GNOME Shell vs. KDE Plasma - X.Org vs. Wayland
Tests coming up.. Some quick/basic tests for now by Michael Larabel on Phoronix.


X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20180220, Kernel: 4.15.4-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20180220, Kernel: 4.15.4-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.12.1, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20180220, Kernel: 4.15.4-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2: 

	Processor: Intel Core i9-7980XE @ 4.40GHz (18 Cores / 36 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME X299-A (1004 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Sky Lake-E DMI3 Registers, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: 525GB Crucial_CT525MX3 + 256GB INTEL SSDPEKKW256G8, Graphics: AMD Radeon 4096MB, Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel Connection

	OS: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20180220, Kernel: 4.15.4-1-default (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.26.2, Display Server: X Server 1.19.6, Display Driver: modesetting 1.19.6, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 18.0.0-rc4 (LLVM 5.0.1), Compiler: GCC 7.3.0, File-System: xfs, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 .. 45.10 |====================================
Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 ....... 45.30 |=====================================
X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 . 45.90 |=====================================
Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 ...... 45.20 |====================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 .. 99.99  |====================================
Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 ....... 98.43  |===================================
X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 . 100.26 |====================================
Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 ...... 99.32  |====================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 .. 348.15 |======================
Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 ....... 346.33 |======================
X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 . 576.63 |====================================
Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 ...... 569.90 |====================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 .. 297.28 |=========================
Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 ....... 305.67 |=========================
X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 . 433.19 |====================================
Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 ...... 388.93 |================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 .. 268.58 |===========================
Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 ....... 278.18 |============================
X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 . 353.25 |====================================
Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 ...... 323.21 |=================================


Xonotic 0.8.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 .. 200.63 |==============================
Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 ....... 218.60 |================================
X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 . 243.97 |====================================
Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 ...... 226.22 |=================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed
Points > Higher Is Better
X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 .. 91560 |=====================================
Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 ....... 91402 |=====================================
X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 . 90300 |====================================
Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 ...... 89282 |====================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed
Points > Higher Is Better
X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 .. 11370 |==================================
Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 ....... 12288 |=====================================
X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 . 11451 |==================================
Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 ...... 11488 |===================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed
Points > Higher Is Better
X.Org Server: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 .. 426275 |====================================
Wayland: KDE Plasma 5.12.1 ....... 371382 |===============================
X.Org Server: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 . 400988 |==================================
Wayland: GNOME Shell 3.26.2 ...... 372791 |===============================