Fedora 30 Desktops
Fedora 30 Workstation GNOME Shell X.Org vs. Wayland benchmarks by Michael Larabel.


GNOME Shell Wayland: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1701 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad

	OS: Fedora 30, Kernel: 5.0.9-301.fc30.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.1, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.2 (LLVM 8.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.0.1 20190312, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160

GNOME Shell X.Org: 

	Processor: AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2990WX 32-Core @ 3.00GHz (32 Cores / 64 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG ZENITH EXTREME (1701 BIOS), Chipset: AMD 17h, Memory: 32768MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 500GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: ASUS VP28U, Network: Intel I211 + Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac + Wilocity Wil6200 802.11ad

	OS: Fedora 30, Kernel: 5.0.9-301.fc30.x86_64 (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.32.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.4, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.4, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.0.2 (LLVM 8.0.0), Compiler: GCC 9.0.1 20190312, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1440
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 223 |================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 242 |====================================================


OpenArena 0.8.8
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . MIN: 1.0  AVG: 4.5   MAX: 31.0 
GNOME Shell X.Org ... MIN: 1.0  AVG: 4.3   MAX: 29.0 


GLmark2 276
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Score > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 2184 |==================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 2238 |===================================================


SuperTuxKart 0.9.3
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Windowed - Graphics Effects: Medium - Karts: 3 - Scene: Candela City
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 80.74 |=================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 82.44 |==================================================


SuperTuxKart 0.9.3
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Windowed - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 3 - Scene: Candela City
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 48.86 |=================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 49.92 |==================================================


SuperTuxKart 0.9.3
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Graphics Effects: Ultimate - Karts: 3 - Scene: Candela City
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 48.33 |==================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 48.78 |==================================================


Unigine Heaven 4.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 110 |===================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 112 |====================================================


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 111 |====================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 112 |====================================================


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 54.90 |==================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 55.10 |==================================================


Unigine Valley 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Windowed - Renderer: OpenGL
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 109 |===================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 112 |====================================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 37.30 |==================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 37.38 |==================================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Many Spheres - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 3740 |===================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 3747 |===================================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 111 |====================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 103 |================================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Wavelet Volume - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
MiVoxels / Sec > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 1783 |===================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 1651 |===============================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames / Sec > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 129 |====================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 129 |====================================================


ParaView 5.4.1
Test: Wavelet Contour - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
MiPolys / Sec > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 1345 |===================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 1346 |===================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Piano - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 699 |====================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 700 |====================================================


GpuTest 0.7.0
Test: Pixmark Volplosion - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen
Points > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 1655 |===================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 1663 |===================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: WebXPRT - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 249 |====================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 238 |==================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: CanvasMark - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 12932 |==================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 12695 |=================================================


Selenium
Benchmark: MotionMark - Browser: Firefox
Score > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 124 |====================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 123 |====================================================


Geometric Mean Of All Test Results
Result Composite - Fedora 30 Desktops
Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better
GNOME Shell Wayland . 287.62 |=================================================
GNOME Shell X.Org ... 287.67 |=================================================