from mpl_toolkits.mplot3d.axes3d import get_test_data fig = plt.figure() X = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25) Y = np.arange(-5, 5, 0.25) X, Y = np.meshgrid(X, Y) R = np.sqrt(X**2 + Y**2) Z = np.sin(R) ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 1, projection='3d') surf = ax.plot_surface(X, Y, Z, rstride=1, cstride=1, cmap='viridis', linewidth=0, antialiased=False) ax.set_zlim3d(-1.01, 1.01) fig.colorbar(surf, shrink=0.5, aspect=5) X, Y, Z = get_test_data(0.05) ax = fig.add_subplot(1, 2, 2, projection='3d') ax.plot_wireframe(X, Y, Z, rstride=10, cstride=10) plt.show()