Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 Benchmarks Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu 21.04 benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Windows 10: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 8192 MB 3600MHz F4-3600C16-8GTRG, Disk: 932GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB, Network: Intel I211 Gigabit Connection OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Pro Build 21370, Kernel: 10.0 (x86_64), Display Driver: 466.27 (27.21.14.6627), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 21.04: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3402 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 16GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB, Audio: NVIDIA GA102 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS: Ubuntu 21.04, Kernel: 5.11.0-16-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.38.4, Display Server: X Server 1.20.11, Display Driver: NVIDIA 465.27, OpenGL: 4.6.0, OpenCL: OpenCL 3.0 CUDA 11.3.101, Vulkan: 1.2.168, Compiler: GCC 10.3.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 yquake2 7.45 Renderer: Software CPU - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 39.5 |========================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 30.4 |============================================= ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 60.09 |==================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 93.97 |========================================================= ParaView 5.9 Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 6024.10 |=================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 9420.94 |======================================================= Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Idle Latency ns < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 77.4 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 83.6 |========================================================== Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Max Bandwidth - All Reads MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 54639.81 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 53874.68 |===================================================== Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Max Bandwidth - 2:1 Reads-Writes MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 29002.27 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 28650.66 |===================================================== Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Max Bandwidth - 1:1 Reads-Writes MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 27980.41 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 30880.05 |====================================================== Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Max Bandwidth - Stream-Triad Like MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 37497.73 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 38062.30 |====================================================== Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Peak Injection Bandwidth - All Reads MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 54864.5 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 53883.6 |====================================================== Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Peak Injection Bandwidth - 3:1 Reads-Writes MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 32066.7 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 31451.4 |====================================================== Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Peak Injection Bandwidth - 2:1 Reads-Writes MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 29174.2 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 28684.6 |====================================================== Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Peak Injection Bandwidth - 1:1 Reads-Writes MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 27952.1 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 30380.1 |======================================================= Intel Memory Latency Checker Test: Peak Injection Bandwidth - Stream-Triad Like MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 37765.7 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 37583.5 |======================================================= LeelaChessZero 0.26 Backend: BLAS Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 1020 |========================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 607 |=================================== NAMD 2.14 ATPase Simulation - 327,506 Atoms days/ns < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 1.21281 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 1.29847 |======================================================= BLAKE2 20170307 Cycles Per Byte < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 4.71 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 4.90 |========================================================== WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100 Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 1.915 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 1.718 |=================================================== WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 19.01 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 12.98 |======================================= WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Highest Compression Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 5.606 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 5.424 |======================================================= WebP Image Encode 1.1 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless, Highest Compression Encode Time - Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 41.69 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 27.37 |===================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 2512 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 2597 |========================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 3453 |========================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 3029 |=================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradesoap msec < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 7566 |========================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 2557 |==================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 2996 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 3359 |========================================================== Renaissance 0.10.0 Test: Twitter HTTP Requests ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 3141.81 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 1839.03 |================================ Renaissance 0.10.0 Test: In-Memory Database Shootout ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 8030.42 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 2695.51 |================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 1 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 11846.07 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 12192.51 |====================================================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 1 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 13126.2 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 13487.7 |======================================================= LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 70.05 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 68.15 |======================================================= LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 12676.4 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 13159.3 |======================================================= LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 9 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 68.37 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 68.85 |========================================================= LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 9 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 12684.5 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 13221.2 |======================================================= Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 4294.6 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 4628.7 |======================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 38.0 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 43.9 |========================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 3805.6 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 4250.7 |======================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 1392.7 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 965.2 |======================================= Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 3, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 4411.7 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 4659.3 |======================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 8, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 4525.3 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 4988.7 |======================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 31.3 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 34.2 |========================================================== Zstd Compression 1.4.9 Compression Level: 19, Long Mode - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 4146.2 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 4289.9 |======================================================== Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 11038073 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 11262944 |====================================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 1836640 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 1888898 |======================================================= John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: Blowfish Real C/S > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 28502 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 30300 |========================================================= John The Ripper 1.9.0-jumbo-1 Test: MD5 Real C/S > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 1454333 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.04 . 