GNOME X.Org and Wayland session gaming impact benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Compare your own system(s) to this result file with the
Phoronix Test Suite by running the command:
phoronix-test-suite benchmark 2301279-NE-UBUNTU22169
Ubuntu 22.10 XWayland vs. X.Org Gaming,
"Cyberpunk 2077 - Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Setting: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",163.27394104004,163.88174438477,164.11700439453
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",160.00038146973,159.12341308594
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",95.636627197266,94.539390563965,95.194480895996
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",95.106071472168,94.45629119873,93.955757141113
"Cyberpunk 2077 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",81.246658325195,81.428131103516,81.042373657227
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",80.587776184082,80.028205871582,80.332588195801
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",52.000717163086,51.482414245605,51.526374816895
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",49.327507019043,49.193115234375,49.124893188477
"DDraceNetwork 16.3.2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",1613.809457429,1610.9201315724,1609.5809759385
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",1604.0916373558,1602.5012153491,1601.9007748516
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",1153.6806783333,1145.0485502234,1147.1262252828
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",667.89239723085,667.91814107079,667.48739719884
"DDraceNetwork 16.3.2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: Vulkan - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",7523.4432776641,8216.48817694,7766.5346408856,8053.2742072093,7457.8070538092,7390.8589963904,8913.959829574,9098.4754606458,8729.7842916677,7886.0710338908,9048.7503404481,8238.4415622842
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",7655.5483232695,6560.8871544798,7948.2268681653,8059.7754832327,8323.8144904684,7958.7533661178,8272.4088068702,8028.4854495856,8111.3338906406,8365.2450019633,6737.208906134,7728.9835953117,7996.9840086675,8184.0136340284,7051.1769032981
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",1271.7569673128,1268.9491710983,1270.1615187267
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",727.95220279667,726.72256488851,727.21161690501
"DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 3840 x 1600 - Graphics Preset: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",97.782745,95.085129,99.509521
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",352.596497,353.516449,353.166809
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",240.663361,241.554672,241.513458
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",198.758881,200.050232,198.789108
"DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 3840 x 1600 - Graphics Preset: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",90.62999,91.122749,90.529175
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",200.647354,200.593216,200.827042
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",145.22876,144.972305,144.062714
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",127.76178,125.108208,127.82428
"F1 22 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",202,201,203
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",200,199,200
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",148,147,148
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",130,130,130
"F1 22 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",
"F1 22 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",172,171,173
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",171,171,170
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",123,123,123
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",110,111,111
"F1 22 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",
"Grand Theft Auto V - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",112.750708,113.188189,113.246493
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",102.259206,102.515946,102.101178
"Grand Theft Auto V - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Very High",
Higher Results Are Better
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",50.700049,50.702399,50.683107
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",48.257731,48.504069,48.180954
"HITMAN 3 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",193.03,192.4,192.29
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",190.56,190.53,190.45
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",121.94,121.85,122.09
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",109.92,109.77,109.5
"HITMAN 3 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",
"HITMAN 3 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",198.98,198.93,198.94
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",197.56,197.37,197.28
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",125.23,125.35,124.8
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",112.41,113.1,112.43
"HITMAN 3 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",
"Metro: Last Light Redux - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",295.26,299.41,298.72
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",298.23,299.95,298.91
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",277.4,278.59,276.29
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",251.62,250.61,250.46
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Low - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",49.494076,49.185436,49.127995
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",46.775387,46.796204,46.879639
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",56.294048,56.173771,56.409794
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",54.424698,54.121277,54.359058
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Low - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",78.747032,78.045761,79.281311
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",74.656883,74.80735,74.621567
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",85.99073,84.925972,87.396118
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",82.830132,81.556152,83.377373
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Low - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",41.287704,40.828209,41.935268
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",40.145054,40.145054,40
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",48.926105,48.482517,48.616993
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",46.713058,46.886608,46.65089
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Low - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",59.494621,61.759808,61.285934
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",58.103127,57.868671,58.156681
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",68.81134,69.135529,69.43985
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",66.156425,66.814911,66.337257
"Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",147.8,147.9,147.8
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",146.4,146.5,146.3
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",116.4,117.1,117
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",105,104.6,105
"Shadow of the Tomb Raider - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Medium - Anti Aliasing: Off",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",153,152.8,152.9
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",151.3,151.2,151.4
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",121.9,121.9,121.2
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",109,109.2,108.7
"Team Fortress 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",260.39,280.86,283.66,272.18,282.72,278.87,280.37,264.36,272.08,280.98,276.14,280.24,274.53,284.64,270.48
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",272.3,270.88,272.35
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",265.71,270.09,263.38
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",263.38,263.38,263.38
"Tesseract 2014-05-12 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",996.6443,998.3278,998.3278
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",984.8994,989.9666,983.2776
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",812.9826,841.1897,826.0135
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",483.1651,492.7047,482.6039
"The Talos Principle - Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",221.6,222.6,222.5
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",224.4,224.6,224.8
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",219.9,223.8,225.5
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",183.7,183.4,184.5
"Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Battle Benchmark",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",105.3,105.4,105.8
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",104.9,104.3,104.5
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",82.1,82.9,82.9
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",76.2,75.3,76.1
"Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Medium - Scenario: Battle Benchmark",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",146.9,149.9,148.7
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",148,147.6,145.9
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",117.5,115.3,116.4
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",106.1,105,104.7
"Unvanquished 0.53 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",667.7,666.4,669.9
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",669.1,662.4,662.3
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",742.2,735.1,749.8
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",644.1,644.5,648.6
"Unvanquished 0.53 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",655.4,655.5,649.7
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",659.3,643.9,656.4
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",681.5,685.6,681.6
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",498.5,495.1,495.1
"X-Plane 12 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",148.96,149.57,150.36
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",147.56,148.53,149.41
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",118.92,119.11,118.46
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",106.47,106.37,106.91
"Xonotic 0.8.5 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",596.25161,586.9635041,589.0939322
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",581.1706611,583.9987534,580.434557
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",467.4135517,469.9933218,467.9601429
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",364.5812639,365.8836824,364.7825851
"yquake2 8.10 - Renderer: Vulkan - AF: On - MSAA: On - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",626.4,629.5,629.5
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",622,625.1,624.5
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",593.4,598.5,596.2
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",404.4,405.4,405.1
"yquake2 8.10 - Renderer: OpenGL 3.x - AF: On - MSAA: On - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX",2834.1,2821.4,2834.1
"X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX",2724.1,2784.1,2747.8
"X.Org Session: RTX 3090",782.2,781.2,778.3
"Wayland Session: RTX 3090",632.6,637.1,637.1