Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 18.04 - NVIDIA + AMD Radeon GPUs Windows 10 graphics cards benchmarked against Ubuntu 18.04 on the same system. Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti: 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 1080 Ti 11264MB (1911/5505MHz), Network: Intel Connection I219-V OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 398.11 (24.21.13.9811), Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Windows 10: GTX 1060: 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 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 398.11 (24.21.13.9811), Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Windows 10: RX 580: 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: AMD Radeon RX 580, Network: Intel Connection I219-V OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 24.20.11021.1000, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (2580.6), Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Windows 10: RX Vega 64: 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: AMD Radeon RX Vega, Network: Intel Connection I219-V OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 17134, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 24.20.11021.1000, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (2580.6), Compiler: GCC 7.1.0, File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1301 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 6GB 6144MB (1506/4006MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 396.24, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1301 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti 11264MB (1480/5508MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.15.0-23-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: NVIDIA 396.24, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1301 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: MSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.18.0-999-generic (x86_64) 20180620, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.1- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64: Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1301 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB SABRENT + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX Vega 8192MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection OS: Ubuntu 18.04, Kernel: 4.17.2-041702-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.28.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.1.1- padoka PPA (LLVM 6.0.0), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 97.17 |================================ Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 80.67 |========================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 71.43 |======================= Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 97.80 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 129.77 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 131.77 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 130.97 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 130.95 |=========================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 95.90 |================================= Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 79.67 |=========================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 71.73 |======================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 97.83 |================================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 125.28 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 126.17 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 121.68 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 123.87 |========================================== Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 96.83 |================================ Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 79.77 |=========================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 71.73 |======================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 97.37 |================================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 71.77 |======================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 128.63 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 73.57 |========================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 98.67 |================================= Dota 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 95.53 |================================ Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 79.80 |=========================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 71.83 |======================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 97.77 |================================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 80.57 |=========================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 126.40 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 77.43 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 93.28 |================================ OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 395.23 |============================= Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 379.13 |============================ Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 249.37 |================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 260.00 |=================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 543.00 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 591.87 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 376.37 |=========================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 371.03 |=========================== Portal Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 1117.26 |====================================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 687.72 |======================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 928.52 |================================ Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 1111.40 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 640.43 |====================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 1222.27 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 850.22 |============================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 1102.88 |====================================== Portal Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 568.83 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 267.17 |==================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 324.88 |========================= Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 545.20 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 247.52 |=================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 559.10 |========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 297.86 |======================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 479.09 |==================================== Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 191.06 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 96.82 |====================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 73.62 |================= Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 114.50 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 95.45 |===================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 190.60 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 80.90 |================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 125.29 |============================ Unigine Heaven 4.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 45.45 |======================================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 20.30 |================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 16.78 |=============== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 30.15 |=========================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 20.85 |================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 49.67 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 18.06 |================ Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 29.16 |========================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 355.76 |=================================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 357.24 |=================================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 305.99 |============================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 307.52 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 437.72 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 438.79 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 380.82 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 387.05 |====================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 327.71 |===================================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 313.86 |=================================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 260.51 |============================= Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 255.85 |============================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 262.58 |============================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 381.68 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 306.95 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 332.59 |===================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 298.46 |======================================= Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 273.48 |=================================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 228.80 |============================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 223.15 |============================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 191.12 |========================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 332.60 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 267.17 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 300.50 |======================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 238.75 |========================================= Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 201.09 |================================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 164.36 |============================ Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 165.67 |============================ Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 131.84 |====================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 252.91 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 204.35 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 246.37 |========================================== X-Plane 11 Quality: Low - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 51.42 |================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 50.98 |================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 49.41 |================= Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 49.40 |================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 110.58 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 123.51 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 115.70 |======================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 118.69 |========================================= X-Plane 11 Quality: Medium - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 51.89 |===================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 52.32 |===================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 48.74 |==================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 48.84 |==================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 90.03 |===================================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 105.68 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 100.04 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 101.32 |========================================= X-Plane 11 Quality: Very High - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 54.66 |============================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 54.39 |============================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 45.74 |========================= Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 46.62 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 74.80 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 74.32 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 78.18 |=========================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 79.61 |============================================ X-Plane 11 Quality: Very High CPU - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 42.62 |============================================ Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 42.43 |============================================ Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 22.95 |======================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 25.03 |========================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 38.02 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 37.74 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 37.99 |======================================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 38.49 |======================================== X-Plane 11 Quality: Very High GPU - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 33.91 |============================================ Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 33.78 |============================================ Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 18.12 |======================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 19.64 |========================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 24.54 |================================ Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 27.18 |=================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 27.61 |==================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 28.14 |===================================== FAHBench 2.3.2 Ns Per Day > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 115.59 |=========================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 74.80 |================= Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 59.95 |============== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 69.70 |================ Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 99.61 |======================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 186.91 |=========================================== LuxMark 3.1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Hotel Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 5720 |=========================================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 2625 |==================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 2897 |====================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 5991 |============================================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 2642 |==================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 5713 |=========================================== LuxMark 3.1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Microphone Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 13558 |============================= Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 7016 |=============== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 9792 |===================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 20682 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 6979 |=============== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 13673 |============================= LuxMark 3.1 OpenCL Device: GPU - Scene: Luxball HDR Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 21301 |============================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 12224 |================= Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 14719 |===================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 30835 |============================================ Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 12277 |================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 21389 |=============================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Text Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 15326.02 |==================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 14944.14 |=================== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 14033.62 |================== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 12967.79 |================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 31755.33 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 31741.99 |========================================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 29817.84 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 29470.15 |====================================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Image Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 14029757.17 |====================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 7125702.04 |=========== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 5457679.37 |======== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 5631670.41 |========= Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 15693618.79 |======================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 24752999.43 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 10927525.66 |================= Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 11541403.03 |================== Java 2D Microbenchmark 1.0 Rendering Test: Vector Graphics Rendering Units Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... 5953245.85 |================== Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... 3134650.55 |========== Windows 10: RX 580 ........ 1395138.16 |==== Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... 3249082.58 |========== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... 6670959.23 |===================== Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . 12284237.99 |====================================== Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... 4524326.37 |============== Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. 8018662.28 |========================= OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10: GTX 1080 Ti ... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.5 MAX: 28.0 Windows 10: GTX 1060 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 29.0 Windows 10: RX 580 ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 4.0 MAX: 23.0 Windows 10: RX Vega 64 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 3.8 MAX: 24.0 Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1060 .... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.9 MAX: 14.0 Ubuntu 18.04: GTX 1080 Ti . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.7 MAX: 20.0 Ubuntu 18.04: RX 580 ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.6 MAX: 20.0 Ubuntu 18.04: RX Vega 64 .. MIN: 1.0 AVG: 2.7 MAX: 22.0