Wine comparisons
Wine is compared head-to-head with CrossOver, Bottles and PlayOnLinux and more: 7 head-to-heads in Windows Compatibility Layers, each with the specs and prices we checked.
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Wine head-to-head
- Wine vs CrossOver
- Wine vs Bottles
- Wine vs PlayOnLinux
- Wine vs Porting Kit
- Wine vs BottleLite
- Wine vs Q4Wine
- Wine vs Crosswire
Wine vs each of them
| # | Tool | Free plan | Paid from | macOS support | Linux support | Apple silicon support | Graphics acceleration | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wine | Yes | None | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | 9.0 |
| 2 | CrossOver | No | — | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dxvk-vkd3d | 8.7 |
| 3 | Bottles | Yes | None | Yes | Yes | Yes | Dxvk-vkd3d | 8.2 |
| 4 | PlayOnLinux | Yes | None | Yes | Yes | — | Dxvk | 7.7 |
| 5 | Porting Kit | Yes | None | Yes | — | Yes | Dxvk | 7.4 |
| 6 | BottleLite | Yes | None | Yes | No | — | Dxvk | 6.9 |
| 7 | Q4Wine | Yes | None | Yes | Yes | — | — | 6.8 |
| 8 | Crosswire | Yes | None | Yes | No | Yes | — | 6.7 |
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