Linux Mint 22.3 Performance Showdown: Cinnamon vs MATE vs Xfce
Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” is tested across its three official desktop environments: Cinnamon, MATE, and Xfce. This comparison focuses on real-world performance using consistent benchmarking methods, measuring boot times, memory usage, CPU performance, disk I/O, and browser memory consumption. All tests are performed under identical conditions to ensure fair and reproducible results.
The final scores are calculated using a fuzzy methodology with an emphasis on high performance, where 90% of the score comes from Sysbench CPU benchmarks and 10% from efficiency metrics such as idle memory usage, boot time, memory per installed package, and average Firefox tab memory usage.
⏱️ Timestamps
00:00 Total installation, review, and testing time
00:10 ISO boot time comparison
00:20 Installed system boot time
00:30 Idle memory usage and MB per package
00:40 Sysbench CPU – 1 and 5 threads
00:50 Threads and mutexes test
01:00 Memory read/write performance
01:10 Disk I/O read/write performance
01:20 Firefox tab memory usage (average)
01:40 Overall rating (fuzzy methodology)
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