Yes gnome-shell/mutter currently causes the GPU to stay in low power mode too much, unless you add extra demand.
This will be fixed in https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/mutter/-/merge_requests/1441 or similar but it will take some months (or years) to complete. ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) => Daniel van Vugt (vanvugt) ** Tags added: performance ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided => Medium ** Changed in: gnome-shell (Ubuntu) Status: New => In Progress -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1937127 Title: Gnome-shell animations smoother when external monitor is connected To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1937127/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs