NVIDIA RTX 3090, RX 6800 XT - GNOME (X)Wayland Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Benchmarks for a future article by Michael Larabel on Phoronix.com looking at Wayland vs. X.Org GNOME session on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS with both Radeon and NVIDIA graphics. RTX 3090: X.Org Session: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3904 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB, Audio: NVIDIA GA102 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 22.04, Kernel: 5.15.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 41.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.14, Display Driver: NVIDIA 510.47.03, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.3.194, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RTX 3090: Wayland Session: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3904 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB, Audio: NVIDIA GA102 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 22.04, Kernel: 5.15.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 41.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.14 + Wayland, Display Driver: NVIDIA 510.47.03, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.3.194, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3904 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 22.04, Kernel: 5.15.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 41.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.14, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.0-devel (git-9da3d71 2022-02-05 jammy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 13.0.0 DRM 3.42), Vulkan: 1.3.204, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16-Core @ 3.40GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR VIII HERO (WI-FI) (3904 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Starship/Matisse, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 1000GB Sabrent Rocket 4.0 Plus + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT 16GB (2575/1000MHz), Audio: AMD Navi 21 HDMI Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE + Intel I211 + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 OS: Ubuntu 22.04, Kernel: 5.15.0-18-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 41.3, Display Server: X Server 1.20.14 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.0-devel (git-9da3d71 2022-02-05 jammy-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 13.0.0 DRM 3.42), Vulkan: 1.3.204, Compiler: GCC 11.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 Batman: Arkham Knight Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 274.69 |========================================= RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 270.65 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 264.42 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 260.98 |======================================= Batman: Arkham Knight Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 164.36 |========================================= RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 155.72 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 126.93 |================================ RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 127.78 |================================ DiRT Rally 2.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 212.37 |========================================= RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 201.21 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 200.63 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 201.18 |======================================= DiRT Rally 2.0 Resolution: 3840 x 1600 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 139.66 |========================================= RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 134.87 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 128.98 |====================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 129.25 |====================================== F1 2020 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 235 |=========================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 231 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 235 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 239 |============================================ F1 2020 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 226 |============================================ RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 221 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 221 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 222 |=========================================== F1 2020 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 188 |========================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 192 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 192 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 195 |============================================ F1 2020 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 178 |============================================ RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 173 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 168 |========================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 168 |========================================== HITMAN 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 245.97 |================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 242.75 |================================= RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 295.70 |========================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 297.63 |========================================= HITMAN 3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 113.27 |====================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 111.94 |====================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 121.38 |========================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 121.66 |========================================= HITMAN 3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... MIN: 4.7 AVG: 8.8 MAX: 23.0 RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... MIN: 4.7 AVG: 8.9 MAX: 21.7 RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... MIN: 4.3 AVG: 8.2 MAX: 11.7 RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . MIN: 4.4 AVG: 8.2 MAX: 11.1 Shadow of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Highest - Anti Aliasing: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 236.4 |======================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 219.2 |===================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 243.9 |========================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 247.1 |========================================== Shadow of the Tomb Raider Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Highest - Anti Aliasing: Off Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 105.1 |========================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 99.4 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 94.5 |====================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 94.8 |====================================== Strange Brigade Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 164.8 |========================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 166.5 |========================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 156.1 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 158.1 |======================================== Tesseract 2014-05-12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 569.21 |========================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 572.01 |========================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 888.88 |========================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 876.20 |======================================== Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Battle Benchmark Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 167.7 |========================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 161.6 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 141.2 |=================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 141.8 |==================================== Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra - Scenario: Battle Benchmark Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 57.4 |=========================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 56.9 |=========================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 41.8 |=============================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 42.1 |================================ Unvanquished 0.52.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 467.8 |========================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 465.4 |========================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 395.8 |==================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 399.4 |==================================== Unvanquished 0.52.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 461.4 |========================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 466.1 |========================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 387.7 |=================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 390.1 |=================================== Unvanquished 0.52.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 480.7 |========================================= RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 491.2 |========================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 413.8 |=================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 418.3 |==================================== Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 660.32 |======================================= RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 674.57 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 673.54 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 689.62 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 569.91 |======================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 577.00 |========================================= RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 541.93 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 546.66 |======================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 494.25 |======================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 492.28 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 483.98 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 502.90 |========================================= Xonotic 0.8.2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 371.64 |==================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 372.97 |==================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 416.45 |========================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 419.69 |========================================= yquake2 8.01 Renderer: Vulkan - AF: On - MSAA: On - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 507.4 |========================================== RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 481.2 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 417.2 |=================================== RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 412.6 |================================== Geometric Mean Of All Test Results Result Composite - NVIDIA RTX 3090, RX 6800 XT - GNOME (X)Wayland Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Geometric Mean > Higher Is Better RTX 3090: X.Org Session ..... 254.43 |========================================= RTX 3090: Wayland Session ... 250.38 |======================================== RX 6800 XT: X.Org Session ... 243.68 |======================================= RX 6800 XT: Wayland Session . 245.34 |========================================