KDE Plasma 6.0 Radeon Gaming Benchmarks by Michael Larabel for a future article. KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core @ 5.88GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (1905 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DRAM-6000MT/s G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: 4001GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4000GB + 2000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2304/1249MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab30, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 OS: Neon 22.04, Kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 6.0.3, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.4 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 (LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.54), Vulkan: 1.3.255, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core @ 5.88GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (1905 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DRAM-6000MT/s G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: 2000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB + 4001GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2304/1249MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab30, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 OS: Neon 22.04, Kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: KDE Plasma 6.0.3, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.4 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 (LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.54), Vulkan: 1.3.255, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core @ 5.88GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (1905 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DRAM-6000MT/s G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: 2000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB + 4001GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2304/1249MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab30, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 OS: Neon 22.04, Kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 42.9, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.4 + Wayland, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 (LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.54), Vulkan: 1.3.255, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GNOME Shell 42.9: X11: Processor: AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core @ 5.88GHz (16 Cores / 32 Threads), Motherboard: ASUS ROG STRIX X670E-E GAMING WIFI (1905 BIOS), Chipset: AMD Device 14d8, Memory: 2 x 16GB DRAM-6000MT/s G Skill F5-6000J3038F16G, Disk: 2000GB Samsung SSD 980 PRO 2TB + 4001GB Western Digital WD_BLACK SN850X 4000GB, Graphics: AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX 24GB (2304/1249MHz), Audio: AMD Device ab30, Monitor: DELL U2723QE, Network: Intel I225-V + Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX210/AX211/AX411 OS: Neon 22.04, Kernel: 6.5.0-26-generic (x86_64), Desktop: GNOME Shell 42.9, Display Server: X Server 1.21.1.4, OpenGL: 4.6 Mesa 23.2.1-1ubuntu3.1~22.04.2 (LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.54), Vulkan: 1.3.255, File-System: ext4, Screen Resolution: 3840x2160 GravityMark 1.82 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 306.7 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 309.2 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 309.1 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 308.8 |============================================ GravityMark 1.82 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 362.3 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 362.7 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 288.8 |=================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 358.6 |============================================ GravityMark 1.82 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 183.5 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 180.5 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 182.5 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 175.7 |========================================== GravityMark 1.82 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 240.6 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 232.9 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 168.4 |=============================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 228.1 |========================================== 3DMark Wild Life Extreme 1.1.2.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 26.87 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 26.73 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 26.84 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 26.72 |============================================ 3DMark Wild Life Extreme 1.1.2.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 8.08 |============================================= KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 8.09 |============================================= GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 8.08 |============================================= GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 8.08 |============================================= Counter-Strike 2 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 314.7 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 320.5 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 321.2 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 314.7 |=========================================== Counter-Strike 2 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 101.1 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 100.1 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 78.3 |================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 99.7 |=========================================== DiRT Rally 2.0 Resolution: 2560 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 316.37 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 316.58 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 317.36 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 313.58 |========================================== DiRT Rally 2.0 Resolution: 3840 x 1600 - Graphics Preset: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 208.95 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 208.98 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 209.43 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 206.85 |========================================== ET: Legacy 2.81 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 773.0 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 763.5 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 745.0 |========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 754.8 |=========================================== F1 22 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 80 |============================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 80 |============================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 81 |============================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 82 |=============================================== F1 22 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 27 |=============================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 27 |=============================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 27 |=============================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 26 |============================================= HITMAN 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 427.06 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 428.27 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 428.27 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 426.66 |=========================================== HITMAN 3 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . MIN: 0.8 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 16.1 KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... MIN: 0.8 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 15.2 GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . MIN: 0.9 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 16.1 GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... MIN: 0.8 AVG: 2.3 MAX: 15.3 HITMAN 3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 193.86 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 191.97 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 193.78 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 191.53 |========================================== HITMAN 3 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . MIN: 2.5 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 11.7 KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... MIN: 2.5 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 12.2 GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . MIN: 2.5 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 12.4 GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... MIN: 2.5 AVG: 5.2 MAX: 11.9 Metro: Last Light Redux Resolution: 3840 x 2160 Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 280.99 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 282.83 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 280.55 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 281.43 |=========================================== Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 60.25 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 60.25 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 60.10 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 60.31 |============================================ Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: High - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 36.48 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 36.50 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 36.53 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 36.53 |============================================ Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 104.86 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 105.14 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 100.17 |========================================= GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 105.07 |=========================================== Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: High - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 50.91 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 51.51 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 51.40 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 51.52 |============================================ Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 54.80 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 54.87 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 54.99 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 54.83 |============================================ Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: High - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 29.42 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 29.45 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 29.54 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 29.40 |============================================ Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 89.32 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 89.62 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 88.37 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 89.68 |============================================ Quake II RTX 1.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: High - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 39.02 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 39.20 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 39.50 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 39.32 |============================================ Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 254.2 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 255.1 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 255.4 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 255.0 |============================================ Unigine Superposition 1.0 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 81.8 |============================================= KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 81.8 |============================================= GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 82.5 |============================================= GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 81.8 |============================================= Unvanquished 0.54 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 552.7 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 559.5 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 553.0 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 556.9 |============================================ Unvanquished 0.54 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 551.3 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 560.2 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 553.6 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 552.9 |=========================================== Unvanquished 0.54 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Medium Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 551.8 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 563.0 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 544.4 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 556.2 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 1132.11 |========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 1128.74 |========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 1125.61 |========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 1132.13 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 944.95 |========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 958.49 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 946.07 |========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 945.88 |========================================== Xonotic 0.8.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 902.64 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 902.51 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 908.66 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 903.83 |=========================================== Xonotic 0.8.6 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 701.67 |=========================================== KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 704.43 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 703.61 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 697.37 |=========================================== X-Plane 12 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Extreme Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 218.17 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 216.74 |=========================================== X-Plane 12 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Extreme Frames Per Second > Higher Is Better GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 120.53 |========================================= GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 127.85 |=========================================== FurMark 2.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Demo: FurMark Vulkan - MSAA: 2 FPS > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 93.48 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 93.46 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 92.54 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 93.14 |============================================ FurMark 2.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Demo: FurMark Vulkan - MSAA: 2 FPS > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 91.71 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 92.38 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 91.18 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 92.34 |============================================ FurMark 2.1 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Demo: Furmark Knot Vulkan - MSAA: 2 FPS > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 64.14 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 64.53 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 63.37 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 63.90 |============================================ FurMark 2.1 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Demo: Furmark Knot Vulkan - MSAA: 2 FPS > Higher Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . 45.81 |============================================ KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... 46.05 |============================================ GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . 45.48 |=========================================== GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... 45.68 |============================================ F1 22 Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . MIN: 6.5 AVG: 12.4 MAX: 24.1 KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... MIN: 6.6 AVG: 12.3 MAX: 26.6 GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . MIN: 7.3 AVG: 12.3 MAX: 29.0 GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... MIN: 6.0 AVG: 11.3 MAX: 26.3 F1 22 Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Total Frame Time Milliseconds < Lower Is Better KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland . MIN: 23.2 AVG: 36.6 MAX: 54.2 KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11 ..... MIN: 14.3 AVG: 35.3 MAX: 54.8 GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland . MIN: 23.4 AVG: 36.7 MAX: 69.7 GNOME Shell 42.9: X11 ..... MIN: 6.1 AVG: 37.5 MAX: 65.1