Early benchmark data shows Ubuntu 25.10 holding a measurable advantage over Microsoft’s Windows 11 25H2 in CPU‑heavy workloads on a high‑end AMD Ryzen 9 9950X testbed, with Phoronix’s first‑look geomean numbers pointing to roughly a ~15% edge for the Linux build in this specific profile...
A fresh round of cross‑platform testing shows Ubuntu 25.10 pulling ahead of Windows 11 (version 25H2, preview) in heavily multi‑threaded workloads on AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X, underscoring persistent differences in how Linux and Windows extract performance from modern Zen‑5 silicon. (phoronix.com)...
Microsoft’s latest preview releases reveal a clear — and continuing — pattern: on identical high-end hardware, Ubuntu 25.10 is holding or extending Linux’s multi-threaded lead while Windows 11 25H2 remains highly competitive in single-threaded and platform-specific workloads, particularly where...