Bug 502323

Summary:	Phoronix benchmark: lower performance in high fps game settings
Product:	[Plasma] kwin	Reporter:	Peter Eszlari <peter.eszlari>
Component:	performance	Assignee:	KWin default assignee <kwin-bugs-null>
Status:	RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Severity:	normal	CC:	john.kizer, kdedev, nate
Priority:	NOR	Keywords:	wayland-only
Version First Reported In:	6.3.3
Target Milestone:	---
Platform:	Other
OS:	Linux
Latest Commit:		Version Fixed/Implemented In:
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Description Peter Eszlari 2025-04-02 15:32:31 UTC

https://www.phoronix.com/review/ubuntu-2504-x11-gaming

There are two benchmarks where KWin Wayland is trailing GNOME Wayland in performance noticeably:


DiRT Rally 2.0
Resolution: 3840 x 1600 - Graphics Preset: Low

GNOME 48 Wayland: 640.10
KDE Plasma 6.3.3 Wayland: 611.74


Unigine Superposition 1.0
Resolution: 1920 x 1080 - Mode: Fullscreen - Quality: Low - Renderer: OpenGL

GNOME 48 Wayland: 538.4
KDE Plasma 6.3.3 Wayland: 495.7

Comment 1 Peter Eszlari 2025-04-04 14:51:25 UTC

system used in the benchmark (in case the web link is not reachable):

Ryzen 9 9900X3D
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Ubuntu 25.04
kernel 6.14
Mesa 25.0.1

Comment 2 John Kizer 2025-04-12 17:58:53 UTC

Hi - to be able to triage, confirm and resolve bug reports, folks typically need to be able to communicate with the person who's experiencing the issue. Just to confirm, can you reproduce a unique performance issue attributed to KWin on your device?

Comment 3 Bug Janitor Service 2025-04-27 03:47:22 UTC

🐛🧹 ⚠️ This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 15 days. Please provide the requested information, then set the bug status to REPORTED. If there is no change for at least 30 days, it will be automatically closed as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.

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Comment 4 Bug Janitor Service 2025-05-12 03:47:00 UTC

🐛🧹 This bug has been in NEEDSINFO status with no change for at least 30 days. Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME.