Manjaro vs. KDE Neon vs. Kubuntu vs. OpenSUSE | KDE Plasma Speed Test

Comparing the performance of OpenSUSE, Manjaro Linux, KDE Neon, and Kubuntu. We will review general side-by-side comparisons and in depth benchmarking.


Speed test on various distros running #KDE #Plasma. Finding the best preforming #Linux distribution is a difficult thing to do. There are so many factors when trying to figure this out. The most important variable is what desktop environment you want to run. KDE Plasma is a wonderful desktop environments and it comes pre-installed on many Linux distributions.


Benchmark Devices:
ThinkPad: Lenovo ThinkPad T450, i5-5300U, 8gb DDR3, 256gb SSD
Desktop: Asus x570-p, Ryzen 7 3700x, 32gb DDR4, 256gb SSD, GTX 1650


Thankpad Geekbench Results:
OpenSUSE - https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/...
Manjaro - https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/...
KDE Neon - https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/...
Kubuntu - https://browser.geekbench.com/v5/cpu/...


00:00 - Distributions
00:56 - Devices

01:14 - Install/Boot
01:51 - General Testing

02:55 - GIMP Testing
03:24 - CPU/RAM Benchmark
04:59 - GPU Benchmark
05:54 - Kdenlive Render
06:35 - Basemark Web
06:56 - Geekbench5
07:29 - Conclusions


glmark2 OpenGL Benchmarking
Geekbench5 Benchmarking
Basemark Benchmarking


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