redux
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 57.69  |============================
AMD: Linux ......... 58.47  |============================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 73.65  |====================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 102.76 |==================================================


Shadow of Mordor
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 54.14 |======================================
AMD: Linux ......... 39.69 |============================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 73.26 |===================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 60.72 |==========================================


Shadow of Mordor
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 45.64 |====================================
AMD: Linux ......... 33.15 |==========================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 64.05 |===================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 52.42 |==========================================


F1 2015
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Quality: Ultra High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 96.09  |==================================
AMD: Linux ......... 33.74  |============
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 143.08 |==================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 89.43  |===============================


Tomb Raider
Resolution: 1600 x 900 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 . 68.8 |=====================================================
Intel: Linux ...... 30.7 |========================


Tomb Raider
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 . 48.5 |=====================================================
Intel: Linux ...... 22.6 |=========================


Tomb Raider
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Normal
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 . 32.5 |=====================================================
Intel: Linux ...... 16.9 |============================


Shadow of Mordor
Resolution: 1280 x 720 - Quality: Lowest
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 . 38.74 |====================================================
Intel: Linux ...... 26.27 |===================================


The Talos Principle
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 - D3D11 .. 57.4 |============================================
Intel: Windows 10 - OpenGL . 46.0 |===================================
Intel: Linux - OpenGL ...... 53.0 |=========================================


Metro Last Light Redux
Resolution: 1920 x 1080
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Intel: Windows 10 . 17.8 |=====================================================
Intel: Linux ...... 16.2 |================================================


BioShock Infinite
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 62.04  |=========================
AMD: Linux ......... 92.91  |=====================================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 92.10  |=====================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 125.61 |==================================================


Company of Heroes 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Minimum
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 49.33 |=================================
AMD: Linux ......... 25.99 |==================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 75.57 |===================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 53.26 |====================================


Company of Heroes 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Maximum
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
AMD: Windows 10 .... 40.96 |==================================
AMD: Linux ......... 21.66 |==================
NVIDIA: Windows 10 . 62.17 |===================================================
NVIDIA: Linux ...... 43.63 |====================================