Are Linux distros “faster” than Windows, and if so by how much?

My amateur guess is that since Linux does not ship with the bloat, ads and telemetry that Microsoft includes not for the benefit of the user but the benefit of the company, and also since Linux is quicker to incorporate recent advances from the nerds, Linux would probably be faster/leaner/more performant. Also anecdotally noticed my fans spinning way less and temps being cooler on Linux. So is there a measure of how Linux compares to Windows in terms of performance, speed, ressource usage and whatnot? (I'm not familiar with how that would be measured)

Also tried parrallel computing some stats today in R and Windows doesn't let you šŸ™

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