GNOME Shell vs. KDE Plasma - X.Org vs. Wayland

Tests coming up.. Some quick/basic tests for now by Michael Larabel on Phoronix.

HTML result view exported from: https://openbenchmarking.org/result/1802221-FO-GRAPHICS060.

ProcessorMotherboardChipsetMemoryDiskGraphicsAudioMonitorNetworkOSKernelDesktopDisplay ServerDisplay DriverOpenGLCompilerFile-SystemScreen ResolutionX.Org ServerWaylandX.Org ServerWayland KDE Plasma 5.12.1 KDE Plasma 5.12.1 GNOME Shell 3.26.2 GNOME Shell 3.26.2Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads)ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS)Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers16384MB525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8AMD Radeon 4096MBRealtek ALC1220Acer B286HKIntel ConnectionopenSUSE Tumbleweed 201802204.15.4-1-default (x86_64)KDE Plasma 5.12.1X Server 1.19.6modesetting 1.19.64.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0.1)GCC 7.3.0xfs3840x2160GNOME Shell 3.26.2OpenBenchmarking.orgProcessor Details- Scaling Governor: intel_pstate powersaveSecurity Details- KPTI + __user pointer sanitization + Full generic retpoline Protection

unigine-super: 3840 x 2160 - Fullscreen - Lowunigine-valley: 1920 x 1080 - Windowedxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Lowxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Highxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultraxonotic: 3840 x 2160 - Ultimategputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Windowedgputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Windowedgputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - WindowedX.Org ServerWaylandX.Org ServerWayland KDE Plasma 5.12.1 KDE Plasma 5.12.1 GNOME Shell 3.26.2 GNOME Shell 3.26.245.1099.99348.15297.28268.58200.63915601137042627545.3098.43346.33305.67278.18218.60914021228837138245.90100.26576.63433.19353.25243.97903001145140098845.2099.32569.90388.93323.21226.228928211488372791OpenBenchmarking.org

Unigine Superposition

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low

X.Org ServerWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Superposition 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: LowKDE Plasma 5.12.1GNOME Shell 3.26.2102030405045.1045.9045.3045.20

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed

X.Org ServerWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedKDE Plasma 5.12.1GNOME Shell 3.26.220406080100SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 399.99100.2698.4399.32

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low

X.Org ServerWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowKDE Plasma 5.12.1GNOME Shell 3.26.2120240360480600SE +/- 2.66, N = 3SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 3SE +/- 3.43, N = 3348.15576.63346.33569.90

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

X.Org ServerWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighKDE Plasma 5.12.1GNOME Shell 3.26.290180270360450SE +/- 1.26, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 1.75, N = 3297.28433.19305.67388.93

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

X.Org ServerWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraKDE Plasma 5.12.1GNOME Shell 3.26.280160240320400SE +/- 0.87, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 1.05, N = 3268.58353.25278.18323.21

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

X.Org ServerWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateKDE Plasma 5.12.1GNOME Shell 3.26.250100150200250SE +/- 0.49, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 0.53, N = 3200.63243.97218.60226.22

GpuTest

Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed

X.Org ServerWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedKDE Plasma 5.12.1GNOME Shell 3.26.220K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 55.15, N = 3SE +/- 83.41, N = 3SE +/- 33.95, N = 3SE +/- 129.94, N = 391560903009140289282

GpuTest

Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed

X.Org ServerWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedKDE Plasma 5.12.1GNOME Shell 3.26.23K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 152.37, N = 3SE +/- 102.24, N = 3SE +/- 188.50, N = 3SE +/- 46.73, N = 311370114511228811488

GpuTest

Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed

X.Org ServerWaylandOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedKDE Plasma 5.12.1GNOME Shell 3.26.290K180K270K360K450KSE +/- 669.28, N = 3SE +/- 4115.70, N = 3SE +/- 4224.47, N = 3SE +/- 1662.22, N = 3426275400988371382372791

Phoronix Test Suite v10.8.4