What’s the fastest operating system for my MacBook?

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What’s the fastest operating system for my MacBook?

I have a 13 inch intel MacBook Pro 2020 running seiquoia 15.7 with a 1.4 ghz, quad core intel core i5, intel iris plus graphics 645, and 8gb of memory. I’ve ran Linux, windows, before. Windows was okay, but sometimes I like to settle down and play some games like Roblox. The fps drops is unstable with ups and downs, reaching around 80 fps, to dropping to 30 fps in a matter of seconds. Linux too. I’m hoping to get good performance. Thank you!

MacBook Pro 13″, macOS 15.7

Posted on Sep 24, 2025 6:37 PM

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Courcoul

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Sep 25, 2025 3:17 AM in response to UnscathedSloth

Take into consideration that the 13" models do graphics with the main Intel CPU and shared memory. Performance will suffer in comparison to 15" or 16" MBPs that have dedicated AMD Radeon GPUs and independent video memory.

Linux might work, provided you can get all the specific drivers for the Apple gear rather than generics. If you settle for MacOS, you'l have to run ONLY the game and nothing else loaded or running. Gaming on Windows on an Intel Mac sucks big time for very many reasons

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