Windows 11 Outperforms Linux With Alder Lake CPUs, Scheduler to Blame

A report from Phoronix has revealed that Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs perform much better in a Windows 11 environment than with Linux-based operating systems. The problem is related to issues with Linux’s cluster scheduler, which isn’t optimized for Alder Lake’s hybrid architecture. That means that Alder Lake, which are now the new Best CPUs for gaming, are better suited for Windows 11 than Linux. That’s somewhat surprising given that Linux typically outperforms all flavors of Windows.