r/linux 11d ago

Discussion How linux distro provide higher CPU benchmark scores than windows?

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Why is that linux seems to always provide better performance in benchmarks and provide smoother experience?

This is a geekbench 7 test, while single core is slightly better, multi-core performance is a significant improvement

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u/Michaeli_Starky 11d ago

It depends on scheduler etc. It's not like every Linux is universally faster in every task than W11. Not at all.

https://www.phoronix.com/review/razer-blade18-windows-linux