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The original was posted on /r/linux_gaming by /u/The_4ngry_5quid on 2024-01-02 00:20:38.

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I finally made the switch! I’ve always been hesitant to swtich my Gaming PC to Linux, as I didn’t want to take the negative performance hit (more about that later). With Windows 12 on the horizon, I’m finally sick enough to swtich to Linux. My Gaming PC is relatively high end. The specs are:

CPU: i9-9900K

Memory: 64GB DDR4

GPU: Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 12GB

Storage: 7TB mixture of Gen 3 M.2 SSDs and SATA SSDs.

I decided to benchmark my system on both a fresh install of Windows 11 and a fresh install of Ubuntu 23.10. Both have the latest drivers and are otherwise up to date. Nothing was intentionally running in the background (apart from everything that already runs in the background in Windows). I tried to benchmark a mixture of new and old titles, with a particular interest in how the Proton-layer would affect performance. All tests are run on the same day with the same settings. Here are the results!

Red Dead Redemption 2 (2019) - Benchmark

Running on Proton 8.0-4 for Linux

	Windows	Linux
Average FPS	72	74.9
Minimum FPS	58.6	38.5
Maximum FPS	79.7	121.6

Minecraft (2011) with shaders, mods and a resource pack

Running natively on both

	Windows	Linux
Looking Down in a hole	140	195
Looking at a specific spot on the house	120	170

GTA V (2015) - Benchmark

Running on Proton 8.0-4 for Linux

	Windows	Linux
Minimum FPS	107	105
Maximum FPS	188	188

Team Fortress 2 (2007) - Bot Match

Running on Proton 8.0-4 for Linux

	Windows	Linux
Minimum FPS	130	169
Maximum FPS	279	287

Assassin’s Creed: Mirage (2023) - Benchmark

Running on Wine-GE-Proton8-27-LoL

	Windows	Linux
Average FPS	116	87
1% Lows	76	45
Maximum FPS	154	136

Overall, I’m really surprised!

TLDR; On these 5 titles at 1440p, a fresh install of Linux ran with:

15% higher average FPS than Windows.

11.7% lower minimum FPS than Windows.

11% higher maximum FPS than Windows.