Answers: <p><em>TL;DR depends on the use case with up to 12 times between best/worst</em></p>
  
  <p>Comprehensive testing has been done over at <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=windows-10-prescu&amp;num=1" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Phoronix</a> (28.03.18) and the results are very mixed. The tests looked at:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Clear Linux 21510</li>
  <li>Debian 9.4</li>
  <li>OpenSUSE 42.3 Leap</li>
  <li>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS</li>
  <li>Windows 10 Pro Build 16299</li>
  <li>Debian 9 On WSL</li>
  <li>OpenSUSE 42.3 On WSL</li>
  <li>Ubuntu 16.04 LTS On WSL</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>The results are all over the show. In a few tests, the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is faster then native Windows (<a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=windows-10-prescu&amp;num=4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">GraphicsMagick</a>) and the Intel optimized distribution, Clear Linux, sometimes has the worst results (<a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=windows-10-prescu&amp;num=2" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Netperf UDP request response</a>). While in others Windows is twice as fast as all Linux distributions (<a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=windows-10-prescu&amp;num=4" rel="nofollow noreferrer">CacheBench</a>). All in all, deciding on <strong>performance is not conclusive</strong>. Choose the OS that provides the tooling you require.</p>
  
  <p>Nonetheless, the article itself does provide a winner given that only <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=windows-10-prescu&amp;num=6" rel="nofollow noreferrer">first place finishes</a> are taken into account:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>... Clear Linux was the fastest of the operating systems tested with
    coming in first 40% of the time, Debian 9.4 in second with first place
    finishes 22.5% of the time, and Windows 10 Pro itself was the fastest
    12.5% of the time.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>When only taking <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=windows-10-prescu&amp;num=3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Java</a> into account:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>In the Java tests, to no real surprise, the performance tended to be
    about the same across all tested operating systems.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
  <p>And finally, in a <a href="https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&amp;item=windows-10-prescu&amp;num=3" rel="nofollow noreferrer">compile test</a> (Golang), which is the test that is most related to the use case in the question:</p>
  
  <blockquote>
    <p>The build performance on Windows 10 and WSL were slower than the bare
    metal Linux performance.</p>
  </blockquote>
  
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Answers: Could you the conclusions of the various paragraphs to prevent that the outcomes of the research will vanish if the link is deprecated. I will upvote the answer right now and if you could add the six conclusions, I will accept the answer.
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Answers: This is interesting, but with WSL, I assume this is using GCC on windows. I would be interested in also seeing a comparison between Visual Studio's engine and Borland as well with GCC and GCC running on windows and Linux.
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Body: <p>There are multiple distribution in the company. Building the same project results in different build times (see table 1).</p>
  
  <pre><code>| win10laptop32gbram | win10laptopOld | win7laptop | win7server | linuxvm | mac |
  |--------------------|----------------|------------|------------|---------|-----| 
  | 3                  | 3              | 2          | 1.5        | 1       | 1.9 | 
  </code></pre>
  
  <p>Table 1: Ratio of build speed between different Operating System and hardware.</p>
  
  <p>Do other people from other organizations experience this as well?</p>
  
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Comments: Are your build done on the same hardware? If not there's no point in comparing build time for OS comparison at all asthey are biased by hardware
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Comments: Slower at doing what?  It's almost certainly going to depend on what exactly you're doing, and "in general" is way too broad to be able to answer effectively.
Comments: Xiong Chiamiov
Tags: <builds>
Title: Is Windows in general always slower than linux?
UserDisplayName: 030
ThreadText: # Is Windows in general always slower than linux?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2018-03-30)
  
  There are multiple distribution in the company. Building the same project results in different build times (see table 1).
  
  ```
  | win10laptop32gbram | win10laptopOld | win7laptop | win7server | linuxvm | mac |
  |--------------------|----------------|------------|------------|---------|-----| 
  | 3                  | 3              | 2          | 1.5        | 1       | 1.9 | 
  
  ```
  
  Table 1: Ratio of build speed between different Operating System and hardware.
  
  Do other people from other organizations experience this as well?
  
  **Tags:** builds
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_1**: Are your build done on the same hardware? If not there's no point in comparing build time for OS comparison at all asthey are biased by hardware  
  > **username_2**: Slower at doing what?  It's almost certainly going to depend on what exactly you're doing, and "in general" is way too broad to be able to answer effectively.  
  
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  ## 1 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_3 on 2018-03-31. Score: 7 | Accepted answer
  
  *TL;DR depends on the use case with up to 12 times between best/worst*
  
  Comprehensive testing has been done over at [Phoronix](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows-10-prescu&num=1) (28.03.18) and the results are very mixed. The tests looked at:
  
  * Clear Linux 21510
  * Debian 9.4
  * OpenSUSE 42.3 Leap
  * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  * Windows 10 Pro Build 16299
  * Debian 9 On WSL
  * OpenSUSE 42.3 On WSL
  * Ubuntu 16.04 LTS On WSL
  
  The results are all over the show. In a few tests, the WSL (Windows Subsystem for Linux) is faster then native Windows ([GraphicsMagick](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows-10-prescu&num=4)) and the Intel optimized distribution, Clear Linux, sometimes has the worst results ([Netperf UDP request response](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows-10-prescu&num=2)). While in others Windows is twice as fast as all Linux distributions ([CacheBench](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows-10-prescu&num=4)). All in all, deciding on **performance is not conclusive**. Choose the OS that provides the tooling you require.
  
  Nonetheless, the article itself does provide a winner given that only [first place finishes](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows-10-prescu&num=6) are taken into account:
  
  > ... Clear Linux was the fastest of the operating systems tested with
  > coming in first 40% of the time, Debian 9.4 in second with first place
  > finishes 22.5% of the time, and Windows 10 Pro itself was the fastest
  > 12.5% of the time.
  
  When only taking [Java](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows-10-prescu&num=3) into account:
  
  > In the Java tests, to no real surprise, the performance tended to be
  > about the same across all tested operating systems.
  
  And finally, in a [compile test](https://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=windows-10-prescu&num=3) (Golang), which is the test that is most related to the use case in the question:
  
  > The build performance on Windows 10 and WSL were slower than the bare
  > metal Linux performance.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_0**: Could you the conclusions of the various paragraphs to prevent that the outcomes of the research will vanish if the link is deprecated. I will upvote the answer right now and if you could add the six conclusions, I will accept the answer.  
  > **username_4**: This is interesting, but with WSL, I assume this is using GCC on windows. I would be interested in also seeing a comparison between Visual Studio's engine and Borland as well with GCC and GCC running on windows and Linux.  
  
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