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Kernel Comparison: Linux (2.6.28) versus Windows (Vista SP1)
CPU
Hardware Architecture
| Hardware Architecture Support (PC) |
Linux |
Windows |
| x86 (Intel) |
Y |
Y
N (Starter not all)
|
| AMD64/Intel64 (AMD/Intel) |
Y |
Y
N (Starter)
|
| IA-64 (Intel) |
Y |
N |
| Hardware Architecture Support (current) |
| PPC64 - PowerPC-64 (AIM) |
Y |
N |
| SPARC64 (Sun) |
Y |
N |
| ARM (ARM) |
Y |
N |
| PA-RISC (HP) |
Y |
N |
| Cell (STI) |
Y |
N |
| AVR32 (Atmel) |
Y |
N |
| Blackfin (Analog Devices) |
Y |
N |
| MN10300/AM33 (MEI/Panasonic) |
Y
|
N |
| Orion Feroceon (Marvell) |
Y
|
N |
| System i (AS/400) - POWER (IBM) |
Y |
N |
| Cray - Opteron (Cray/AMD) |
Y |
N |
| z/Architecture (IBM) |
Y |
N |
| ETRAX CRIS (Axis) |
Y |
N |
| H8 (Renesas/Hitachi) |
Y |
N |
| SH - SuperH (Renesas/Hitachi) |
Y |
N |
| SH64 - SuperH64 (Renesas/Hitachi) |
Y |
N |
| V850 (NEC) |
Y |
N |
| MIPS-64 (MIPS) |
Y |
N |
| MIPS-64 (Cavium OCTEON) |
N
Y (patch)
|
N |
| MIPS (MIPS) |
Y |
N |
| Hardware Architecture Support (non-current) |
| PPC - PowerPC (AIM) |
Y |
N |
| SPARC32 (Sun) |
Y |
N |
| Alpha (DEC) |
Y |
N |
| Cray - pre-Opteron (Cray) |
N |
N |
| System i (AS/400) - IMPI (IBM) |
N |
N |
| System i (AS/400) - RS64 (IBM) |
Y |
N |
| m68k (Motorola) |
Y |
N |
| m88k (Motorola) |
N
Y (branch)
|
N |
| S/390x (IBM) |
Y |
N |
| S/390 (IBM) |
Y |
N |
| MIPS (DEC) |
Y |
N |
| Hardware Architecture Support (game consoles) |
| Wii (Nintendo) |
Y |
N |
| Xbox 360 (Microsoft) |
Y |
N
Y (branch)39
|
| Xbox (Microsoft) |
Y |
N
Y (branch)39
|
| PS3/Playstation 3 (Sony) |
Y |
N |
| PS2/Playstation 2 (Sony) |
Y |
N |
| Gamecube (Nintendo) |
Y |
N |
| Hardware Architecture Support (other) |
| others |
Y |
N |
Multiprocessor Hardware
| Multiprocessor Support (architecture) |
Linux |
Windows |
| Multiprocessor - SMP |
Y |
N (Starter, Basic, Premium)
Y (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise)'
|
| Multiprocessor - NUMA |
Y |
N (Starter, Basic, Premium)
Y (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise)'
|
| Hyperthreading (SMT) |
Y |
Y
N (Starter)'
|
| Multicore |
Y |
Y
N (Starter)'
|
Hyperthreading Limits
| Hyperthreading SMT (limits) |
Linux |
Windows |
| Maximum number of hyperthreads - 32bit |
2 (hardware limit) |
0 (Starter)
2 (hardware limit) (others)'
|
| Maximum number of hyperthreads - 64bit |
2 (hardware limit) |
0 (Starter)
2 (hardware limit) (others)'
|
Multicore Limits
| Multicore (limits) |
Linux |
Windows |
| Maximum number of cores - 32bit |
2 (hardware limit)' |
0 (Starter)
2 (hardware limit) (others)'
|
| Maximum number of cores - 64bit |
4 (hardware limit)' |
0 (Starter)
4 (hardware limit) (others)'
|
Multiprocessor Limits
| Multiprocessor (limits) |
Linux |
Windows |
| Maximum number of CPUs - 32bit SMP |
32 (logical)' |
1 (Starter, Basic, Premium)
2 (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise)44'
|
| Maximum number of CPUs - 32bit NUMA |
32 or 1024?' |
1 (Starter, Basic, Premium)
2 (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise)44'
|
| Maximum number of CPUs - 64bit SMP |
255 (AMD64/Intel64)
1024 (IA-64)'
|
0 (Starter)
1 (Basic, Premium)
2 (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise)44'
|
| Maximum number of CPUs - 64bit NUMA |
>102443' |
0 (Starter)
1 (Basic, Premium)
2 (Business, Ultimate, Enterprise)44'
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