Maya (Linux & Windows) Render Time Comparison

This morning I was curious to benchmark the render time between Maya in my Linux and Windows box.
I used a simple scene to test render ambient occlusion. Here’s the result :

Hardware Specs:
HP 6910p Laptop
Intel Core2 Duo 2.0Ghz
2 GB RAM

Software Specs:
Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron) /w kernel 2.24.17
Microsoft Windows XP Professional SP2

Rendered image (simple helix on a plane, 2K square res):

Render Results :

Conclusion :

The render time in Linux is 20 seconds faster than in Windows. Both of the OS platform use the same scene. But the results in your machine may vary from various OS settings (for Linux especially the distro and kernel version used). Maybe in your case, it renders faster in Windows. But for me, the Linux version gives a better render time.