What's faster linux or windows?

[viperdog]

Does the genome client run faster or slower on linux..?

The reason I'm asking is that the genomeathome discussion group on yahoo has a question about the "run time penalty" under linux, and the answer was 15%. I just figured that client was about the same since most of the time is spent in CPU..

[MechCD]

Ok without the GUI running and without much of anythig else running, linux is approx 20% faster than windows.

With all the stuff runnin, it can be slightly faster or the same, never less (of course) :D

[dnar]

Originally posted by viperdog
Does the genome client run faster or slower on linux..?



The reason I'm asking is that the genomeathome discussion group on yahoo has a question about the "run time penalty" under linux, and the answer was 15%. I just figured that client was about the same since most of the time is spent in CPU..
I did see that posting on Yahoo, dont beleive everything you read.....

All being equal, the Linux client is slightly faster than the Windows client... I have heard reports of Linux clients running faster when re-niced and at runlevel 1 or 3, my testing does not support these claims... You are more than welcome to perform your own tests and post the results here.

BTW, I simultaneously tested the 0.98 and 0.99 clients on Linux with identical work units, absolutely no difference in performance. Not one. second.