Clear Linux Desktops - KDE Plasma vs. GNOME Shell

Intel Core i7-8086K testing on Clear Linux with KDE and GNOME.

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UHD Graphics 630: KDE Plasma
August 28 2018
  38 Minutes
UHD Graphics 630: GNOME Shell
August 28 2018
  39 Minutes
UHD Graphics 630: GNOME Shell Wayland
August 28 2018
  36 Minutes
Radeon RX 580: KDE Plasma
August 28 2018
  22 Minutes
Radeon RX 580: GNOME Shell
August 28 2018
  22 Minutes
Radeon RX 580: GNOME Shell Wayland
August 28 2018
  22 Minutes
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ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLVulkanCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionUHD Graphics 630Radeon RX 580 KDE Plasma GNOME Shell GNOME Shell Wayland KDE Plasma GNOME Shell GNOME Shell WaylandIntel Core i7-8086K @ 5.00GHz (6 Cores / 12 Threads)ASUS PRIME Z370-A (1002 BIOS)Intel 8th Gen Core16384MB118GB INTEL SSDPEK1W120GAIntel UHD 630 3072MB (1200MHz)Realtek ALC1220Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionClear Linux OS 247004.18.5-628.native (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.28.3X Server 1.20.1modesetting 1.20.14.5 Mesa 18.3.0-devel1.0.39GCC 8.2.0 + Clang 6.0.1 + LLVM 6.0.1ext41920x1080X Server 1.20.1 + WaylandMSI AMD Radeon RX 580 8192MBX Server 1.20.14.5 Mesa 18.3.0-devel (LLVM 6.0.1)X Server 1.20.1 + WaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- CFFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags MESA_GLSL_CACHE_DISABLE=0 CFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags CXXFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wformat-Wformat-security-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-fno-semantic-interposition-ffat-lto-objects-fno-signed-zeros-fno-trapping-math-fassociative-math-Wl-sort-common-Wl--enable-new-dtags-fvisibility-inlines-hidden-Wl--enable-new-dtags FFLAGS=-g-O3-feliminate-unused-debug-types-pipe-Wall-Wp-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2-fexceptions-fstack-protector--param=ssp-buffer-size=32-Wl--copy-dt-needed-entries-m64-fasynchronous-unwind-tables-Wp-D_REENTRANT-ftree-loop-distribute-patterns-Wl-z-Wl now-Wl-z-Wl relro-malign-data=abi-fno-semantic-interposition-ftree-vectorize-ftree-loop-vectorize-Wl--enable-new-dtags THEANO_FLAGS=floatX=float32 openmp=true gcc.cxxflags="-ftree-vectorize-mavx" Compiler Details- UHD Graphics 630: KDE Plasma, UHD Graphics 630: GNOME Shell, UHD Graphics 630: GNOME Shell Wayland, Radeon RX 580: KDE Plasma, Radeon RX 580: GNOME Shell: --build=x86_64-generic-linux --disable-libmpx --disable-libunwind-exceptions --disable-multiarch --disable-vtable-verify --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-bootstrap --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-gnu-indirect-function --enable-languages=c,c++,fortran,go --enable-ld=default --enable-libstdcxx-pch --enable-lto --enable-multilib --enable-plugin --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --exec-prefix=/usr --includedir=/usr/include --target=x86_64-generic-linux --with-arch=westmere --with-glibc-version=2.19 --with-gnu-ld --with-isl --with-ppl=yes --with-tune=haswell Processor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate performanceSecurity Details- KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline IBPB IBRS_FW + SSB disabled via prctl and seccomp + PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes SMT vulnerable Protection Graphics Details- Radeon RX 580: KDE Plasma, Radeon RX 580: GNOME Shell, Radeon RX 580: GNOME Shell Wayland: GLAMOR

etlegacy: Renderer2 - 1920 x 1080openarena: 1920 x 1080xonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Lowxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Highxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultraxonotic: 1920 x 1080 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Piano - 1920 x 1080 - Fullscreengputest: Pixmark Volplosion - 1920 x 1080 - FullscreenUHD Graphics 630Radeon RX 580 KDE Plasma GNOME Shell GNOME Shell Wayland KDE Plasma GNOME Shell GNOME Shell Wayland120.2368.87307.37150.92115.7281.13767842973154407121.2786.70308.28151.27116.0581.17901353889155412122.1780.70328.25164.68122.6684.319417184847155411280.97414.07459.33408.28375.87311.618543536362015423712280.10414.80457.31411.16375.87312.1410064070661815843861277.87410.63458.08406.66373.50308.489928581134715593776OpenBenchmarking.org

