Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Leads Over Windows 11 In Creator Workstation Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Operating Systems on 28 April 2026 at 11:00 AM EDT. Page 5 of 7. 19 Comments.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: BMW27, Compute: CPU-Only. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Junkshop, Compute: CPU-Only. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Classroom, Compute: CPU-Only. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Fishy Cat, Compute: CPU-Only. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Barbershop, Compute: CPU-Only. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Junkshop, Compute: NVIDIA CUDA. Windows 11 Pro was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Fishy Cat, Compute: NVIDIA CUDA. Windows 11 Pro was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Junkshop, Compute: NVIDIA OptiX. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Barbershop, Compute: NVIDIA CUDA. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Barbershop, Compute: NVIDIA OptiX. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona, Compute: CPU-Only. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona, Compute: NVIDIA CUDA. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona, Compute: NVIDIA OptiX. Windows 11 Pro was the fastest.

The Blender 3D modeling software continues to run slightly faster on Ubuntu Linux than Microsoft Windows, especially for the CPU-based rendering where as the NVIDIA OptiX and CUDA performance was quite similar.

IndigoBench benchmark with settings of Acceleration: CPU, Scene: Bedroom. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
IndigoBench benchmark with settings of Acceleration: CPU, Scene: Supercar. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
IndigoBench benchmark with settings of Acceleration: OpenCL GPU, Scene: Bedroom. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
IndigoBench benchmark with settings of Acceleration: OpenCL GPU, Scene: Supercar. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.

The proprietary Indigo renderer was showing the best performance for both CPU and GPU based rendering with IndigoBench when running on Linux.

Appleseed benchmark with settings of Scene: Emily. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.
Appleseed benchmark with settings of Scene: Disney Material. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.

The Appleseed renderer also continues to lead on Linux.

Chaos Group V-RAY benchmark with settings of Mode: NVIDIA RTX GPU. Windows 11 Pro was the fastest.
Chaos Group V-RAY benchmark with settings of Mode: NVIDIA CUDA GPU. Windows 11 Pro was the fastest.
Chaos Group V-RAY benchmark with settings of Mode: CPU. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS was the fastest.

The Chaos Group V-RAY renderer did pick up a win for Windows 11 when running with the NVIDIA RTX back-end, but with the CUDA back-end the performance was nearly identical. V-RAY rendering on the CPU was an easy win for Ubuntu 26.04 LTS on this HP Z6 G5 A workstation.

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