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

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 9 October 2024 at 09:07 AM EDT. Page 4 of 5. 46 Comments.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Compression Rating. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Decompression Rating. Windows 11 was the fastest.
Y-Cruncher benchmark with settings of Pi Digits To Calculate: 1B. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.
Y-Cruncher benchmark with settings of Pi Digits To Calculate: 500M. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.
OSPRay Studio benchmark with settings of Camera: 1, Resolution: 1080p, Samples Per Pixel: 1, Renderer: Path Tracer, Acceleration: CPU. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.
OSPRay Studio benchmark with settings of Camera: 3, Resolution: 1080p, Samples Per Pixel: 1, Renderer: Path Tracer, Acceleration: CPU. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.
OSPRay Studio benchmark with settings of Camera: 1, Resolution: 1080p, Samples Per Pixel: 16, Renderer: Path Tracer, Acceleration: CPU. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.
OSPRay Studio benchmark with settings of Camera: 3, Resolution: 1080p, Samples Per Pixel: 16, Renderer: Path Tracer, Acceleration: CPU. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.
XZ Compression benchmark with settings of Compressing ubuntu-16.04.3-server-i386.img, Compression Level 9. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.

Even in single-threaded benchmarks Linux was pulling ahead on this Core Ultra Series 2 laptop.

FLAC Audio Encoding benchmark with settings of WAV To FLAC. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.
LAME MP3 Encoding benchmark with settings of WAV To MP3. Ubuntu 24.10 was the fastest.

Across a variety of different workloads tested under Windows 11 and Ubuntu 24.10, the Linux distribution continued enjoying greater performance out of this 8-core Lunar Lake laptop.

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