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&sro&grt.

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

gputest: Plot3D - 1920 x 1080 - Windowedgputest: Furmark - 1920 x 1080 - Windowedgputest: Triangle - 1920 x 1080 - Windowedunigine-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 - UltimateX.Org ServerWaylandX.Org ServerWayland KDE Plasma 5.12.1 KDE Plasma 5.12.1 GNOME Shell 3.26.2 GNOME Shell 3.26.2915601137042627545.1099.99348.15297.28268.58200.63914021228837138245.3098.43346.33305.67278.18218.60903001145140098845.90100.26576.63433.19353.25243.97892821148837279145.2099.32569.90388.93323.21226.22OpenBenchmarking.org

GpuTest

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

WaylandX.Org ServerOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Plot3D - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.26.2KDE Plasma 5.12.120K40K60K80K100KSE +/- 129.94, N = 3SE +/- 33.95, N = 3SE +/- 83.41, N = 3SE +/- 55.15, N = 389282914029030091560

GpuTest

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

WaylandX.Org ServerOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Furmark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.26.2KDE Plasma 5.12.13K6K9K12K15KSE +/- 46.73, N = 3SE +/- 188.50, N = 3SE +/- 102.24, N = 3SE +/- 152.37, N = 311488122881145111370

GpuTest

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

WaylandX.Org ServerOpenBenchmarking.orgPoints, More Is BetterGpuTest 0.7.0Test: Triangle - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.26.2KDE Plasma 5.12.190K180K270K360K450KSE +/- 1662.22, N = 3SE +/- 4224.47, N = 3SE +/- 4115.70, N = 3SE +/- 669.28, N = 3372791371382400988426275

Unigine Superposition

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

WaylandX.Org ServerOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Superposition 1.0Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: LowGNOME Shell 3.26.2KDE Plasma 5.12.1102030405045.2045.3045.9045.10

Unigine Valley

Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed

WaylandX.Org ServerOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterUnigine Valley 1.0Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: WindowedGNOME Shell 3.26.2KDE Plasma 5.12.120406080100SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.02, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 3SE +/- 0.12, N = 399.3298.43100.2699.99

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low

WaylandX.Org ServerOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: LowGNOME Shell 3.26.2KDE Plasma 5.12.1120240360480600SE +/- 3.43, N = 3SE +/- 1.36, N = 3SE +/- 2.02, N = 3SE +/- 2.66, N = 3569.90346.33576.63348.15

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High

WaylandX.Org ServerOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: HighGNOME Shell 3.26.2KDE Plasma 5.12.190180270360450SE +/- 1.75, N = 3SE +/- 0.50, N = 3SE +/- 1.11, N = 3SE +/- 1.26, N = 3388.93305.67433.19297.28

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra

WaylandX.Org ServerOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltraGNOME Shell 3.26.2KDE Plasma 5.12.180160240320400SE +/- 1.05, N = 3SE +/- 0.80, N = 3SE +/- 0.37, N = 3SE +/- 0.87, N = 3323.21278.18353.25268.58

Xonotic

Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate

WaylandX.Org ServerOpenBenchmarking.orgFrames Per Second, More Is BetterXonotic 0.8.2Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: UltimateGNOME Shell 3.26.2KDE Plasma 5.12.150100150200250SE +/- 0.53, N = 3SE +/- 1.10, N = 3SE +/- 1.33, N = 3SE +/- 0.49, N = 3226.22218.60243.97200.63

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