Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 23.04 - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. Windows 11 Pro: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (9927 BIOS), Memory: 2 x 16384 MB 6000MHz F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: 1908GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7 + 15GB Corsair Voyager 3.0 USB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX + AMD Radeon 4GB, Audio: AMD HD Audio Device + AMD Streaming Audio Device + USB Audio 2.0, Monitor: ASUS MG8U, Network: Intel (3) I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6E AX210 160MHz OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro Build 22621, Kernel: 10.0.22621.1555 (x86_64), Display Driver: 31.0.14043.7000, OpenCL: OpenCL 2.1 AMD-APP (3516.0), File-System: NTFS, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Ubuntu 23.04: Processor: AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D 8-Core @ 4.20GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (9927 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 2048GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT/7900 XTX 24GB (2304/1249MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab30, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 OS: Ubuntu 23.04, Kernel: 6.2.0-20-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 44.0, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.7 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.0.2 (LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.49), Compiler: GCC 12.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Blender 3.5 Blend File: Barbershop - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 1152.53 |===================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 952.22 |============================================ OSPRay 2.10 Benchmark: particle_volume/scivis/real_time Items Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 3.67145 |==================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 3.74789 |===================================================== JPEG XL libjxl 0.7 Input: JPEG - Quality: 100 MP/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 0.70 |=========================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 0.92 |======================================================== JPEG XL libjxl 0.7 Input: PNG - Quality: 100 MP/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 0.70 |====================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 1.03 |======================================================== OSPRay 2.10 Benchmark: particle_volume/pathtracer/real_time Items Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 120.58 |=========================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 152.77 |====================================================== OSPRay 2.10 Benchmark: particle_volume/ao/real_time Items Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 3.66958 |==================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 3.75761 |===================================================== Stockfish 15 Total Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 33684276 |================================================ Ubuntu 23.04 ... 36269361 |==================================================== Geekbench 6 Test: GPU Vulkan Score > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 248497 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 154774 |================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Emily Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 270.01 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 261.94 |==================================================== Intel Open Image Denoise 1.4.0 Run: RTLightmap.hdr.4096x4096 Images / Sec > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 0.22 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 0.22 |======================================================== Blender 3.5 Blend File: BMW27 - Compute: CPU-Only Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 134.87 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 104.64 |========================================== OSPRay 2.10 Benchmark: gravity_spheres_volume/dim_512/ao/real_time Items Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 3.65558 |================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 3.90563 |===================================================== OSPRay 2.10 Benchmark: gravity_spheres_volume/dim_512/pathtracer/real_time Items Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 4.05841 |================================================ Ubuntu 23.04 ... 4.45644 |===================================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Disney Material Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 167.11 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 163.80 |===================================================== asmFish 2018-07-23 1024 Hash Memory, 26 Depth Nodes/second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 41575957 |=================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 42126258 |==================================================== Geekbench 6 Test: CPU Single Core Floating Point Score > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 2726 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2679 |======================================================= Geekbench 6 Test: CPU Single Core Integer Score > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 2634 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2694 |======================================================== Geekbench 6 Test: CPU Single Core Score > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 2666 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2689 |======================================================== Appleseed 2.0 Beta Scene: Material Tester Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 150.57 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 148.85 |===================================================== JPEG XL libjxl 0.7 Input: JPEG - Quality: 90 MP/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 9.02 |============================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 11.05 |======================================================= JPEG XL libjxl 0.7 Input: PNG - Quality: 90 MP/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 9.15 |============================================ Ubuntu 23.04 ... 11.35 |======================================================= LuxCoreRender 2.6 Scene: Danish Mood - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 2.20 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2.06 |==================================================== Chaos Group V-RAY 5.02 Mode: CPU vsamples > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 14369 |================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 15877 |======================================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradesoap msec < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 3744 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2078 |=============================== Selenium Benchmark: Jetstream 2 - Browser: Google Chrome Score > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 318.16 |===================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 321.54 |====================================================== Intel Open Image Denoise 1.4.0 Run: RT.hdr_alb_nrm.3840x2160 Images / Sec > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 0.46 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 0.46 |======================================================== Intel Open Image Denoise 1.4.0 Run: RT.ldr_alb_nrm.3840x2160 Images / Sec > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 0.46 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 0.46 |======================================================== LuxCoreRender 2.6 Scene: Orange Juice - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 3.69 |================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 4.20 |======================================================== LuxCoreRender 2.6 Scene: LuxCore Benchmark - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 2.34 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2.26 |====================================================== IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Bedroom M samples/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 2.577 |==================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2.746 |======================================================= IndigoBench 4.4 Acceleration: CPU - Scene: Supercar M samples/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 5.633 |==================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 5.931 |======================================================= LuxCoreRender 2.6 Scene: DLSC - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 2.40 |==================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2.59 |======================================================== Geekbench 6 Test: CPU Multi Core Floating Point Score > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 15855 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 16160 |======================================================= Geekbench 6 Test: CPU Multi Core Integer Score > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 14360 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 14455 |======================================================= Geekbench 6 Test: CPU Multi Core Score > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 14867 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 15031 |======================================================= ASTC Encoder 4.0 Preset: Exhaustive MT/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 0.8804 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 0.8291 |=================================================== Kvazaar 2.2 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Slow Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 10.96 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 11.10 |======================================================= JPEG XL Decoding libjxl 0.7 CPU Threads: 1 MP/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 40.29 |================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 64.45 |======================================================= Kvazaar 2.2 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 11.25 