[cycomanic]

It seems your subjective feeling is not reflected in measurements. At least for kwin wayland is as fast as uncomposited x11

https://zamundaaa.github.io/wayland/2021/12/14/about-gaming-...

[zbuf]

Don't these results show a 20% slower based on the median?

Plus, the test uses a display at 120Hz, which is a substantial head start -- by making each frame of delay half as long compared to us mere mortals running at 60Hz.