In all the tests we ran, Linux was 1.5 to 2 times faster than Windows. This might not be fully representative in real-world scenarios, but some improvements should be at least partially realized in real-world scenarios. Both instances were running with gp3 disks in AWS with the same number of IOPS and throughput configured.
Another thing we wanted the answer to was; how much slower is Linux compared to Windows?
The number of tests returned for Linux is roughly twice the number as for Windows because the server returned dashboards in half the time. The response time is about 44% slower on Windows on average. Moving to 15 threads, the same trend continues with Windows being slower on average by about 31%.
When I was researching we ran into the inquiry “Why is linux faster than windows?”.
One big reason why Linux can boot up faster than Windows is the difference in the way their kernels are designed. The nucleus of an OS is very different in these 2 products. Linux has a monolithic kernel – meaning it holds every core functionality needed by the OS such as drivers ,memory management, task scheduler and the file system.
When we were reading we ran into the question “Which is faster-Windows or Linux?”.
The ssd and memory are exactly the same whilst the processor are both i5 and evenly matched but windows is running faster across the board markedly so at boot up. Windows 12 seconds and Linux 29 seconds. Both great but for the first time since I can remember windows has the lead!!??!!
How fast is Linux compared to Windows and AMD?
Hypotheses: Linux runs about 5-10% fast than Windows on average. AMD will perform similarly to Intel, perhaps a bit worse. With a newly initialized server (read: totally empty), how long does it take to run a tsm restart?
Is it better to run Linux or Windows 10?
That said, Linux is generally a lot less resource-heavy than Windows 10, using even the heaviest desktop environments. Also you can get a speed benefit if you know command line tricks in Linux well (e. g. piping).
Why is Windows 10 faster than Linux for gaming?
The only reason Windows 10 is “ faster” is because it comes preinstalled on newer machines. And the only reason to use it over Linux, is for gaming, not because of speed, but simply because there are more games for Windows than Linux. If every game in the world also came out on Steam, I would never touch Windows again.
You may be asking “How does Ubuntu compare to Windows 10 performance?”
Then you can compare Ubuntu’s performance with Windows 10’s performance overall and on a per application basis. Ubuntu runs faster than Windows on every computer that I have ever tested., libre Office (Ubuntu’s default office suite) runs much faster than Microsoft Office on every computer that I have ever tested.
Is it worth it to run Linux?
The updates alone are worth running Linux. It took about 5 minutes for a ‘heavy’ update to complete, including a new kernel (version update in Windows) and over 5 hours to complete the same ones in Windows.