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 2404078-NE-KDEPLASMA53
KDE Plasma 6.0 Radeon Gaming,
"HITMAN 3 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",
"F1 22 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",
"HITMAN 3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",
"F1 22 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High - Total Frame Time",
Lower Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",
"GravityMark 1.82 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: Vulkan",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",240.9,240.4,240.4
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",227.3,235.8,235.7
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",171.2,169.4,164.5
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",225.1,225.1,234.1
"Counter-Strike 2 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",101.2,101.3,100.9
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",99.6,100.2,100.4
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",76.7,78.9,79.4
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",99.7,99.6,99.8
"GravityMark 1.82 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: Vulkan",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",359.8,363.7,363.4
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",362.6,363.3,362.3
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",285.9,282.3,329.7,289.9,278.2,288.7,286.4,289.4,284.4,287.8,284.3,278.4
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",356.6,358.4,360.8
"X-Plane 12 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality: Extreme",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",120.04,121.32,120.22
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",126.05,128.48,129.02
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",104.747673,105.114105,104.730286
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",105.0616,105.114105,105.254372
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",97.768822,95.058746,105.536041,101.463249,105.289497,103.155136,95.360435,104.956749,96.690155,95.087402,101.823456,97.768822,104.608749,97.49691,100.445717
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",105.0616,105.096596,105.0616
"GravityMark 1.82 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",179.2,185.7,185.7
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",178.3,178.2,184.9
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",180.7,180.1,186.7
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",175.7,175.8,175.6
"F1 22 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",26,27,27
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",28,27,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,26,27,28
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",26,27,27
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",27,26,26
"ET: Legacy 2.81 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",773.8,774.6,770.5
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",764.2,759.7,766.5
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",734.5,742.6,758
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",749,758,757.3
"Unvanquished 0.54 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Medium",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",560.5,539.9,554.9
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",556.4,564.6,568.1
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",546.9,552,526.2,552.4
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",561.3,548.2,559
"F1 22 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra High",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",77,75,80,80,81,77,77,86,81,82,78,80
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",79,79,81
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",86,79,79,81,78,79,78,87,81,80,81,81
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",81,83,87,80,78,78,77,87,79,86,78,88
"Counter-Strike 2 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",310.9,316,317.3
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",321.1,319.3,321
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",323.2,320.1,320.3
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",314.5,314.4,315.1
"FurMark 2.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Demo: Furmark Knot Vulkan - MSAA: 2",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",64.213577,64.09407,64.098305
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",64.599335,64.505379,64.478218
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",63.418098,63.442947,63.256203
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",64.059616,63.695797,63.951988
"Unvanquished 0.54 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",548.6,556.4,549
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",558.1,557.9,564.5
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",548.8,559.7,552.3
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",550.9,553.2,554.7
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",89.351456,89.225105,89.389427
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",89.783714,89.478157,89.605225
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",87.675415,87.480934,89.962929
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",89.770943,89.668892,89.605225
"Xonotic 0.8.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",932.0232139,941.6567118,961.1740684
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",956.791086,958.6143019,960.0781605
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",955.9386074,932.3782457,949.8783668
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",963.7749473,945.3716732,928.4896933
"FurMark 2.1 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Demo: FurMark Vulkan - MSAA: 2",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",91.810295,91.720131,91.587227
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",92.362701,92.37941,92.409378
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",91.470802,91.126808,90.942207
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",92.392799,92.343971,92.278534
"FurMark 2.1 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Demo: Furmark Knot Vulkan - MSAA: 2",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",45.865654,45.801502,45.77528
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",46.081676,46.040817,46.023968
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",45.539764,45.476475,45.422386
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",45.754089,45.700871,45.57243
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: High - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",39.083305,39.059113,38.907387
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",39.38089,39.177944,39.032536
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",39.600853,39.454758,39.454758
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",39.452293,39.27549,39.23885
"DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 3840 x 1600 - Graphics Preset: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",208.998428,209.027115,208.816742
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",208.988358,208.986725,208.965683
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",209.352325,209.342087,209.586304
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",206.769119,206.956726,206.825897
"Unvanquished 0.54 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: High",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",551.5,558.7,548
