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 GnomeShell Home: Processor: Intel Core i7-4770K @ 4.30GHz (8 Cores), Motherboard: ASUS Z97-A, Chipset: Intel 4th Gen Core DRAM, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: 1000GB SAMSUNG HD103SI + 250GB Samsung SSD 840 + 2 x 512GB Crucial_CT512M55 + 5001GB Backup+ Desk, Graphics: eVGA NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 4096MB (135/324MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC892, Network: Intel Connection OS: Korora 23, Kernel: 4.5.7-200.fc23.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.18.5, Display Driver: NVIDIA 367.27, OpenGL: 4.4.0, Vulkan: 1.0.8, Compiler: GCC 5.3.1 20160406 + CUDA 7.5, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 2560x1440 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 |========== GnomeShell Home .... 516.60 |================================================== 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 |================== GnomeShell Home .... 120.57 |================================================== 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 |==================== GnomeShell Home .... 822.29 |================================================== 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 |================== GnomeShell Home .... 428.03 |================================================== 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 |========== GnomeShell Home .... 6094 |==================================================== 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 |================== GnomeShell Home .... 692052 |================================================== 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 |============ GnomeShell Home .... 130.29 |================================================== 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 |======= GnomeShell Home .... 134.21 |================================================== OpenArena 0.8.8 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GnomeShell Home . MIN: 1.0 AVG: 1.9 MAX: 13.0