Proof that Ubuntu 8.10 outperforms Vista

In a recent series of Geekbench tests, Ubuntu scored almost 20% higher (18.6% to be precise) than Vista on identical hardware. The Geekbench test is especially noteworthy because it is designed for cross-platform comparisons, it tests both hardware and software performance, and every test can be run in both single and multi-threaded modes. A glance at the official tests involved reveals other interesting metrics, depending on your application usage: convolution filters (common in Photoshop/GIMP), data compression, fractals (recursive algorithms), STREAM, and more.