Houdini Windows vs Linux:
Well this topic never gets old and I came with my numbers here showing how Linus can breath life in an old rig, you will notice a big boost in multi core and ram utilization in addition to simulation time. The drawback is that some stuff are not that easy and need to learn a couple of things coming from windows, but I think it's worth it.
Full article:
https://www.vfxarabia.co/blog/houdini-benchmark-cores-vs-clockspeed-updated