Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.10 Performance For Intel Core Ultra 7 Lunar Lake

Re:Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.10 Performance For Intel Core Ul... by luciusdomitius on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @11:19AM (#41788825)

This is strange - I wasn't expecting such a difference on CPU-only benchmarks. In my experience as a software engineer I find Linux much faster than windows mainly due to the file system being more performant (e.g. the builds run noticeably faster). For CPU-intensive tasks I always thought they were quite similar.

On the other hand since upgrading from 6.6 to 6.11 I noticed a great improvement in UI responsiveness on my old X1 Tablet and I doubt this Ubuntu uses a recent kernel even.

Disclaimer: I haven't used Windows in a long time.

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Re:Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.10 Performance For Intel Core Ul... by nullindividual on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @12:14PM (#41789591)

> Linux much faster than windows mainly due to the file system being more performant (e.g. the builds run noticeably faster)

It's not the file system. It is the file system filter. NTFS is a high performance FS.

Microsoft is working around this via a feature called DevDrive. It uses ReFS instead of NTFS as ReFS leverages copy-on-write.

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Re:Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.10 Performance For Intel Core Ul... by jadyoyster on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @11:24AM (#41788872)

I think it must somehow use a recent kernel, otherwise Lunar Lake wouldn't be supported?

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Re:Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 24.10 Performance For Intel Core Ul... by jeffbee on Wednesday October 09, 2024 @11:23AM (#41788863)

This release of Ubuntu uses 6.11 which is about as fresh as anyone could hope for.

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