--- title: The Performance Cost To Ubuntu WSL2 On Windows 11 25H2 description: Performance benchmarks comparing Ubuntu 24.04 running on WSL2 under Windows 11 25H2 versus bare metal Ubuntu installation on the same AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/the-performance-cost-to-ubuntu-wsl2-on-windows-11-25h2-4js4ijtfl twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: The Performance Cost To Ubuntu WSL2 On Windows 11 25H2 | daily.dev og:description: Performance benchmarks comparing Ubuntu 24.04 running on WSL2 under Windows 11 25H2 versus bare metal Ubuntu installation on the same AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D... og:url: https://daily.dev/posts/the-performance-cost-to-ubuntu-wsl2-on-windows-11-25h2-4js4ijtfl og:image: https://api.daily.dev/og/posts/4js4iJTfL.png og:image:alt: The Performance Cost To Ubuntu WSL2 On Windows 11 25H2 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. # The Performance Cost To Ubuntu WSL2 On Windows 11 25H2 **[Phoronix](https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix)** · 2 min read · 5 upvotes · 1 comments ## Summary Performance benchmarks comparing Ubuntu 24.04 running on WSL2 under Windows 11 25H2 versus bare metal Ubuntu installation on the same AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D system. The testing reveals the overhead costs of using Windows Subsystem for Linux compared to native Ubuntu performance. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Community discussion Top comments from developers on daily.dev. **@debajyatidey** · 1 upvotes > the performance overhead is huuuuge! > > I personally used WSL for 2 years, and it only gets worse over time. Also, deleting the Ubuntu distro freed 70 GB of disk storage from local drive. > > I managed to buy my own laptop and installed Linux on it (hardware, no VM). > > Much pleasant, peaceful and performant. --- Tags: [#performance](https://daily.dev/tags/performance), [#microsoft](https://daily.dev/tags/microsoft), [#windows](https://daily.dev/tags/windows), [#ubuntu](https://daily.dev/tags/ubuntu) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/the-performance-cost-to-ubuntu-wsl2-on-windows-11-25h2-4js4ijtfl) ```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":"The Performance Cost To Ubuntu WSL2 On Windows 11 25H2","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-performance-cost-to-ubuntu-wsl2-on-windows-11-25h2-4js4ijtfl","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-performance-cost-to-ubuntu-wsl2-on-windows-11-25h2-4js4ijtfl"},"datePublished":"2025-09-15T14:39:52.562Z","dateModified":"2025-09-15T14:40:12.044Z","description":"Performance benchmarks comparing Ubuntu 24.04 running on WSL2 under Windows 11 25H2 versus bare metal Ubuntu installation on the same AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D...","image":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/173bc20a3c087293fdd5c941a9552138?_a=AQAEulh","thumbnailUrl":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto/v1/posts/173bc20a3c087293fdd5c941a9552138?_a=AQAEulh","isAccessibleForFree":true,"articleSection":"Phoronix","inLanguage":"en","publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180}},"author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Phoronix","logo":"https://media.daily.dev/image/upload/t_logo,f_auto/v1/logos/6a26ba379dd64932830aa0c9803dd7ee","url":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},"commentCount":1,"discussionUrl":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-performance-cost-to-ubuntu-wsl2-on-windows-11-25h2-4js4ijtfl","interactionStatistic":[{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"LikeAction"},"userInteractionCount":5},{"@type":"InteractionCounter","interactionType":{"@type":"CommentAction"},"userInteractionCount":1}],"keywords":"performance,microsoft,windows,ubuntu","timeRequired":"PT2M"} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https://daily.dev"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Phoronix","item":"https://daily.dev/sources/phoronix"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"The Performance Cost To Ubuntu WSL2 On Windows 11 25H2"}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/the-performance-cost-to-ubuntu-wsl2-on-windows-11-25h2-4js4ijtfl","comment":[{"@type":"Comment","text":"the performance overhead is huuuuge!\nI personally used WSL for 2 years, and it only gets worse over time. 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