Fedora Desktop Intel Comparison Fedora 22 desktop comparison. Tests by Michael Larabel for a future article on Phoronix. GNOME Shell 3.16.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Cinnamon 2.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 LXQt 0.9: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 MATE 1.10: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenBox 3.6: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 KDE Plasma 5.3: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Xfce 4.12: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.3 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GNOME Wayland: Processor: Intel Core i7-5775C @ 3.70GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: MSI Z97-G45 GAMING (MS-7821) v1.0, Chipset: Intel Broadwell-U- DMI, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 120GB Toshiba MKNSSDEC120GB, Graphics: Intel Broadwell-U (1150MHz), Audio: Intel Broadwell-U Audio, Monitor: DELL P2210H, Network: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E220x Gigabit OS: Fedora 22, Kernel: 4.2.0-0.rc4.git2.2.fc24.x86_64 (x86_64) 20150729, Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.16.3, OpenGL: 3.0 Mesa 10.7.0-devel, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 3.16.3 . 82.13 |====================================== Cinnamon 2.6 ....... 70.83 |================================= LXQt 0.9 ........... 85.27 |======================================== MATE 1.10 .......... 85.07 |======================================== OpenBox 3.6 ........ 83.93 |======================================= KDE Plasma 5.3 ..... 79.37 |===================================== Xfce 4.12 .......... 84.00 |======================================= GNOME Wayland ...... 107.47 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GNOME Shell 3.16.3 . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 12.2 MAX: 29.0 Cinnamon 2.6 ....... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 13.9 MAX: 31.0 LXQt 0.9 ........... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 11.7 MAX: 30.0 MATE 1.10 .......... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 11.7 MAX: 28.0 OpenBox 3.6 ........ MIN: 1.0 AVG: 11.8 MAX: 30.0 KDE Plasma 5.3 ..... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 12.7 MAX: 31.0 Xfce 4.12 .......... MIN: 2.0 AVG: 12.0 MAX: 30.0 GNOME Wayland ...... MIN: 1.0 AVG: 9.3 MAX: 28.0 SuperTuxKart 0.9 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 3.16.3 . 42.13 |================================================= Cinnamon 2.6 ....... 40.57 |================================================ LXQt 0.9 ........... 40.24 |=============================================== MATE 1.10 .......... 42.95 |================================================== OpenBox 3.6 ........ 41.59 |================================================= KDE Plasma 5.3 ..... 40.51 |================================================ Xfce 4.12 .......... 40.13 |=============================================== GNOME Wayland ...... 43.46 |=================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 3.16.3 . 313.53 |================================================= Cinnamon 2.6 ....... 294.35 |============================================== LXQt 0.9 ........... 306.84 |================================================ MATE 1.10 .......... 308.63 |================================================ OpenBox 3.6 ........ 305.65 |================================================ KDE Plasma 5.3 ..... 299.92 |=============================================== Xfce 4.12 .......... 296.49 |============================================== GNOME Wayland ...... 321.01 |================================================== Xonotic 0.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 3.16.3 . 149.20 |=============================================== Cinnamon 2.6 ....... 136.22 |=========================================== LXQt 0.9 ........... 147.83 |=============================================== MATE 1.10 .......... 148.99 |=============================================== OpenBox 3.6 ........ 147.22 |=============================================== KDE Plasma 5.3 ..... 144.63 |============================================== Xfce 4.12 .......... 142.03 |============================================= GNOME Wayland ...... 158.26 |================================================== GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 3.16.3 . 1190 |================================================ Cinnamon 2.6 ....... 1171 |=============================================== LXQt 0.9 ........... 1212 |================================================= MATE 1.10 .......... 1213 |================================================= OpenBox 3.6 ........ 1196 |================================================= KDE Plasma 5.3 ..... 1154 |=============================================== Xfce 4.12 .......... 1282 |==================================================== GNOME Wayland ...... 1182 |================================================ GpuTest 0.7.0 Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Windowed Points > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 3.16.3 . 164573 |================================== Cinnamon 2.6 ....... 165715 |================================== LXQt 0.9 ........... 150249 |=============================== MATE 1.10 .......... 179726 |===================================== OpenBox 3.6 ........ 146369 |============================== KDE Plasma 5.3 ..... 166872 |================================== Xfce 4.12 .......... 174452 |==================================== GNOME Wayland ...... 245251 |================================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Windowed Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 3.16.3 . 23.20 |======================================= Cinnamon 2.6 ....... 22.76 |====================================== LXQt 0.9 ........... 24.42 |========================================= MATE 1.10 .......... 21.38 |==================================== OpenBox 3.6 ........ 25.13 |========================================== Xfce 4.12 .......... 30.31 |=================================================== Unigine Valley 1.0 Resolution: 1280 x 1024 - Mode: Fullscreen Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 3.16.3 . 18.90 |=================================================== Cinnamon 2.6 ....... 18.47 |================================================== LXQt 0.9 ........... 18.88 |=================================================== MATE 1.10 .......... 11.42 |=============================== OpenBox 3.6 ........ 18.89 |=================================================== Xfce 4.12 .......... 18.90 |===================================================