Wayland VS Xorg graphics benchmark competition 2022

Wayland VS Xorg graphics benchmark competition April 2022

[nobu]

its not only performance, wayland has also solved weird artifacts, screen tearing and laggyness that xorg used to have for me. overall wayland just feels smooth and a much superior desktop experience.

[KangJangkrik]

Good to mention that Wayland can do multi-finger touchpad gestures like mac whereas Xorg can't

[jcortest]

Amazing tests, thank you so much. I am switching to KDE Neon since it ships with plasma 6 and Wayland now.
Cheers

[FreeThinker]

wayland is clearly better than xorg but at the end of the day its the software compatibility that make our bed.

[elmariachi]

From the PoE part I think to see that Xorg is more balanced. The minimum FPS on Wayland are mostly much worse (i.e. 3:05+) and while Wayland has overall the slightly higher average and more FPS when you are standing still, doing nothing, it seems that Xorg would be the better experience, especially in high intensity situations, where Wayland often dips down really low. Not too convingin show by Wayland, yet ..

[GabrielM]

when nvidia caughts up with wayland and every app accounts for its existence i will surely use it, looks amazing

[notuxnobux]

Obs is much better optimized on wayland than on x11 because obs devs dont care about linux and wayland support to obs was added by redhat while x11 was added by obs devs. You should try the tests without obs because then the performance should be the same (or better with x11).

[merthyr]

Some good examples of how Wayland will bring a lot of benefits to gamers on Linux when it's finally mainstream! While the Steamdeck doesn't actually use a windowing system (afaik) in game mode, most linux gamers on desktop are gonna get some tasty performance boosts within the next couple of years, and finally put Linux firmly ahead of Windows in performance (despite running many games in Windows translation containers!)

[philipekema]

On a laptop, 8th gen I-5 processor, the difference between x11 and Weyland was staggering. I don't have numbers but race driver grid was a slideshow in x-11 and is definitely playable in Wayland. Same goes for several other racing games, need for speed Hot pursuit, driver San Francisco, burnout Paradise City. I wonder if very low spec systems is where the difference is most noticeable.

[jeroen]

Thank you for the video! Im trying to switch from Windows 10 to Kubuntu (because my system does not meet the minimum requirements for Win11 for some reason?) and was wondering which one to choose. Ive been using Linux on and off for around 6 years now and finally decided to make the switch. Do you know if both of them are any different regarding the perfomance with the Steam Proton compatibility layer?

[jub]

it also depends what hardware you use.. i have nvidia 1650 with current nvidia drivers (520) and wayland has a noticeably frustrating input lag.. switch to xorg and it is noticeably more responsive.. of course this now low end hardware but on newer systems the difference would be far less obvious

[ldmedicity]

Great video,

I would test to the latency between input and display output. The time between a mouse click and display change, then measure the difference. Given Wayland would add to another translation layer...it would be nice to know if the added latency is worth all the hoopla

[tjackson]

Is it still a choice between one which is fast and the other which actually works?

[noel_curray]

now I want to try wayland. is there a guide how to install it?

[JsjdjJhdjd]

you seem like a nice person you earn a sub

[roccociccone]

Wayland handles multiple displays much better than xorg. Especially with mixed refresh rates.

[ОлегЕфимчук-св]

Thank you for the video!
You can change 1) DE KDE Plasma to Gnome = for example after installing portproton, ue5?
Is it possible to change 2) graphics server = Wayland to X11 Xorg after installing portproton, ue5?

[s]

If Gnome and KDE can develop their Wayland stuff on wlroots, Wayland may have future. It is a mess on Wayland now, it lacks lots of features which have been existed on Xorg long time ago. Where the hell is the color management? When can I use the Remote Play in Steam on Wayland? Where the hell is the HDR support? Isn't Wayland the new technology?

[j.howlett]

My problem with Wayland is that i can't use a resolution above my default resolution (1366x768). However, Xorg allows me to use 1920x1080

[gabrieldesimone]

what about sharing your screen on Zoom for instance? I couldn't do it with Wayland...