Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance Intel Core i9-7980XE testing with a ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS) and NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB on Clear Linux OS 21460 via the Phoronix Test Suite. Windows 10 Pro 16299: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 2.59GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB 3200MHz Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 238GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1911/4004MHz), Network: Intel Connection I219-V OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 16299, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 391.24 (23.21.13.9124), OpenCL: OpenCL 1.2 CUDA 9.1.84, Compiler: GCC 7.1.0 + Clang 6.0.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NV136 6144MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 16.04, Kernel: 4.13.0-37-generic (x86_64), Desktop: Unity 7.4.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.5, OpenGL: 4.3 Mesa 18.1.0-devel- padoka PPA, Vulkan: 1.0.61, Compiler: GCC 5.4.0 20160609, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Clear Linux 21460: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 4 x 4096 MB DDR4-3200MT/s Corsair CMK16GX4M4C3200C16, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780 Ti 3072MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Clear Linux OS 21460, Kernel: 4.15.9-538.native (x86_64), Vulkan: 1.0.39, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0 + Clang 5.0.1 + LLVM 5.0.1, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 BLAKE2 20170307 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 4.04 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 3.60 |============================================ Clear Linux 21460 .... 4.06 |================================================== Go Benchmarks Test: http Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 6549 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 4432 |================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 4304 |================================= Go Benchmarks Test: json Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 3295601 |======================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 6439290 |=============================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 3168115 |======================= Go Benchmarks Test: build Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 35386673533 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 16128741762 |==================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 13554022664 |================ Go Benchmarks Test: garbage Nanoseconds/Operation < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 698046 |==================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 922807 |================================================ Clear Linux 21460 .... 706145 |===================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Composite Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 2448.79 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2337.60 |============================================= Clear Linux 21460 .... 2443.61 |=============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Monte Carlo Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1066.50 |============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 826.04 |==================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 1080.57 |=============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Fast Fourier Transform Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1463.38 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 1430.68 |============================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 1410.44 |============================================= Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Sparse Matrix Multiply Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 2506.48 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 2327.04 |=========================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 2525.48 |=============================================== Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Dense LU Matrix Factorization Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 5518.58 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 5991.77 |=============================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 5608.23 |============================================ Java SciMark 2.0 Computational Test: Jacobi Successive Over-Relaxation Mflops > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1689.02 |=============================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 1367.48 |====================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 1593.36 |============================================ 7-Zip Compression 16.02 Compress Speed Test MIPS > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 89538 |=========================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 90804 |=========================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 100260 |================================================ C-Ray 1.1 Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 4.86 |===================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 11.34 |================================================= Clear Linux 21460 .... 4.81 |===================== AOBench Size: 2048 x 2048 - Total Time Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 57.45 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 49.52 |========================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 54.22 |============================================== FFmpeg 3.4.1 H.264 HD To NTSC DV Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 13.31 |================================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 12.96 |================================================ Clear Linux 21460 .... 5.72 |===================== Perl Benchmarks Test: Pod2html Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 0.17084109 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 0.12876591 |================================= Perl Benchmarks Test: Interpreter Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 0.04534238 |============================================ Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 0.00226971 |== OpenSSL 1.0.1g RSA 4096-bit Performance Signs Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 183.93 |================================================ libjpeg-turbo tjbench 1.5.3 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 181.02 |============================================= Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 166.12 |========================================== Clear Linux 21460 .... 191.00 |================================================ GIMP 2.9.8 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 19.88 |================================================= GIMP 2.9.8 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 18.00 |================================================= GIMP 2.9.8 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 26.58 |================================================= Redis 3.2.1 Test: LPOP Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1512232.54 |============================================ Redis 3.2.1 Test: SADD Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1224979.67 |============================================ Redis 3.2.1 Test: LPUSH Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 977423.21 |============================================= Redis 3.2.1 Test: GET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1534004.00 |============================================ Redis 3.2.1 Test: SET Requests Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1164107.59 |============================================ PyBench 2018-02-16 Total For Average Test Times Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 Pro 16299 . 1260 |================================================== Ubuntu 16.04 LTS ..... 1224 |================================================= Clear Linux 21460 .... 954 |====================================== GIMP 2.8.16 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 5.23 |====================================================== GIMP 2.8.16 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 8.91 |====================================================== GIMP 2.8.16 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Ubuntu 16.04 LTS . 17.18 |===================================================== GIMP 2.8.22 Test: resize Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21460 . 3.01 |===================================================== Clear Linux 21460 . 2.99 |===================================================== GIMP 2.8.22 Test: auto-levels Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21460 . 6.57 |===================================================== Clear Linux 21460 . 6.53 |===================================================== GIMP 2.8.22 Test: unsharp-mask Seconds < Lower Is Better Clear Linux 21460 . 12.38 |=================================================== Clear Linux 21460 . 12.52 |====================================================