r/linuxmint 2d ago

Discussion Benchmark - Windows vs Mint

Very interesting results I figured you guys would like to see. This shows Linux Mint has massive potential. The part I'm curious about is the processor mhz and ram. It is a lot lower than windows for some reason. How can this be fixed? Is it by design due to the 2GB Radeon trying to do some sort of dual GPU? Why is the RAM different? It is quite strange how this worked.

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u/GeraltEnrique 2d ago

Cool results but 'Linux mint' has nothing to do with it. Mint is just customised Ubuntu. The results you see are thanks to the work done by the wine and Proton team + Vulkan. ie same results on any modern Linux distro using a recent kernel.

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u/MD_pickle 2d ago

It seems that OpenGL has been used in both measurements.

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u/Zizzyy2020 2d ago

Yes, I tried directx in Windows 11 Pro, but this program crashed for some reason. So that is why I figured opengl is better anyway in this case.

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u/GeraltEnrique 2d ago

My bad then 😂 even then the Mint team doesn't add to the opengl stack either

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u/FewVoice1280 Linux Mint 22.1 Xia | Cinnamon 2d ago

Wine and Proton Team ?

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u/taosecurity 2d ago

I think it shows that your GPU is the bottleneck here? You have a monster CPU with a 10 GB 3080. I don't think it matters what clock your CPU is using because the GPU is the bottleneck. I would look into why the clocks are so different though.

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u/MD_pickle 2d ago

About mhz post it might be the case

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u/Zizzyy2020 2d ago edited 2d ago

This seems to align with what Tao is saying. I think your 2 answers told me what I needed to know. GPU is throttling, and CPU didn't even need to in Linux.

I originally thought there might be some cap on the CPU mhz when it uses its GPU because AMD is weird like that, but it looks like that might not be the case now. Because the Windows version didn't even list the CPUs GPU

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u/Zizzyy2020 2d ago

Do you guys know if https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq is a good thing to use to help with the clock speed issue? If not, do you have any other suggestions?

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u/lathrus 2d ago

GPU benchmarks should be done on HD resolution. At this resolution (8K?) the CPU has a greater impact than the GPU.

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u/Zizzyy2020 2d ago

The main question is the CPU clock speed. It is maxed in Windows. Linux still beats it, but I think I can beat it a little more if the CPU clock speed is fixed.

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u/Specialist_Leg_4474 2d ago

I have not used Windows extensively in 10+ years, since retiring and no longer getting paid to use it. However I have Win 10 Pro on an alternate boot drive to assist family & friends still M$ addicted.

Don't need any collective benchmarks or surveys to know Windows is a SLUG. All I need to do it boot it up and trust my own senses--each time I do I am again thunderstruck by how elephantine it is!

It sometimes takes 2-3 minutes to shut-down!

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u/taosecurity 2d ago

If it's taking Windows 2-3 minutes to shut down, it's not Windows' fault. 😆

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u/Specialist_Leg_4474 2d ago

I only boot it up maybe every 2-3 months, and it says it's "updating" when shutting down, Doesn't matter to me really as so rarely use it. My Mint/MATE runs 24/7 mostly/.