However switching to Wayland will improve performance:
https://github.com/QubesOS/qubes-issues/issues/3366
Re:A modest update to Qubes OS
by seanhunter on Saturday February 24, 2024 @02:43PM
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For sure. I would really like them to do it.
In that context, security vulnerabilities in X11 don't have the same impact as they would in a normal distro. User processes running in a VM don't have the ability to exploit a problem in X11.
Go here https://www.qubes-os.org/faq/ and scroll down to "How does Qubes OS provide security?" to understand better.