Compared to who consumes power: Windows7, Ubuntu11.04 power consumption competition

The Phoronix website recently conducted a comparative test on Windows7 and Ubuntu11.04 systems. However, it does not look at who runs fast, but who consumes more power. The system used for the test is Windows 7sp164 Professional Edition and Ubuntu11.0464. The test hardware platform has four sets-Lenovo ThinkPadT61 notebook: Core2DuoT9300Penryn dual-core processor, PM965 + ICH8

The Phoronix website recently conducted a comparative test on Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04 systems. However, it does not look at who runs fast, but who consumes more power.

The system used for testing isWindows 7 SP1 64-bit Professional EditionAnd the other side isUbuntu 11.04 64-bit. The test hardware platform has four sets --

Lenovo ThinkPad T61 notebook:

Core 2 Duo T9300 Penryn dual Core processor, PM965 + ICH8M-E chipset, Quadro NVS 140 M 512MB graphics card, 4 GB DDR3 memory, Hitachi 100 GB HTS72201 hard drive.

High-end desktop six cores:

Core i7-990X processor, Huawei X58 SuperComputer motherboard, GeForce 9800 GTX graphics card, 3 GB DDR3 memory, Seagate 320 GB ST3320620AS hard disk.

Dual-Server:

2 x Opteron 2384 quad core processor, tai'an S2932 motherboard, FirePro V8700 graphics card, 4 gb ecc R-DDR2 memory, Western Digital 160 GB WD1600YS-01S hard drive.

High-end desktop with three cores:

Phenom II X3 710 processor, MSI 890GXM-G65 motherboard, Radeon HD 4650 graphics card, 4 GB DDR3 memory, Seagate 250 GB ST250310AS hard drive.

There are four test environments --

System Startup: After the system is idle for a period of time, it is cold-started and automatically enters the desktop. It is static for five minutes.

Daily Application: Start the browser (Windows 7 IE9, Ubuntu 11.04 Firefox 4.0), open Phoronix.com, open the file manager, and click the system menu one by one.

Video Playback: Full screen playback of the OilRush game trailer in high-definition Flash on YouTube.

Games: Run the open-source OpenGL game Nexuiz.

I. dual-core notebook

System startup: the two are similar, but Windows 7 fluctuates slightly.

Daily application: It is very similar, but Ubuntu 11.04 will suddenly increase when the program is loaded.

Video Playback: This time the difference is big. the Ubuntu 11.04 average is much higher than 57%, and the lowest value is close to the maximum value of Windows 7.

Game: Ubuntu 11.04 is still higher, but the whole process is quite stable.

Game Performance: Windows 7 not only saves power, but also speeds up to four times faster than Ubuntu 11.04.