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Fedora Won, Mostly og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 630 og:locale: en --- > ## Documentation Index > Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://daily.dev/llms.txt > Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further. # A Clanker Pitted Fedora Against Windows 11. Fedora Won, Mostly **[It's Foss](https://daily.dev/sources/itsfoss)** · 4 min read · 0 upvotes · 0 comments ## Summary A YouTuber known for robot-assisted lab benchmarks (PhoneBuff) ran identical Dell XPS 13 laptops, one on Fedora and one on Windows 11, through eleven timed real-world tasks. Fedora won six tests, four tied, and Windows won one (launching Cyberpunk 2077). The biggest gaps favored Fedora: unzipping a 6GB archive took 12 seconds versus 57 seconds on Windows Explorer, and idle RAM usage sat at 32.9% on Fedora versus 85.2% on Windows, partly due to background Dell utilities, Defender, and Edge WebView2 running on Windows. VS Code compiling and running ~1,900 tests, DaVinci Resolve editing, and GIMP editing all finished faster on Fedora, while everyday tasks like Chrome browsing, document viewing, OCR, and Blender rendering were close to tied. No AI or gaming benchmarks were included, and results may vary with different distros or desktop environments. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### How does Fedora Linux compare to Windows 11 in real-world performance tests? In a lab test using identical Dell XPS 13 laptops with an Intel Core 5 320 and 8GB RAM, Fedora won six of eleven timed tests, four tied, and Windows 11 won only one (launching Cyberpunk 2077). Fedora was especially faster at unzipping a 6GB archive (12 seconds vs 57 seconds), restarting (27 vs 61 seconds), and idle memory usage (32.9% vs 85.2% of 8GB RAM). _Developers evaluating Linux versus Windows for their workstation track independent benchmarks like this on daily.dev._ ### Why does Windows 11 use so much more idle RAM than Fedora on the same hardware? On identical Dell XPS 13 hardware with 8GB RAM, Windows 11 used 85.2% of memory at idle (about 6.47GB) compared to Fedora's 32.9% (about 2.27GB). The gap partly stems from background processes running by default on Windows, including Dell utility software, Windows Defender (MsMpEng), and Edge WebView2, while Fedora started with substantially less background baggage. _Anyone weighing OS resource overhead before a hardware refresh follows comparisons like this on daily.dev._ ## Similar posts on daily.dev - [Fedora can't beat Ubuntu at this one thing, but it wins everywhere else](https://daily.dev/posts/fedora-can-t-beat-ubuntu-at-this-one-thing-but-it-wins-everywhere-else-jlerea4jc) · XDA Developers · 2 upvotes · 1 comments - [I ran Windows 11 and Linux side by side for a year, and a clear winner emerged for productivity](https://daily.dev/posts/i-ran-windows-11-and-linux-side-by-side-for-a-year-and-a-clear-winner-emerged-for-productivity-xb6mievin) · XDA Developers · 0 upvotes · 0 comments - [CachyOS beats Windows 11 in Cyberpunk 2077 and Space Marine 2 in a new gaming benchmark](https://daily.dev/posts/cachyos-beats-windows-11-in-cyberpunk-2077-and-space-marine-2-in-a-new-gaming-benchmark-zkck5ak8v) · XDA Developers · 1 upvotes · 0 comments --- Tags: [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#fedora](https://daily.dev/tags/fedora) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/a-clanker-pitted-fedora-against-windows-11-fedora-won-mostly-l9h6oix3c) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"A Clanker Pitted Fedora Against Windows 11. 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