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 5 of 7. 24 Comments.

For video encoding work too, Linux tends to perform quite well compared to Windows 11. It's great seeing that continue with Intel Core Ultra Series 3 Panther Lake hardware.

👁 SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 3, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ubuntu 26.04 + Linux 6.19 was the fastest.

👁 SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 5, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ubuntu 26.04 + Linux 6.19 was the fastest.

👁 SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 8, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ubuntu 26.04 + Linux 6.19 was the fastest.

👁 SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 13, Input: Bosphorus 4K. Ubuntu 26.04 + Linux 6.19 was the fastest.

👁 SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 3, Input: Bosphorus 1080p. Ubuntu 26.04 + Linux 6.19 was the fastest.

👁 SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 5, Input: Bosphorus 1080p. Ubuntu 26.04 + Linux 6.19 was the fastest.

👁 SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 8, Input: Bosphorus 1080p. Ubuntu 26.04 + Linux 6.19 was the fastest.

👁 SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 13, Input: Bosphorus 1080p. Ubuntu 26.04 + Linux 6.19 was the fastest.

While the testing started off a bit sad with the Vulkan cross-platform performance, when turning to the CPU workloads is where Linux continues to perform very favorably across the x86_64 spectrum.

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