Ubuntu 19.10 GNOME X.Org vs. Wayland Ubuntu 19.10 X.Org vs. Wayland benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. GNOME X.Org: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (1302 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT + 15GB Ultra USB 3.0, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.107, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 GNOME Wayland: Processor: Intel Core i9-9900K @ 5.00GHz (8 Cores / 16 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS PRIME Z390-A (1302 BIOS), Chipset: Intel Cannon Lake PCH, Memory: 16384MB, Disk: Samsung SSD 970 EVO 250GB + 2000GB SABRENT + 15GB Ultra USB 3.0, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 56/64 8GB (1590/800MHz), Audio: Realtek ALC1220, Monitor: Acer B286HK, Network: Intel I219-V OS: Ubuntu 19.10, Kernel: 5.3.0-19-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 3.34.1, Display Server: X Server 1.20.5 + Wayland, Display Driver: modesetting 1.20.5, OpenGL: 4.5 Mesa 19.2.1 (LLVM 9.0.0), Vulkan: 1.1.107, Compiler: GCC 9.2.1 20191008, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 1920x1080 Batman: Arkham Origins Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 204.86 |====================================================== GNOME Wayland . 207.08 |======================================================= DiRT Rally 2.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 58.65 |======================================================= GNOME Wayland . 59.45 |======================================================== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 99.04 |======================================================== GNOME Wayland . 99.80 |======================================================== HITMAN Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GNOME X.Org ... MIN: 3.3 AVG: 10.1 MAX: 54.7 GNOME Wayland . MIN: 3.3 AVG: 10.0 MAX: 63.6 HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 84.20 |======================================================= GNOME Wayland . 85.72 |======================================================== HITMAN 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GNOME X.Org ... MIN: 5.0 AVG: 11.9 MAX: 30.4 GNOME Wayland . MIN: 4.9 AVG: 11.6 MAX: 27.9 Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Camp Hollow Point Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 142.57 |======================================================= GNOME Wayland . 142.43 |======================================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Stronghold Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 87.80 |======================================================== GNOME Wayland . 88.55 |======================================================== Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Hope, Glory, and Dog is Dead Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 138.04 |===================================================== GNOME Wayland . 143.28 |======================================================= Mad Max Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Renderer: Vulkan - Scene: Landmover Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 156.33 |===================================================== GNOME Wayland . 161.08 |======================================================= Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: Off - Scene: Spine Of The Mountain Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 126.83 |====================================================== GNOME Wayland . 129.33 |======================================================= Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: Off - Scene: Prophets Tomb Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 95.23 |======================================================= GNOME Wayland . 96.23 |======================================================== Rise of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Very High - Anti Aliasing: Off - Scene: Geothermal Valley Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 91.37 |======================================================== GNOME Wayland . 92.03 |======================================================== Strange Brigade Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 143.67 |======================================================= GNOME Wayland . 144.53 |======================================================= A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 76.77 |======================================================= GNOME Wayland . 77.70 |======================================================== A Total War Saga: THRONES OF BRITANNIA Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better GNOME X.Org ... MIN: 8 AVG: 13 MAX: 257 GNOME Wayland . MIN: 8 AVG: 13 MAX: 252 ET: Legacy 2.75 Renderer: Renderer2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 288.20 |======================================================= GNOME Wayland . 286.10 |======================================================= Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 641.58 |======================================================= GNOME Wayland . 630.41 |====================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 55.03 |======================================================== GNOME Wayland . 55.30 |======================================================== Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 24.70 |======================================================== GNOME Wayland . 24.70 |======================================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 383.09 |====================================================== GNOME Wayland . 386.70 |======================================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME X.Org ... 324.10 |======================================================= GNOME Wayland . 326.79 |=======================================================