Benchmarking Six Linux Distributions On The Framework Laptop 13 Pro

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 3 August 2026 at 10:42 AM EDT. Page 8 of 9. 21 Comments.
SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 13, Input: Bosphorus 4K. CachyOS was the fastest.
SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 8, Input: Bosphorus 4K. CachyOS was the fastest.
SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 5, Input: Bosphorus 4K. CachyOS was the fastest.
SVT-AV1 benchmark with settings of Encoder Mode: Preset 3, Input: Bosphorus 4K. CachyOS was the fastest.

CachyOS was delivering a subtle but consistent performance lead in the SVT-AV1 video encoding benchmarks.

Kvazaar benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Medium. openSUSE Tumbleweed was the fastest.
Kvazaar benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Very Fast. openSUSE Tumbleweed was the fastest.
Kvazaar benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Super Fast. CachyOS was the fastest.
Kvazaar benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Ultra Fast. openSUSE Tumbleweed was the fastest.
uvg266 benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Very Fast. openSUSE Tumbleweed was the fastest.
uvg266 benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Super Fast. openSUSE Tumbleweed was the fastest.
VVenC benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Fast. openSUSE Tumbleweed was the fastest.
VVenC benchmark with settings of Video Input: Bosphorus 4K, Video Preset: Faster. openSUSE Tumbleweed was the fastest.

Across different open-source video encoders, the first place position was carried by either CachyOS or openSUSE Tumbleweed.

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