Windows 10 vs. Ubuntu Linux With OpenGL/Vulkan On GTX 1060/1080 Ti & RX 580/Vega 64

Written by Michael Larabel in Display Drivers on 28 June 2018 at 12:41 PM EDT. Page 4 of 4. 50 Comments.

The X-Plane 11 flight simulator with lower quality settings was much faster on Linux...

But when running into more demanding scenarios, the NVIDIA performance was faster on Windows while the Radeon performance was faster on Linux. The X-Plane 11 performance will hopefully be faster and more optimal once they switch over to their new Vulkan renderer.

The Java graphics performance with using OpenGL was substantially faster on Linux.

For those interested there are some additional benchmark results via this OpenBenchmarking.org result file, including some OpenCL metrics for NVIDIA on Linux and Windows, etc.

If you enjoyed this article consider joining Phoronix Premium to view this site ad-free, multi-page articles on a single page, and other benefits. PayPal or Stripe tips are also graciously accepted. Thanks for your support.


Related Articles
AMD Quietly Funded A Drop-In CUDA Implementation Built On ROCm: It's Now Open-Source
Trying Out & Benchmarking The New Experimental Intel Xe Linux Graphics Driver
Intel's Open-Source Compute Runtime Performing Increasingly Well Against NVIDIA's Proprietary Linux Driver
Intel Arc Graphics See Faster Performance On Ubuntu 23.10
Raspberry Pi 5 Graphics Continue With Open-Source Driver & Crazy Fast Compared To RPi 4
Initial Benchmarks Of The "NVK" Open-Source NVIDIA Vulkan Driver
About The Author
Michael Larabel

Michael Larabel is the principal author of Phoronix.com and founded the site in 2004 with a focus on enriching the Linux hardware experience. Michael has written more than 20,000 articles covering the state of Linux hardware support, Linux performance, graphics drivers, and other topics. Michael is also the lead developer of the Phoronix Test Suite, Phoromatic, and OpenBenchmarking.org automated benchmarking software. He can be followed via Twitter, LinkedIn, or contacted via MichaelLarabel.com.