fvwm vs gnome memory consumption

From: rez (google_news_at_mail.requestfinder.com)
Date: 09/22/03 

Date: 21 Sep 2003 18:36:31 -0700

No one seems to talk about how _much_ of a difference there is between
fvwm and gnome. When I do a "top" (running gnome) I see X using:
SIZE=26580 RSS=17M SHARE=1604. How much can I expect to gain from
using fvwm?

Thanks in advance for any help.