Recent tests show that AMD’s Radeon graphics cards perform better on Windows 11 than on Linux 6.2. These reviews relate specifically to gambling services.
This conclusion is the result of testing several games available on these two operating systems. They were also chosen because they work well with the Steam Play functionality. Note that similar tests are also planned with Intel and NVIDIA solutions to determine what their “optimal” environment is for gaming.
Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 7900 XTX test configurations
Meanwhile we have a first assessment with AMD RDNA cards. The titles used are
- hit man 3
- Left 4 Dead 2
- portal 2
- Quake II RTX 1.6
- Strange Brigade
- X level 12
For its part, Phoronix also ran tests, this time with three benchmarks that allowed it to exploit the Vulkan and OpenGL APIs. These are applications
- Gravity Mark 1.72
- Unigine Heaven 4.0
- Unigine Overlay 1.0
On the graphics card side we find the Radeon RX 6800 XT and the Radeon RX 7900 XTX. The Windows operating system is Windows 11 Pro, while for Linux we find the distribution Ubuntu 22.10 with Linux 6.2-rc1 alongside Mesa 23.0-devel. On Windows, the AMD graphics drivers used are the
- Software Adrenalin 22.11.2 WHQL for the Radeon RX 6800 XT,
- Adrenalin 22.12.2 software for the Radeon RX 7900 XTX.
The test platform is based around an Intel Core i9-13900K processor, accompanied by 32GB DDR5-6000, all mounted on an Asus PRIME Z790-P WIFI motherboard and equipped with a Solidigm P44 PRO 2TB NVMe SSD.
Radeon RX 6800 XT and Radeon RX 7900 XT, performance
Hitman 3 is faster on Windows 11 Pro with the Radeon RX 7900 XTX, while we find roughly similar performance on both operating systems with the Radeon RX 6800 XT. The results are identical to a 4K resolution.
The game Left 4 Dead 2 (OpenGL API) offers a different ending. On Windows 11 Pro, we get better FPS with both graphics cards. Same result with Portal 2, but on Linux the Radeon RX 7900 XTX is very close to its results on Windows.
Under Quake II RTX we have an “optimized” title in Ray Tracing for Nvidia cards. The two Radeons draw an almost identical balance sheet under Windows and Linux. The 4K tests put Windows 11 Pro in first place. Finally, Strange Brigade also favored this environment over Ubuntu.
The GravityMark 1.72 benchmark allows Linux to outperform Windows 11 Pro most of the time thanks to the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver and Vulkan API support.
Although older, the UNIGINE Heaven benchmark allows us to evaluate the performance under the OpenGL API and Windows 11 stands out that we are talking about a definition of 2160p and 1440p.