Vista SP1 vs. XP SP3 - Which Is Faster?

No comments • Leave a commentApril 25th, 2008

Ho ho… this is the “thing” that I would like to know even if it is a rumor. In my opinion, performance stats between Windows Vista SP1 and Windows XP SP3 become more interesting since I have heard Microsoft will stop to sell Windows XP starting in June 2008.

In Lockergnome Ron Schenone reported that XP SP3 is twice as fast as Vista SP1 after decided to run some unscientific tests on his test computer that currently dual boots Vista with the SP1 beta and XP with the SP3 beta. The nice thing about this type of setup is that both systems use the same computer with the same specifications. One additional note: Vista with SP1 is definitely faster than without SP1.

But please notice Ron’s statement:

Again, this was totally none scientific and only with one computer system. Before coming to any solid conclusions, I’d like to get some other opinions. We may have to wait until both beta’s are released to the public for testing.

Read the complete story in Lockergnome

Other source: XP SP3 RC vs. Vista SP1 RC Benchmarking Irrelevant, Says Microsoft

UPDATE: You may read “AMD-based computer boot after installing Windows XP SP3” before install Windows XP SP3.