Thanks for the bug report. The first part of your video when you drag one window over another might be bug 1727225. So to avoid that, try to remember to not drag one window over another when testing smoothness...
The rest of the issue might be caused by high system load. Please try running 'top' in a window while the problem is occurring. What are the top CPU users? Separately please also try 'iotop'. ** Tags added: performance ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete ** Also affects: mutter (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Changed in: mutter (Ubuntu) Status: New => Incomplete -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Desktop Packages, which is subscribed to gnome-shell in Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1878988 Title: stuttering or dropped frames in Gnome Status in gnome-shell package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Status in mutter package in Ubuntu: Incomplete Bug description: experiencing frame "stutter" or regular dropped frames in gnome. Occurs with intel integrated graphics, AMD gpu with open source drivers, and nvidia gpu with proprietary drivers. This does not occur in KDE. I do not believe this occurring before upgrading from 18.04. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: gnome-shell 3.36.1-5ubuntu2 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-29.33-generic 5.4.30 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-29-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri May 15 16:20:41 2020 DisplayManager: gdm3 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-06 (9 days ago) InstallationMedia: Ubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) ProcEnviron: PATH=(custom, no user) XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set> LANG=en_US.UTF-8 SHELL=/bin/bash RelatedPackageVersions: mutter-common 3.36.1-3ubuntu3 SourcePackage: gnome-shell UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1878988/+subscriptions -- Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages Post to : desktop-packages@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~desktop-packages More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp