Linux GUI benchmark?

Question

Graphic shells

My task was such that I wanted to watch serials at work, a weak amd core duo computer and vidyaha 512 rolled Ubuntu 18 desktop with gnome everything is somehow deplorable, you can’t watch 1080p lags alone.
I demolished everything, put Arch, now I think which shell to choose beauty is not needed, it is important that the Browser and VLC fly, the rest will not care even if the black screen is.
I searched in the boarding school for performance tests of graphical shells, I did not find anything, can anyone tell me what is sensible?

Answer 1

if hardware acceleration does not work (and it does not), then there will be dependencies, regardless of the system.
I myself am sitting on a mint 19 mate
computer 10 years ago AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+ and the card is nothing - radeon hd5450
youtube 720p in firefox - loads 60-80%
1080p - 100%
the same video opened in vlc - eats twice / three times less
PS
why do you need 1080?
your monitor is meter by meter :) ?
720p on a 25" monitor = decent quality

Answer 2

Install XFCE. Keep in mind that it's not just about DE - it's also important to set everything up correctly.

Answer 3

The graphical shell hardly has anything to do with video playback performance, but the processor and hardware acceleration support do so directly.
I had this for a long time on Xubuntu (Xfce) and an old computer with an old processor.