Linux Now Faster Than Windows 11 For Intel Core i9 12900K "Alder Lake" With Latest Kernel

For OpenJDK Java workloads, Windows 11 still led or tied with Clear in some of the tests but there has been better improvement now on the Linux side when using Linux 5.16 stable or Linux 5.17 Git.

Zstd compression performed a lot better on Linux 5.16/5.17 with Ubuntu or on Clear Linux with its Linux 5.16 kernel than on Ubuntu 22.04 with Linux 5.15, presumably due to there being stuck on the E cores.

For some tests, Windows 11 still had an advantage over the tested Linux configurations.

Windows 11 still puts up a good fight against Linux in some of the workloads, at least against the common Ubuntu while Intel's performance-focused Clear Linux did carry hefty advantages in some areas thanks to the P-State performance governor by default and other more extensive tuning.