Ubuntu 21.10 Desktops Linux Gaming Wayland / X.Org gaming performance on Ubuntu 21.10 with GNOME Shell and KDE Plasma. Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. ,,"GNOME Shell: X.Org","GNOME Shell: Wayland","KDE Plasma: X.Org","KDE Plasma: Wayland" Processor,,AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads),AMD Ryzen 9 5900X 12-Core @ 3.70GHz (12 Cores / 24 Threads) Motherboard,,ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3801 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3801 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3801 BIOS),ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (3801 BIOS) Chipset,,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse,AMD Starship/Matisse Memory,,16GB,16GB,16GB,16GB Disk,,1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 + 2000GB,1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 + 2000GB,1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 + 2000GB,1000GB Western Digital WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 + 2000GB Graphics,,Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz),Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz),Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz),Gigabyte AMD Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 16GB (2575/1000MHz) Audio,,AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio,AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio,AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio,AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio Monitor,,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U,ASUS VP28U Network,,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211,Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 OS,,Ubuntu 21.10,Ubuntu 21.10,Ubuntu 21.10,Ubuntu 21.10 Kernel,,5.13.0-19-generic (x86_64),5.13.0-19-generic (x86_64),5.13.0-19-generic (x86_64),5.13.0-19-generic (x86_64) Desktop,,GNOME Shell 40.5,GNOME Shell 40.5,KDE Plasma 5.22.5,KDE Plasma 5.22.5 Display Server,,X Server 1.20.13,X Server + Wayland,X Server 1.20.13,X Server 1.20.13 + Wayland OpenGL,,4.6 Mesa 21.2.2 (LLVM 12.0.1),4.6 Mesa 21.2.2 (LLVM 12.0.1),4.6 Mesa 21.2.2 (LLVM 12.0.1),4.6 Mesa 21.2.2 (LLVM 12.0.1) Vulkan,,1.2.182,1.2.182,1.2.182,1.2.182 Compiler,,GCC 11.2.0,GCC 11.2.0,GCC 11.2.0,GCC 11.2.0 File-System,,ext4,ext4,ext4,ext4 Screen Resolution,,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160,3840x2160 ,,"GNOME Shell: X.Org","GNOME Shell: Wayland","KDE Plasma: X.Org","KDE Plasma: Wayland" "GravityMark - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,218.6,215.2,218.9,217.9 "GravityMark - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,143,141.6,143.1,142.9 "Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,263.54,259.09,269.89,268.50 "Batman: Arkham Knight - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High (FPS)",HIB,129.32,130.21,131.27,129.96 "DDraceNetwork - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap (FPS)",HIB,506.59,509.72,506.12,507.29 "DDraceNetwork - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: Multeasymap (FPS)",HIB,498.05,500.22,504.38,507.46 "Deus Ex: Mankind Divided - Preset: 3840 x 2160 - Low Quality (FPS)",HIB,95.7,95.0,96.5,95.5 "DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,188.794551,189.981491,190.990870,190.549708 "DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 3840 x 1600 - Graphics Preset: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,123.200363,124.067619,124.452510,124.336812 "ET: Legacy - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,647.4,642.6,639.1,643.7 "F1 2020 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,187,189,190,187 "F1 2020 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,160,162,162,162 "F1 2020 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,6.19,6.16,6.16,6.16 "HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,89.66,90.26,84.00,64.48 "HITMAN 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time (Milliseconds)",LIB,11.15,11.08,11.08,15.36 "Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,352.63,356.86,362.02,359.83 "Left 4 Dead 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan (FPS)",HIB,376.76,377.51,386.35,381.99 "Portal 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,536.48,538.92,536.76,548.08 "Portal 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,532.17,536.72,538.47,540.43 "Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: Off (FPS)",HIB,229.5,233.0,238.5, "Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: Off (FPS)",HIB,93.3,93.9,94.8, "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,239.7,241.6,240.9,245.2 "Strange Brigade - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,151.6,152.2,153.4,153.1 "Tesseract - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,949.0887,957.0099,955.2573,970.4290 "Tesseract - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,874.7203,870.2461,878.0760,882.8271 "Unigine Superposition - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Ultra - Renderer: OpenGL (FPS)",HIB,70.8,70.8,71.3,71.5 "Unvanquished - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,405.0,400.5,409.0,408.9 "Unvanquished - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra (FPS)",HIB,400.3,400.7,394.5,396.8 "Warsow - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,957.7,950.4,952.8,960.2 "Warsow - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,924.6,936.8,922.1,937.6 "Xonotic - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate (FPS)",HIB,426.6424381,431.8839942,441.5379099,443.5345641 "yquake2 - Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,991.1,991.1,990.1,992.2 "yquake2 - Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,411.5,409.2,416.6,409.1 "yquake2 - Renderer: OpenGL 3.x - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 (FPS)",HIB,991.7,991.7,992.2,991.1 "yquake2 - Renderer: OpenGL 3.x - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 (FPS)",HIB,986.5,988,986.5,988.5