Ubuntu 17.04 vs. openSUSE Tumbleweed Desktop Memory Use

Some memory idle results on Ubuntu 17.04 and openSUSE Tumbleweed with KDE and GNOME.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1709014-TY-MEMORYIDL86.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionDisplay ServerUbuntu 17.04Tumbleweed GNOME Shell 3.24 KDE Plasma 5 KDE Plasma 5 GNOME Shell 3.24Intel Core i7-7500U @ 3.50GHz (4 Cores)RazerIntel Device 590416384MB256GB SAMSUNG MZVLV256HCHP-00000Intel HD 620 3072MB (1050MHz)Realtek ALC298LQ125T1JW02Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac WirelessUbuntu 17.044.10.0-33-generic (x86_64)GNOME Shell 3.24.2modesetting 1.19.34.5 Mesa 17.0.7GCC 6.3.0 20170406ext42560x1440KDE Frameworks 5Intel Xeon E3-1200 v6/7thIntel HD 620 (1050MHz)openSUSE 201708254.12.8-1-default (x86_64)X Server 1.19.3xfsGNOME Shell 3.24.3OpenBenchmarking.orgEnvironment Details- Ubuntu 17.04: GNOME Shell 3.24: GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOG GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr- Tumbleweed: GNOME Shell 3.24: GJS_DEBUG_OUTPUT=stderr GJS_DEBUG_TOPICS=JS ERROR;JS LOGProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersave

Ubuntu 17.04Tumbleweed GNOME Shell 3.24 KDE Plasma 5 KDE Plasma 5 GNOME Shell 3.24OpenBenchmarking.org

Timed Idle

Memory Usage Monitor

Ubuntu 17.04TumbleweedOpenBenchmarking.orgMegabytes, Fewer Is BetterTimed IdleMemory Usage MonitorGNOME Shell 3.24KDE Plasma 52004006008001000Min: 731 / Avg: 743.98 / Max: 756Min: 934 / Avg: 988.05 / Max: 1182Min: 430 / Avg: 432.64 / Max: 437Min: 669 / Avg: 673.63 / Max: 684

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4