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
GNOME X.Org and Wayland session gaming impact benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article.
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core @ 4.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (0805 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 2048GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2304/1249MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab30, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411
OS: Ubuntu 22.10, Kernel: 6.2.0-060200rc5daily20230125-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 43.1, Display Server: X Server + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.0-devel (git-ab5dd24 2023-01-25 kinetic-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 15.0.5 DRM 3.49), Vulkan: 1.3.238, Compiler: GCC 12.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core @ 4.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (0805 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 2048GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7 + 2000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2304/1249MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab30, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411
OS: Ubuntu 22.10, Kernel: 6.2.0-060200rc5daily20230125-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 43.1, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.4, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.0-devel (git-ab5dd24 2023-01-25 kinetic-oibaf-ppa) (LLVM 15.0.5 DRM 3.49), Vulkan: 1.3.238, Compiler: GCC 12.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
Wayland Session: RTX 3090:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core @ 4.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (0805 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 2048GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7 + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB, Audio: NVIDIA GA102 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411
OS: Ubuntu 22.10, Kernel: 6.1.8-060108-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 43.1, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.4 + Wayland, Display Driver: NVIDIA 525.85.05, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.3.224, Compiler: GCC 12.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
X.Org Session: RTX 3090:
Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core @ 4.50GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG CROSSHAIR X670E HERO (0805 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 32GB, Disk: 2048GB SOLIDIGM SSDPFKKW020X7 + 2000GB, Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 24GB, Audio: NVIDIA GA102 HD Audio, Monitor: ASUS MG28U, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411
OS: Ubuntu 22.10, Kernel: 6.1.8-060108-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 43.1, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.4, Display Driver: NVIDIA 525.85.05, OpenGL: 4.6.0, Vulkan: 1.3.224, Compiler: GCC 12.2.0, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160
HITMAN 3
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . MIN: 2.6 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 13.9
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... MIN: 2.8 AVG: 5.3 MAX: 14.0
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... MIN: 4.6 AVG: 9.1 MAX: 17.8
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... MIN: 4.1 AVG: 8.2 MAX: 20.8
HITMAN 3
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . MIN: 2.6 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 8.3
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... MIN: 2.7 AVG: 5.1 MAX: 7.9
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... MIN: 4.1 AVG: 8.9 MAX: 14.2
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... MIN: 4.2 AVG: 8.0 MAX: 15.1
yquake2 8.10
Renderer: OpenGL 3.x - AF: On - MSAA: On - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 2829.9 |========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 2752.0 |=======================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 635.6 |=========
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 780.6 |===========
DiRT Rally 2.0
Resolution: 3840 x 1600 - Graphics Preset: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 97.46 |===========
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 353.09 |========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 199.20 |=======================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 241.24 |===========================
DDraceNetwork 16.3.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: OpenGL 3.3 - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 1611.44 |=======================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 1602.83 |=======================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 667.77 |================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 1148.62 |============================
DiRT Rally 2.0
Resolution: 3840 x 1600 - Graphics Preset: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 90.76 |==================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 200.69 |========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 126.90 |=========================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 144.75 |=============================
Tesseract 2014-05-12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 997.77 |========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 986.05 |========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 486.16 |===================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 826.73 |=================================
F1 22
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . MIN: 2.9 AVG: 4.9 MAX: 20.4
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... MIN: 2.6 AVG: 5.0 MAX: 21.7
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... MIN: 2.2 AVG: 7.7 MAX: 31.2
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... MIN: 3.9 AVG: 6.7 MAX: 16.2
F1 22
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Total Frame Time
Milliseconds < Lower Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . MIN: 2.9 AVG: 5.8 MAX: 15.7
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... MIN: 1.9 AVG: 5.9 MAX: 25.0
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... MIN: 6.3 AVG: 9.0 MAX: 12.1
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... MIN: 5.8 AVG: 8.1 MAX: 24.1
HITMAN 3
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Medium
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 198.95 |========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 197.40 |========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 112.65 |=======================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 125.13 |=========================
HITMAN 3
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 192.57 |========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 190.51 |========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 109.73 |=======================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 121.96 |=========================
Cyberpunk 2077
Resolution: 2560 x 1440 - Graphics Setting: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 163.76 |========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 159.56 |=======================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 94.51 |=======================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 95.12 |=======================
Cyberpunk 2077
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Setting: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 81.24 |=========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 80.32 |=========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 49.22 |=========================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 51.67 |==========================
Xonotic 0.8.5
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 590.77 |========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 581.87 |=======================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 365.08 |=========================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 468.46 |================================
F1 22
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 202 |===========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 200 |===========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 130 |============================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 148 |================================
yquake2 8.10
Renderer: Vulkan - AF: On - MSAA: On - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 628.5 |=========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 623.9 |=========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 405.0 |==========================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 596.0 |=======================================
F1 22
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 172 |===========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 171 |===========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 111 |============================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 123 |===============================
Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Medium - Scenario: Battle Benchmark
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 148.5 |=========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 147.2 |=========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 105.3 |=============================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 116.4 |================================
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Anti Aliasing: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 147.8 |=========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 146.4 |=========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 104.9 |=============================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 116.8 |================================
X-Plane 12
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 149.63 |========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 148.50 |========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 106.58 |============================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 118.83 |================================
Shadow of the Tomb Raider
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Medium - Anti Aliasing: Off
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 152.9 |=========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 151.3 |=========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 109.0 |=============================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 121.7 |=================================
Total War: Three Kingdoms 1.0.1
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: High - Scenario: Battle Benchmark
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 105.5 |=========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 104.6 |=========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 75.9 |=============================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 82.6 |================================
Unvanquished 0.53
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 653.5 |=======================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 653.2 |=======================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 496.2 |==============================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 682.9 |=========================================
The Talos Principle
Renderer: Vulkan - Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 222.2 |=========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 224.6 |=========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 183.9 |==================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 223.1 |=========================================
Quake II RTX 1.6
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Low - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 41.35 |===================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 40.10 |==================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 46.75 |=======================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 48.68 |=========================================
Quake II RTX 1.6
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Low - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 49.27 |====================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 46.82 |==================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 54.30 |========================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 56.29 |=========================================
Metro: Last Light Redux
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 297.80 |========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 299.03 |========================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 250.90 |==================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 277.43 |=====================================
Quake II RTX 1.6
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Low - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 60.85 |====================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 58.04 |==================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 66.44 |=======================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 69.13 |=========================================
Quake II RTX 1.6
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Low - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 78.69 |=====================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 74.70 |====================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 82.59 |=======================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 86.10 |=========================================
Unvanquished 0.53
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 668.0 |=====================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 664.6 |=====================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 645.7 |====================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 742.4 |=========================================
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 . 102.29 |=======================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ... 113.06 |===========================================
Grand Theft Auto V
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Very High
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 . 48.31 |==========================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ... 50.70 |============================================
Team Fortress 2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 276.17 |========================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 271.84 |=======================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 263.38 |======================================
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 266.39 |=======================================
DDraceNetwork 16.3.2
Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Renderer: Vulkan - Zoom: Default - Demo: RaiNyMore2
Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better
Wayland Session: RX 7900 XTX . 8193.66 |=======================================
X.Org Session: RX 7900 XTX ... 7798.86 |=====================================
Wayland Session: RTX 3090 .... 727.30 |===
X.Org Session: RTX 3090 ...... 1270.29 |======