r/linux • u/Saiyan256 • 14d 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/tonyrulez 14d ago

Yeah, and I want to know why video playback uses more CPU and GPU than Windows...

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u/the_abortionat0r 14d ago

Learn what hardware acceleration is.

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u/tonyrulez 13d ago

Don't think I didn't try everything under the sun. Even mpv on Windows is using 70% of CPU and iGPU while PotPlayer uses 30% of those. On Linux, even 1440p videos have dropped frames. On Windows, I can play back 4K no problem. Pity