# CachyOS vs. Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS On Intel Wildcat Lake + 8GB RAM

DevFeed: [CachyOS vs. Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS On Intel Wildcat Lake + 8GB RAM](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/cachyos-vs-windows-11-vs-ubuntu-26-04-lts-on-intel-wildcat-lake-8gb-ram-12427.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://www.phoronix.com/review/wildcat-lake-windows-linux>)

Author: Michael Larabel

Published: 2026-09-11T15:08:55Z

Content type: comparison

Language: en

Sources: [Phoronix](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/phoronix.md>)

Topics: [benchmarking](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/benchmarking.md>), [Linux](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux.md>), [Ubuntu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ubuntu.md>), [Windows](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/windows.md>), [cpu](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/cpu.md>), [Hardware](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/hardware.md>), [intel](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/intel.md>), [Linux performance](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/linux-performance.md>)

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## AI overview

This comparison measures Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, CachyOS, and Windows 11 performance on a $449 CHUWI UniBook laptop with an Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake processor, 8GB of memory, and a 256GB NVMe SSD across various workloads.

## Source excerpt

Often times when testing different Linux distributions or comparing Windows vs. Linux it's on leading flagship desktop or server hardware, but today we are looking at the Ubuntu vs. CachyOS vs. Windows performance at the opposite end of the spectrum. With the new CHUWI UniBook $449 laptop powered by Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake and with 8GB of system memory, here is a look at how those three operating systems compare across a variety of workloads.