Razer Blade 18 Benchmarks Ubuntu 26.04, Windows 11 and CachyOS on $5,399 Laptop
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Updated · Phoronix · Jul 15
Razer Blade 18 Benchmarks Ubuntu 26.04, Windows 11 and CachyOS on $5,399 Laptop
2 articles · Updated · Phoronix · Jul 15
Summary
$5,399 Razer Blade 18 testing now compares Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Windows 11 and CachyOS on the same Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and GeForce RTX 5090 hardware.
The benchmark expands an earlier Ubuntu-only review of Razer's first laptop in Canonical's Linux hardware certification program, answering how Linux stacks up against the factory Windows 11 setup.
Windows 11 was tested out of the box, while Ubuntu used a stock Linux 7.0 environment and CachyOS added a more aggressive rolling-release configuration aimed at maximum performance.
CachyOS also brought newer components into the comparison, including Linux 7.1, GCC 16.1.1 and Nvidia's R610 driver, versus the R595 driver used on Windows 11 and Ubuntu.
A separate follow-up will compare Nvidia's official driver with Nouveau on the RTX 5090 Laptop GPU, extending the Linux performance picture for this system.