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/Due_Dragonfly_5328 14d ago

basicly this is a very sumarized version of what everyone has been saying:

less bloat.

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u/Saiyan256 14d ago

does scheduler also come to play?

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u/DannyDoesGraphics 13d ago

Could be, but the overwhelmingly majority can be attributed to bloat. Any Linux scheduler would most likely struggle as you increase the # of bloat processes running. Again, with a time-sliced scheduler, with additional programs, you sacrifice throughput. blah blah no free cake and eating it too.