Panther Lake Benchmark: Windows 11 vs Ubuntu 26.04 on MSI Laptop Show Parity
Phoronix compares Windows 11 Home and Ubuntu 26.04 on an MSI Prestige 14 Flip Panther Lake laptop (Intel Core Ultra X7 358H with Arc B390). Using the same balanced power profile, the test found near-identical performance between Windows and Linux, though MSI’s Linux power limits were initially conservative relative to Intel’s guidance; Linux remains competitive on Panther Lake with the latest kernel and Mesa drivers across CPU and graphics benchmarks.