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",558.8,567.1,552.6
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",548.8,552.6,557.5
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",555.7,559.5,555.6
"HITMAN 3 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Quality Level: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",193.98,193.9,193.71
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",191.92,192.17,191.82
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",193.47,193.95,193.93
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",191.58,191.57,191.44
"DiRT Rally 2.0 - Resolution: 2560 x 1080 - Graphics Preset: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",317.298859,317.045715,314.767181
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",318.756744,314.54657,316.424469
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",317.596863,317.463501,317.016357
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",313.218719,313.804169,313.725128
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: High - Denoiser: Off - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",50.981655,50.924053,50.825611
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",51.687416,51.468189,51.38855
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",51.417862,51.334198,51.434624
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",51.700119,51.518616,51.334198
"FurMark 2.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Demo: FurMark Vulkan - MSAA: 2",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",93.876434,93.299858,93.270531
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",93.910316,93.250542,93.230331
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",92.608696,92.473801,92.550735
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",93.283394,93.10041,93.037216
"Xonotic 0.8.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultimate",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",691.9436186,705.6965586,707.3592021
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",708.6694371,702.6994844,701.906604
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",693.7652172,698.6714675,718.3995371
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",699.7750856,693.9689538,698.3673615
"Unigine Superposition 1.0 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",81.8,81.8,81.8
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",81.9,81.8,81.8
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",82.5,82.5,82.5
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",81.9,81.8,81.7
"GravityMark 1.82 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",306.2,308,305.9
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",309.2,309.6,308.9
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",308.5,308.2,310.6
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",308.8,308.9,308.8
"Metro: Last Light Redux - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",281.03,281.02,280.91
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",284.41,281.86,282.22
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",282.44,281.14,278.06
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",282.21,279.2,282.87
"Xonotic 0.8.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",890.7565342,905.5582799,911.5911002
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",897.7361048,902.9971935,906.7862793
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",911.5179044,911.4897015,902.9847135
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",899.7079467,911.1777721,900.6137673
"X-Plane 12 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality: Extreme",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",216.94,218.41,219.16
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",215.42,217.31,217.49
"Xonotic 0.8.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Effects Quality: Low",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",1129.8591499,1151.4815416,1114.9862876
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",1133.2850685,1136.3810157,1116.5664756
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",1114.748981,1130.2840013,1131.8035771
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",1131.436847,1129.4356955,1135.5039287
"3DMark Wild Life Extreme 1.1.2.1 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",26.850269317627,26.893135070801,26.858613967896
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",26.726249694824,26.742120742798,26.727632522583
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",26.844247817993,26.840543746948,26.847026824951
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",26.733167648315,26.71933555603,26.72025680542
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: High - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",29.306581,29.43646,29.514942
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",29.435089,29.430969,29.488737
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",29.498386,29.581358,29.552265
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",29.318834,29.391212,29.492872
"Unigine Superposition 1.0 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: High - Renderer: OpenGL",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",254.4,254.1,254.2
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",255.4,255.2,254.8
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",255.3,255.4,255.5
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",255.2,254.9,254.8
"HITMAN 3 - Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Quality Level: Ultra",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",429.68,423.72,427.79
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",428.71,428.71,427.39
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",427.71,428.39,428.7
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",423.88,427.4,428.7
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",60.313511,60.175472,60.261673
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",60.192688,60.273182,60.284698
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",60.307751,60.095234,59.89558
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",60.290462,60.296227,60.353893
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: Off - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_tracing_pipeline",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",54.826653,54.76004,54.817127
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",54.926876,54.807606,54.888657
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",54.922096,55.08511,54.950794
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",54.874332,54.722054,54.893429
"Quake II RTX 1.6 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160 - Global Illumination: High - Denoiser: On - Ray Tracing API: VK_KHR_ray_query",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",36.48875,36.48875,36.476093
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",36.581829,36.467663,36.444492
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",36.501415,36.564873,36.535233
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",36.600925,36.511974,36.480312
"3DMark Wild Life Extreme 1.1.2.1 - Resolution: 3840 x 2160",
Higher Results Are Better
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: Wayland",8.084059715271,8.0800037384033,8.089747428894
"KDE Plasma 6.0.3: X11",8.0851802825928,8.087420463562,8.0900278091431
"GNOME Shell 42.9: Wayland",8.0753927230835,8.0839204788208,8.0875606536865
"GNOME Shell 42.9: X11",8.0862998962402,8.077488899231,8.0857400894165