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A Graphics comparison via the Phoronix Test Suite.


wayland: 

	Processor: AMD Embedded R- RX-421BD Radeon R7 @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: N/A Gardenia CRB, Chipset: AMD Device 1576, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD Carrizo 512MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 3160

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

lxde: 

	Processor: AMD Embedded R- RX-421BD Radeon R7 @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: N/A Gardenia CRB, Chipset: AMD Device 1576, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 (AMD CARRIZO / DRM 3.18.0 / 4.13.0-36-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 512MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 3160

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

cinnamon: 

	Processor: AMD Embedded R- RX-421BD Radeon R7 @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: N/A Gardenia CRB, Chipset: AMD Device 1576, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 (AMD CARRIZO / DRM 3.18.0 / 4.13.0-36-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 512MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 3160

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

mate: 

	Processor: AMD Embedded R- RX-421BD Radeon R7 @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: N/A Gardenia CRB, Chipset: AMD Device 1576, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 (AMD CARRIZO / DRM 3.18.0 / 4.13.0-36-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 512MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 3160

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

openbox: 

	Processor: AMD Embedded R- RX-421BD Radeon R7 @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: N/A Gardenia CRB, Chipset: AMD Device 1576, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 (AMD CARRIZO / DRM 3.18.0 / 4.13.0-36-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 512MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 3160

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

plasma: 

	Processor: AMD Embedded R- RX-421BD Radeon R7 @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: N/A Gardenia CRB, Chipset: AMD Device 1576, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 (AMD CARRIZO / DRM 3.18.0 / 4.13.0-36-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 512MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 3160

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

ubuntu_xorg: 

	Processor: AMD Embedded R- RX-421BD Radeon R7 @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: N/A Gardenia CRB, Chipset: AMD Device 1576, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 (AMD CARRIZO / DRM 3.18.0 / 4.13.0-36-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 512MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 3160

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080

xfce4: 

	Processor: AMD Embedded R- RX-421BD Radeon R7 @ 2.10GHz (4 Cores), Motherboard: N/A Gardenia CRB, Chipset: AMD Device 1576, Memory: 8192MB, Disk: 120GB INTEL SSDSC2BW12, Graphics: AMD Radeon R7 (AMD CARRIZO / DRM 3.18.0 / 4.13.0-36-generic LLVM 5.0.0) 512MB, Audio: AMD Kabini HDMI/DP, Network: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 + Intel Wireless 3160

	OS: Ubuntu 17.10, Kernel: 4.13.0-36-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 17.2.8, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080


QGears2
OpenGL + Gears
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
wayland ..... 415.04 |======================================================
lxde ........ 437.37 |=========================================================
cinnamon .... 410.64 |======================================================
mate ........ 424.68 |=======================================================
openbox ..... 430.63 |========================================================
plasma ...... 426.13 |========================================================
ubuntu_xorg . 421.94 |=======================================================
ubuntu_xorg . 419.77 |=======================================================
xfce4 ....... 426.11 |========================================================


QGears2
XRender + Text
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
wayland ..... 32.57 |==========================================
lxde ........ 33.59 |===========================================
cinnamon .... 31.98 |=========================================
mate ........ 32.14 |=========================================
openbox ..... 33.20 |==========================================
plasma ...... 43.08 |=======================================================
ubuntu_xorg . 30.92 |=======================================
ubuntu_xorg . 31.64 |========================================
xfce4 ....... 45.43 |==========================================================


QGears2
XRender + Gears
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
wayland ..... 147.27 |======================================================
lxde ........ 155.99 |=========================================================
cinnamon .... 141.25 |====================================================
mate ........ 143.17 |====================================================
openbox ..... 149.30 |=======================================================
plasma ...... 145.87 |=====================================================
ubuntu_xorg . 144.81 |=====================================================
ubuntu_xorg . 147.29 |======================================================
xfce4 ....... 145.93 |=====================================================


QGears2
OpenGL + Image Scaling
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
wayland ..... 2779.10 |=======================================================
lxde ........ 2829.05 |========================================================
cinnamon .... 2491.51 |=================================================
mate ........ 1947.74 |=======================================
openbox ..... 2024.76 |========================================
plasma ...... 2392.70 |===============================================
ubuntu_xorg . 2466.12 |=================================================
ubuntu_xorg . 2470.01 |=================================================
xfce4 ....... 2640.90 |====================================================


QGears2
XRender + Image Scaling
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
wayland ..... 595.85 |===============================================
lxde ........ 662.77 |=====================================================
cinnamon .... 659.93 |====================================================
mate ........ 499.03 |========================================
openbox ..... 523.46 |=========================================
plasma ...... 672.75 |=====================================================
ubuntu_xorg . 661.20 |====================================================
ubuntu_xorg . 719.24 |=========================================================
xfce4 ....... 541.73 |===========================================


GtkPerf 0.40
GtkComboBox
Seconds < Lower Is Better
wayland ..... 188.63 |=========================================================
lxde ........ 35.36  |===========
cinnamon .... 49.60  |===============
mate ........ 26.36  |========
openbox ..... 22.75  |=======
plasma ...... 26.34  |========
ubuntu_xorg . 25.19  |========
ubuntu_xorg . 24.71  |=======
xfce4 ....... 28.98  |=========


GtkPerf 0.40
GtkRadioButton
Seconds < Lower Is Better
lxde ........ 4.21  |=================
cinnamon .... 14.02 |==========================================================
mate ........ 2.99  |============
openbox ..... 3.07  |=============
plasma ...... 3.07  |=============
ubuntu_xorg . 0.57  |==
ubuntu_xorg . 0.56  |==
xfce4 ....... 6.06  |=========================


GtkPerf 0.40
GtkDrawingArea - Pixbufs
Seconds < Lower Is Better
lxde ........ 12.06 |=================================================
cinnamon .... 14.38 |==========================================================
mate ........ 13.85 |========================================================
openbox ..... 13.67 |=======================================================
plasma ...... 13.07 |=====================================================
ubuntu_xorg . 0.33  |=
xfce4 ....... 13.24 |=====================================================