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This screencast compares the performance of Powerlevel9k Zsh theme to its successor Powerlevel10k. Both themes use the same config (Powerlevel10k is backward compatible with Powerlevel9k).

Setup:

  • OS: Ubuntu 18.04.
  • Terminal: GNOME Terminal.
  • CPU: Intel i9-7900X.

Prompt latency measured with zsh-bench: Powerlevel10k is over 100 times faster than Powerlevel9k.

Theme Prompt Latency
powerlevel9k/master 1046 ms
powerlevel9k/next 1005 ms
powerlevel10k 8.7 ms