WoWGD vs benilla

Same character, realm and data · measured 2026-09-24

benilla is a 1.12.1 client in Rust and Bevy.

Both clients played the same dwarf on the same vMaNGOS realm in a 1920x1080 window.

Numbers

	WoWGD	benilla
Launch to character list	2.57 s	1.49 s
Launch to entering the world	2.63 s	1.50 s
World load (enter to loading screen gone)	1.95 s	3.96 s
Launch to playing	4.56 s	5.46 s
CPU while idle in Goldshire	107%	180%
Memory while idle (RSS)	1.62 GiB	1.50 GiB
Peak memory (RSS)	1.62 GiB	1.51 GiB
Frame rate while idle	106 fps	146 fps

Medians of three cold launches. CPU is a percentage of one core, averaged over a minute idle.

Notes

Both are Linux release builds (benilla at 43b282a0) with vsync off and no frame cap.
benilla's loading screen waits for everything nearby to load. WoWGD's clears once the nearby tiles are in and streams the rest.
Ryzen 5 3600, 32 GB RAM, RTX 3060, CachyOS on Wayland, server on the local network.

Screenshots

Same spots, same camera, interface hidden. Drag to compare WoWGD (left) with benilla (right).

WoWGD has an option for real-time shadows, and it was off for these shots and the numbers above. benilla has no such option and only draws the baked terrain shadows and blob shadows under units that 1.12 does.

WoWGD also keeps name plates on screen with the interface hidden.