NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080/4090: Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 23.04 Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 19 April 2023 at 11:00 AM EDT. Page 5 of 6. 33 Comments.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: BMW27, Compute: NVIDIA OptiX. RTX 4090: Ubuntu 23.04 was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Classroom, Compute: NVIDIA CUDA. RTX 4090: Ubuntu 23.04 was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Fishy Cat, Compute: NVIDIA CUDA. RTX 4090: Ubuntu 23.04 was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Barbershop, Compute: NVIDIA CUDA. RTX 4090: Ubuntu 23.04 was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Classroom, Compute: NVIDIA OptiX. RTX 4090: Ubuntu 23.04 was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Fishy Cat, Compute: NVIDIA OptiX. RTX 4090: Ubuntu 23.04 was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona, Compute: NVIDIA CUDA. RTX 4090: Ubuntu 23.04 was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona, Compute: NVIDIA OptiX. RTX 4090: Ubuntu 23.04 was the fastest.

With the new Blender 3.5 release, Blender continues to deliver better performance on Linux than Windows. We've seen this for CPU-based rendering as well as NVIDIA CUDA and OptiX workloads. Blender has long enjoyed better performance on Linux. For those after best performance, NVIDIA RTX GPUs with OptiX remains the fastest and most well-tested option for either OS.


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