SteamOS massively beats Windows on the Legion Go S
According to YouTuber Dave2D who managed to get their hands on the Lenovo Legion Go S, the SteamOS version destroys Windows in performance and battery life. That’s a nice win for Valve’s Linux platform, and only continues to show how drastically Linux has improved thanks to all the work on GPU drivers and the Proton compatibility layer.
With the release of SteamOS 3.7, this has only just begun. We’re about to see a lot more of this.
Have a look at the performance difference and this is just on the Z2 Go chip as well:
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Title
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Legion Go S – SteamOS
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Legion Go S – Windows
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Cyberpunk
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59 FPS
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46 FPS
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Helldivers 2
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70 FPS
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65 FPS
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Doom Eternal
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75 FPS
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66 FPS
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Spiderman 2
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63 FPS
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64 FPS
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Witcher 3
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76 FPS
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66 FPS
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When it comes to battery life, SteamOS was yet again a very clear winner in this with even demanding titles like Cyberpunk 2077 having 1 hour 31 minutes on Windows and 2 hours 6 minutes on SteamOS. In less demanding titles like Dead Cells the difference is absolutely insane jumping from 2 hours 47 minutes on Windows to 7 hours 8 minutes on SteamOS.
Dave2D also talks again about just how good the sleep system is on SteamOS, with you being able to just tap the power button on the Legion Go S and tap it again to pick up right where you left off which just doesn’t really work on Windows. Seems like it’s just win after win for SteamOS compared to Windows for handheld gaming (apart from games with anti-cheat).
See their full video on it below, Dave2D does some really nice work:
I did ask Lenovo if we would be able to get a review unit but the emails didn’t really go anywhere, so it seems most likely we will not be getting one.
Article taken from GamingOnLinux.com.
