Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu Linux Performance For Intel Core Ultra X7 Panther Lake
Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 9 February 2026 at 11:40 AM EST. Page 4 of 7. 24 Comments.
👁 WebP Image Encode benchmark with settings of Encode Settings: Default. Windows 11 was the fastest.
When turning to the CPU workloads that are native cross-platform is where Linux returned to its usual competitive nature against Microsoft Windows 11.
With both operating systems in their default balanced profile, there was healthy competition between Windows and Linux on the CPU side with the Core Ultra X7 Panther Lake hardware being tested.
As we are used to seeing, in heavy multi-threaded creator workloads like 3D rendering jobs with LuxCore and similar, Linux can provide some significant speed-ups over Microsoft Windows on the same hardware.