1680667 |======================================================= LuxCoreRender 2.5 Scene: DLSC - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 2.66 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 3.02 |========================================================== LuxCoreRender 2.5 Scene: Danish Mood - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 2.39 |========================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 2.39 |========================================================== LuxCoreRender 2.5 Scene: Orange Juice - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 4.19 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 4.65 |========================================================== LuxCoreRender 2.5 Scene: LuxCore Benchmark - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 2.50 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 2.61 |========================================================== LuxCoreRender 2.5 Scene: Rainbow Colors and Prism - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 8.15 |====================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 12.31 |========================================================= rav1e 0.4 Speed: 1 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 0.434 |=========================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 0.570 |========================================================= SVT-AV1 0.8 Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 0 - Input: 1080p Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 0.181 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 0.160 |================================================== SVT-AV1 0.8 Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 4 - Input: 1080p Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 5.797 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 5.392 |===================================================== SVT-AV1 0.8 Encoder Mode: Enc Mode 8 - Input: 1080p Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 49.50 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 45.52 |==================================================== Intel Open Image Denoise 1.2.0 Scene: Memorial Images / Sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 11.53 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 12.05 |========================================================= Stockfish 13 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 40026246 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.04 . 45067176 |====================================================== asmFish 2018-07-23 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 46728840 |=================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 49102559 |====================================================== libavif avifenc 0.9.0 Encoder Speed: 6 Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 10.447 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 9.502 |=================================================== libavif avifenc 0.9.0 Encoder Speed: 10 Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 3.041 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 2.896 |====================================================== libavif avifenc 0.9.0 Encoder Speed: 6, Lossless Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 38.33 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 36.74 |======================================================= libavif avifenc 0.9.0 Encoder Speed: 10, Lossless Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 5.202 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 4.937 |====================================================== XZ Compression 5.2.4 Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9 Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 24.64 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 23.80 |======================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.3.2 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 6.308 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 6.506 |========================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 6.850 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 5.772 |================================================ Opus Codec Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To Opus Encode Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 8.826 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 6.108 |======================================= Cpuminer-Opt 3.15.5 Algorithm: Garlicoin kH/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 1087.35 |================ Ubuntu 21.04 . 3836.80 |======================================================= libjpeg-turbo tjbench 2.1.0 Test: Decompression Throughput Megapixels/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 255.53 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 264.54 |======================================================== IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 2.827 |================================================ Ubuntu 21.04 . 3.354 |========================================================= IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 5.985 |================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 6.914 |========================================================= Blender 2.92 Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 123.99 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 97.42 |============================================ Blender 2.92 Blend File: Classroom - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 343.46 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 283.09 |============================================== Blender 2.92 Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 456.28 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 366.26 |============================================= NeatBench 5 Acceleration: All FPS > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 28.1 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 29.7 |========================================================== NeatBench 5 Acceleration: CPU FPS > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 28.3 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 29.7 |========================================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Emily Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 263.17 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 227.25 |================================================ Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Disney Material Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 150.05 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 143.24 |===================================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Material Tester Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 193.59 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 135.66 |======================================= Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 31.73 |========================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 43.94 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 727.8 |==================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 802.3 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Firefox Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 32838 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 25357 |============================================ Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 262.57 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 194.11 |========================================= Selenium Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 15768 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 15660 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Firefox Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 86.86 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 93.60 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Firefox Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 127.27 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 101.71 |============================================= Selenium Benchmark: Maze Solver - Browser: Firefox Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 14.0 |========================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 4.8 |==================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Firefox Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 157.1 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 127.0 |============================================== Selenium Benchmark: ARES-6 - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 14.76 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 15.26 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 580.5 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 541.4 |===================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Octane - Browser: Google Chrome Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 69749 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 74129 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Firefox Score < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 2616 |====================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 2830 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 314 |=========================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 272 |=================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Basemark - Browser: Google Chrome Overall Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 1701.26 |======================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 1309.41 |========================================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 325.86 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 324.93 |======================================================== Selenium Benchmark: StyleBench - Browser: Google Chrome Runs / Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 51.96 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 59.00 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 187.17 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 184.79 |======================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Maze Solver - Browser: Google Chrome Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 3.7 |=========================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 3.7 |=========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 181.9 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 197.0 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Google Chrome Score < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 3214 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 3506 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 21.2 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 24.8 |========================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection - Browser: Firefox ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 268.4 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 287.9 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 25.68 |========================================================= Ubuntu 21.04 . 25.47 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 258.15 |======================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 255.61 |======================================================= WavPack Audio Encoding 5.3 WAV To WavPack Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 10 ... 10.56 |===================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 11.42 |========================================================= Chaos Group V-RAY 5 Mode: CPU vsamples > Higher Is Better Windows 10 ... 15280 |================================================== Ubuntu 21.04 . 17324 |=========================================================