Java Performance On Ubuntu Vs. Windows Vista

Henckle writes "Phoronix did a comparison of the Java performance between Ubuntu and Windows Vista. They tested both Java and OpenJDK on Ubuntu 8.10 and Java on Windows Vista Premium SP1, all with stock configurations. To no-one's surprise, Ubuntu was faster in a majority of the tests. The two OSs were similar in ray-tracing, and Vista was faster at Java OpenGL due to shortcomings with the Linux graphics driver."

Comments

That's my laptop!

[enharmonix]

For this round-up we had used a Dell Inspiron 1525 notebook (PM965 + ICH8M Chipset) with an Intel Core 2 Duo T5800 processor clocked at 2.0GHz, 3GB of DDR2 memory, 250GB Hitachi HTS543225L9A300 HDD, integrated Intel 965 graphics, and a screen resolution of 1280 x 800.

I'm shopping for a new laptop and I settled on the 1525 with this exact configuration. Ironically, I can't decide if I want Ubuntu or Vista Home Premium on it. I don't really use much Java so this article doesn't really help me... What a weird coincidence, though.

Re:that's odd

[Filip22012005]

I remember Java benchmarks where I would run the program and get speeds 1.3x slower than C and other people would run it and get 4x slower than C.

It's all dependent on rerouting power to the impulse engines.