Benchmarks performed on Ubuntu 23.10, Ubuntu 24.04 and Windows 11 have come down strongly in favour of Noble Numbat. The results, which can be viewed at https://openbenchmarking.org, are the result of 104 different tests. In over two thirds of these (67%), Ubuntu 24.04 came out fastest. Ubuntu 23.10 was a respectable silver medallist (22%) and Windows 11 took the bronze at just 10%.
Given how entrenched Linux and Windows fans can be, these statistics have provoked controversy in online discussion groups.
Much of this is around the claim that Ubuntu 24.04 is 20% faster than Windows 11. The figure was obtained by analysing the geometric mean of all results, showing that Ubuntu 23.10 was 16% faster on average than Windows 11. Ubuntu 24.04 was around 3% faster again, hence the claim that the OS is 20% faster than Windows on an AMD Ryzen 7 7840HS laptop.