GNOME & KDE Plasma Wayland Sessions Outperforming Xfce + LXQt On Ubuntu 25.04 For Linux Gaming

Written by Michael Larabel in Linux Gaming on 2 April 2025 at 10:44 AM EDT. Page 3 of 4. 88 Comments.

👁 DiRT Rally 2.0 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 1600, Graphics Preset: Low. LXQt 2.1 X11 was the fastest.

👁 DiRT Rally 2.0 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 1600, Graphics Preset: High. GNOME 48 Wayland was the fastest.

The DiRT Rally 2.0 racing game was one of the rare scenarios where the X11 desktop performance was matching or at least the Wayland desktops not outright leading.

👁 Grand Theft Auto V benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Quality: Normal. KDE Plasma 6.3.3 X11 was the fastest.

👁 Grand Theft Auto V benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Quality: High. KDE Plasma 6.3.3 Wayland was the fastest.

👁 HITMAN 3 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Quality Level: Low. KDE Plasma 6.3.3 Wayland was the fastest.

👁 HITMAN 3 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Quality Level: Low, Total Frame Time. KDE Plasma 6.3.3 Wayland was the fastest.

👁 HITMAN 3 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Quality Level: Medium. KDE Plasma 6.3.3 Wayland was the fastest.

👁 HITMAN 3 benchmark with settings of Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Quality Level: Medium, Total Frame Time. KDE Plasma 6.3.3 Wayland was the fastest.

In many of the game benchmarks the margins were slim but the Wayland-based KDE Plasma and GNOME Shell desktops tended to be at the front.

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