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 11.31 |======================================================= Opus Codec Encoding 1.3.1 WAV To Opus Encode Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 10.861 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 5.470 |=========================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 9 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 18274.8 |===================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 18386.2 |===================================================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 9 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 73.49 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 72.11 |====================================================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 3 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 18230.0 |==================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 18654.6 |===================================================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 3 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 75.18 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 72.15 |===================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Speedometer - Browser: Google Chrome Runs Per Minute > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 344 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 358 |========================================================= Selenium Benchmark: PSPDFKit WASM - Browser: Google Chrome Score < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 2545 |=========================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 3292 |======================================================== ASTC Encoder 4.0 Preset: Thorough MT/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 8.1572 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 7.8615 |==================================================== Kvazaar 2.2 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Ultra Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 43.97 |================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 48.02 |======================================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: H2 msec < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 1928 |================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2142 |======================================================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 1 - Decompression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 18923.9 |=================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 19550.4 |===================================================== LZ4 Compression 1.9.3 Compression Level: 1 - Compression Speed MB/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 16913.84 |=================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 17354.31 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: Kraken - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 393.4 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 396.7 |======================================================= FLAC Audio Encoding 1.4 WAV To FLAC Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 13.76 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 12.65 |=================================================== Kvazaar 2.2 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Very Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 28.10 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 28.19 |======================================================= JPEG XL Decoding libjxl 0.7 CPU Threads: All MP/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 287.44 |=========================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 361.97 |====================================================== ASTC Encoder 4.0 Preset: Fast MT/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 190.15 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 181.35 |==================================================== 7-Zip Compression 22.01 Test: Decompression Rating MIPS > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 84123 |===================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 87017 |======================================================= 7-Zip Compression 22.01 Test: Compression Rating MIPS > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 106745 |==================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 111324 |====================================================== LuxCoreRender 2.6 Scene: Rainbow Colors and Prism - Acceleration: CPU M samples/sec > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 7.24 |=================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 11.26 |======================================================= Kvazaar 2.2 Video Input: Bosphorus 4K - Video Preset: Super Fast Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 34.22 |===================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 35.51 |======================================================= Selenium Benchmark: Maze Solver - Browser: Google Chrome Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 3.7 |========================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 3.7 |========================================================= SVT-AV1 1.4 Encoder Mode: Preset 8 - Input: Bosphorus 4K Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 40.30 |================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 45.32 |======================================================= Crafty 25.2 Elapsed Time Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 13071517 |=================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 13372871 |==================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM collisionDetection - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 249.89 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 249.41 |====================================================== Primesieve 8.0 Length: 1e12 Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 14.13 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 13.59 |===================================================== WebP Image Encode 1.2.4 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Lossless MP/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 1.79 |================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2.00 |======================================================== dav1d 1.1 Video Input: Summer Nature 4K FPS > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 348.93 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 319.20 |================================================= dav1d 1.1 Video Input: Chimera 1080p 10-bit FPS > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 902.42 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 817.30 |================================================= ASTC Encoder 4.0 Preset: Medium MT/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 66.42 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 63.35 |==================================================== dav1d 1.1 Video Input: Chimera 1080p FPS > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 985.69 |====================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 933.15 |=================================================== DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Tradebeans msec < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 1697 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 1651 |====================================================== Selenium Benchmark: WASM imageConvolute - Browser: Google Chrome ms < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 20.89 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 20.91 |======================================================= LAME MP3 Encoding 3.100 WAV To MP3 Seconds < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 6.352 |======================================================= Ubuntu 23.04 ... 5.194 |============================================= DaCapo Benchmark 9.12-MR1 Java Test: Jython msec < Lower Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 2698 |======================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2580 |====================================================== WebP Image Encode 1.2.4 Encode Settings: Quality 100, Highest Compression MP/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 4.70 |===================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 4.93 |======================================================== SVT-AV1 1.4 Encoder Mode: Preset 12 - Input: Bosphorus 4K Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 131.85 |=============================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 151.60 |====================================================== SVT-AV1 1.4 Encoder Mode: Preset 13 - Input: Bosphorus 4K Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 136.96 |=============================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 158.08 |====================================================== WebP Image Encode 1.2.4 Encode Settings: Quality 100 MP/s > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 13.72 |================================================ Ubuntu 23.04 ... 15.66 |======================================================= dav1d 1.1 Video Input: Summer Nature 1080p FPS > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 1333.47 |===================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 1318.48 |==================================================== TSCP 1.81 AI Chess Performance Nodes Per Second > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 1965694 |=============================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 2231683 |===================================================== Geometric Mean Of All Test Results Result Composite - Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 23.04 - AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better Windows 11 Pro . 50.62 |==================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 53.98 |======================================================= Number Of First Place Finishes Wins - 80 Tests Wins Ubuntu 23.04 ... 58 |========================================================== Windows 11 Pro . 22 |====================== Number Of Last Place Finishes Losses - 80 Tests Losses Windows 11 Pro . 62 |========================================================== Ubuntu 23.04 ... 18 |=================