Karna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 days agoWayland Found To Be "Intrinsically Faster Than X11, But Not Necessarily More Efficient"www.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square23linkfedilinkarrow-up197file-text
arrow-up197external-linkWayland Found To Be "Intrinsically Faster Than X11, But Not Necessarily More Efficient"www.phoronix.comKarna@lemmy.ml to Linux@lemmy.ml · 9 days agomessage-square23linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareeleijeep@piefed.sociallinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up22·9 days agoWayland is just the protocol. You’re benchmarking a bunch of different wayland compositors against XOrg, and from the looks of things, at least one (mutter) is worse in every metric than XOrg, so the headline of the article is misleading.
minus-squarelibewa@feddit.orglinkfedilinkarrow-up3·9 days agoMutter is made by GNOME, what do you expect?
minus-squarenovafunc@discuss.tchncs.delinkfedilinkarrow-up2·9 days agoPhoronix’s more real world testing didn’t have Gnome performing badly: https://www.phoronix.com/review/cachyos-desktops-july-2026
Wayland is just the protocol. You’re benchmarking a bunch of different wayland compositors against XOrg, and from the looks of things, at least one (mutter) is worse in every metric than XOrg, so the headline of the article is misleading.
Mutter is made by GNOME, what do you expect?
Phoronix’s more real world testing didn’t have Gnome performing badly: https://www.phoronix.com/review/cachyos-desktops-july-2026