ET: Legacy

ETLegacy is an open-source engine evolution of Wolfenstein: Enemy Territory, a World War II era first person shooter that was released for free by Splash Damage using the id Tech 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterET: Legacy 2.75Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080KDE PlasmaGNOME ShellGNOME Shell Wayland60120180240300SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.17, N = 3SE +/- 1.25, N = 3SE +/- 0.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.20, N = 3SE +/- 0.26, N = 3280.97280.10277.87122.17121.27120.23
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterET: Legacy 2.75Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080KDE PlasmaGNOME ShellGNOME Shell Wayland50100150200250Min: 280.6 / Avg: 280.97 / Max: 281.2Min: 279.8 / Avg: 280.1 / Max: 280.4Min: 275.9 / Avg: 277.87 / Max: 280.2Min: 121.8 / Avg: 122.17 / Max: 122.4Min: 120.9 / Avg: 121.27 / Max: 121.6Min: 119.8 / Avg: 120.23 / Max: 120.7

OpenArena

This is a test of OpenArena, a popular open-source first-person shooter. This game is based upon ioquake3, which in turn uses the GPL version of id Software's Quake 3 engine. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GNOME ShellKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell Wayland90180270360450SE +/- 1.32, N = 3SE +/- 0.43, N = 3SE +/- 3.48, N = 3SE +/- 0.23, N = 3SE +/- 0.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3414.80414.07410.6386.7080.7068.87
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080GNOME ShellKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell Wayland70140210280350Min: 413.1 / Avg: 414.8 / Max: 417.4Min: 413.5 / Avg: 414.07 / Max: 414.9Min: 404.1 / Avg: 410.63 / Max: 416Min: 86.3 / Avg: 86.7 / Max: 87.1Min: 80.6 / Avg: 80.7 / Max: 80.8Min: 68.8 / Avg: 68.87 / Max: 68.9

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgMilliseconds, Fewer Is BetterOpenArena 0.8.8Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Total Frame TimeGNOME ShellGNOME Shell WaylandKDE Plasma714212835Min: 1 / Avg: 2.38 / Max: 12Min: 1 / Avg: 2.39 / Max: 11Min: 1 / Avg: 2.41 / Max: 12Min: 1 / Avg: 11.53 / Max: 26Min: 1 / Avg: 12.36 / Max: 28Min: 1 / Avg: 14.49 / Max: 33

Xonotic

This is a benchmark of Xonotic, which is a fork of the DarkPlaces-based Nexuiz game. Development began in March of 2010 on the Xonotic game. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell WaylandGNOME Shell100200300400500SE +/- 1.64, N = 3SE +/- 0.27, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3SE +/- 1.12, N = 3SE +/- 1.31, N = 3SE +/- 1.62, N = 3459.33458.08457.31328.25308.28307.37
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: LowKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell WaylandGNOME Shell80160240320400Min: 456.06 / Avg: 459.33 / Max: 461.14Min: 457.61 / Avg: 458.08 / Max: 458.54Min: 454.23 / Avg: 457.31 / Max: 459.72Min: 326.27 / Avg: 328.25 / Max: 330.15Min: 306.09 / Avg: 308.28 / Max: 310.62Min: 305.66 / Avg: 307.37 / Max: 310.61

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighGNOME ShellKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell Wayland90180270360450SE +/- 0.93, N = 3SE +/- 2.21, N = 3SE +/- 1.07, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.15, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3411.16408.28406.66164.68151.27150.92
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: HighGNOME ShellKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell Wayland70140210280350Min: 409.5 / Avg: 411.16 / Max: 412.71Min: 403.94 / Avg: 408.28 / Max: 411.14Min: 404.58 / Avg: 406.66 / Max: 408.1Min: 164.2 / Avg: 164.68 / Max: 165Min: 150.96 / Avg: 151.27 / Max: 151.42Min: 150.87 / Avg: 150.92 / Max: 151.02

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraGNOME ShellKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell Wayland80160240320400SE +/- 0.55, N = 3SE +/- 1.19, N = 3SE +/- 0.24, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.04, N = 3375.87375.87373.50122.66116.05115.72
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltraGNOME ShellKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell Wayland70140210280350Min: 375.17 / Avg: 375.87 / Max: 376.96Min: 374.24 / Avg: 375.87 / Max: 378.18Min: 373.03 / Avg: 373.5 / Max: 373.8Min: 122.58 / Avg: 122.66 / Max: 122.7Min: 115.99 / Avg: 116.05 / Max: 116.16Min: 115.64 / Avg: 115.72 / Max: 115.77

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateGNOME ShellKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell Wayland70140210280350SE +/- 0.39, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 1.06, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3SE +/- 0.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.03, N = 3312.14311.61308.4884.3181.1781.13
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: UltimateGNOME ShellKDE PlasmaGNOME Shell Wayland60120180240300Min: 311.41 / Avg: 312.14 / Max: 312.74Min: 310.44 / Avg: 311.61 / Max: 313.82Min: 306.66 / Avg: 308.48 / Max: 310.34Min: 84.26 / Avg: 84.31 / Max: 84.35Min: 81.08 / Avg: 81.17 / Max: 81.22Min: 81.08 / Avg: 81.13 / Max: 81.17

GpuTest

GpuTest is a cross-platform OpenGL benchmark developed at Geeks3D.com that offers tech demos such as FurMark, TessMark, and other workloads to stress various areas of GPUs and drivers. Learn more via the OpenBenchmarking.org test page.

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME ShellGNOME Shell WaylandKDE Plasma20K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 68.16, N = 3SE +/- 158.43, N = 3SE +/- 123.50, N = 3SE +/- 2.91, N = 3SE +/- 1.00, N = 3SE +/- 7.26, N = 31006409928585435941790137678
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME ShellGNOME Shell WaylandKDE Plasma20K40K60K80K100KMin: 100511 / Avg: 100639.67 / Max: 100743Min: 99078 / Avg: 99284.67 / Max: 99596Min: 85242 / Avg: 85435 / Max: 85665Min: 9412 / Avg: 9417.33 / Max: 9422Min: 9011 / Avg: 9013 / Max: 9014Min: 7665 / Avg: 7678.33 / Max: 7690

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME Shell WaylandGNOME ShellKDE Plasma200K400K600K800K1000KSE +/- 761.87, N = 3SE +/- 10434.41, N = 3SE +/- 229.06, N = 3SE +/- 64.10, N = 3SE +/- 784.65, N = 5SE +/- 85.71, N = 38113477066183636201848475388942973
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME Shell WaylandGNOME ShellKDE Plasma140K280K420K560K700KMin: 809830 / Avg: 811346.67 / Max: 812232Min: 685805 / Avg: 706617.67 / Max: 718349Min: 363290 / Avg: 363619.67 / Max: 364060Min: 184735 / Avg: 184847.33 / Max: 184957Min: 51607 / Avg: 53889 / Max: 55924Min: 42838 / Avg: 42973 / Max: 43132

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME ShellGNOME Shell WaylandKDE Plasma30060090012001500SE +/- 4.41, N = 3SE +/- 4.26, N = 3SE +/- 3.38, N = 3158415591542155155154
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME ShellGNOME Shell WaylandKDE Plasma30060090012001500Min: 1577 / Avg: 1583.67 / Max: 1592Min: 1553 / Avg: 1558.67 / Max: 1567Min: 1538 / Avg: 1542.33 / Max: 1549

Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME ShellGNOME Shell WaylandKDE Plasma8001600240032004000SE +/- 12.12, N = 3SE +/- 11.89, N = 3SE +/- 12.12, N = 3386137763712412411407
Radeon RX 580UHD Graphics 630OpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: FullscreenGNOME ShellGNOME Shell WaylandKDE Plasma7001400210028003500Min: 3846 / Avg: 3861 / Max: 3885Min: 3760 / Avg: 3775.67 / Max: 3799Min: 3697 / Avg: 3712 / Max: 3736