With slideshow on, when "Change background every" time is elapsed, the background will change with "Background change effect" even if you remain on the opened new tab.
With slideshow off, it'll remain unchanged even if "Change background every" time is elapsed.
These rules apply if you opened just one new tab. If you keep opening new tabs, they'll all have most recently changed background. The "Instant" value in "Change background every" means 1 ms, so every time you open a new tab background is going to change and update the background in every new tab. Try increasing
"Change background every" value to something higher and you'll see the difference.