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Ark Survival Evolved Notebook and Desktop Benchmarks

Dinosaur whisperer. It has been one of the most popular early-access titles of the last few years, and now that the dinosaur action spectacle Ark: Survival Evolved has been officially launched it is time to take a look at its system requirements to figure out whether or not the game gulps up computing power as fast as it does player avatars. Update: 25 Systems tested
Ark Survival Evolved

Technology

After almost two years of early access on Steam, the survival game Ark has finally been officially released for PC, Xbox One, and PlayStation 4. First things first: even though the game is referred to as “final” and the developers had plenty of time to address the numerous bugs and issues reported during the early access period the game is still far from perfect. Despite the short period of time we spent with it we found numerous graphics glitches, sound bugs, clipping bugs, as well as other problems ranging from things like path finding to dinosaurs randomly falling out of the sky after loading a game. At least those were all minor glitches that didn’t have a massive impact on our overall gaming experience. The game’s overall system requirements have the potential to do so but we’ll get to that later.

Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved

But first, let’s cover the basics. The game is built around the Unreal Engine 4 by Epic Games that really shines in high details settings. In addition to crisp textures we adored the thick vegetation, the impressive weather effects, and the day/night rhythm. Lighting is also very nice even though we find it to be a bit exaggerated, resulting in reflections on all sorts of organic material that make it look like metal. Anti-aliasing is also not exactly stellar – even on its highest settings some objects, such as palm leaves, seem to flicker severely. Apparently, Ark is utilizing a rather simple post-processing anti-aliasing algorithm.

Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved

The settings menu is surprisingly extensive. While more detailed explanations would have been welcome the 30+ available options are impressive. Some settings can only be turned on or off, others can be fine-tuned more extensively (see screenshots below). Their respective impact on performance varies between negligible and massive. For those of us who prefer playing rather than fiddling with settings a total of four presets are available. Unfortunately, we find them to lack refinement. For example, the medium setting has some settings set to epic while the epic setting doesn’t necessarily mean that all settings are enabled or maxed out. Accordingly, some additional fine-tuning might be necessary.

Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved
Ark Survival Evolved

One thing to note is that regardless of preset, Ark reduces the resolution via “Resolution Scale” somewhat to improve overall frame rates while at the same time resulting in a slightly mushy and blurry image. Thus, after selecting a new preset we had to manually reset this option to 100 % every time. In addition, we found it quite bothersome and annoying that some settings require a restart of the entire game, and more often than not a change in resolution had not been applied after restarting the game. The latter in particular needs to be addressed by the developers asap. In addition to powerful hardware, the game also requires a large hard drive. Despite a download size of only 16 GB once installed the game required around 60 GB without any additional mods installed. Loading times were decent with an SSD, loading from HDDs is obviously going to be significantly slower.

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Benchmark

In order to achieve more consistent benchmark results we opted for the single-player instead of the multi-player mode. As can be seen in the video below the avatar is spawned in a newly created map, more specifically the “South Zone 1” map that is part of the “The Island” campaign.

The game stutters noticeably in the very beginning and frame rates obtained during this early period are highly unreliable. Consequently, we start our benchmark sequence the moment we were able to start moving the main character. Once we obtain control over the avatar, we sprint along the beach for roughly 20 seconds until we reach a predetermined point. Due to the random placement of dinosaurs slight variances in the frame rates obtained during this sprint sequence might occur. In addition, the random placement of dinosaurs also leads to occasional attacks by aggressive species early on, in which case we repeat the entire procedure. Although the time of day is one of the many random factors determined when launching the campaign, we found it to have almost no effect on frame rates. It does therefore not matter whether the benchmark is performed at virtual dawn, noon, or dusk.

Given that Survival Evolved is a first-person shooter (third-person perspective is optional) we’re aiming for an average of at least 35-40 FPS (consistent with our requirements for all other first-person shooters). A truly smooth gaming experience starts at around 60 FPS or more. As expected, the GPU has the biggest impact on performance and even high-performance graphics cards turn out to be a bottleneck. The microprocessor was only relevant on low settings and resolutions. Short and sudden FPS drops can be attributed to the less than optimal coding with lots of room for improvement.

Results

As can be seen on the screenshots below the four presets have different effects on the overall gaming experience. While the main differences between medium, high, and epic are long distance rendering and details (high and epic mostly improve on vegetation in the distance) as well as shadows, the game is shabby and ugly on low due to a complete lack of shadows, mushy and poor textures, and a very short rendering distance.

Unfortunately, the higher settings come at a high price. In order to enjoy the game at FHD resolution (1920 x 1080) in the epic preset you will need at least a GeForce GTX 1070 or a GeForce GTX 1080. In other words: the crème de la crème of gaming GPUs. For the high preset and FHD resolution a GeForce GTX 1060 or GTX 980 will do fine, although with these the medium preset will offer a more reactive and overall smoother gaming experience. The AMD Radeon RX 480 GPU for desktops is in our tests a bit slower than the competing GeForce GTX 1060 and gets even beaten by the laptop version. 

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Epic

Midrange GPUs, such as the GeForce GTX 1050 (Ti), will only be able to render the game smoothly with medium details at lower resolutions (e.g. 1366 x 768). Multimedia laptops with a Geforce 940MX (DDR3) or Radeon R7 M440 (and the like) are not able to achieve playable framerates over 30fps in our tests. Therefore, office laptops with integrated graphics cards like the Intel UHD 620 are not able to display fluent framerates in Ark.

Ark Survival Evolved
    3840x2160 Epic Preset (100 % Resolution Scale)     1920x1080 Epic Preset (100 % Resolution Scale)     1920x1080 High Preset (100 % Resolution Scale)     1920x1080 Medium Preset (100 % Resolution Scale)     1366x768 Medium Preset (100 % Resolution Scale)     1280x720 Low Preset (100 % Resolution Scale)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop), 4790K
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
22.5 (21min) fps ∼78%
58.5 (54min) fps ∼61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), 6700K
Desktop PC
17.6 (16min) fps ∼61%
47.2 (44min) fps ∼49%
70.1 (66min) fps ∼67%
91.3 (70min) fps ∼72%
127 (84min) fps ∼100%
128 (85min) fps ∼80%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), 6700K
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070
15.1 (14min) fps ∼52%
40.4 (38min) fps ∼42%
59.4 (56min) fps ∼57%
82.6 (73min) fps ∼66%
118 (83min) fps ∼93%
130 (85min) fps ∼81%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK
Asus G752VS
13.8 (13min) fps ∼48%
36.2 (34min) fps ∼38%
54.3 (51min) fps ∼52%
74.9 (66min) fps ∼59%
101 (68min) fps ∼80%
102 (68min) fps ∼63%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), 6700K
Desktop PC
9.9 (9min) fps ∼34%
27.1 (25min) fps ∼28%
39.9 (38min) fps ∼38%
54.6 (49min) fps ∼43%
85.1 (74min) fps ∼67%
126 (83min) fps ∼78%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, 6700K
Desktop PC
9.4 (8min) fps ∼32%
26.7 (25min) fps ∼28%
39.7 (37min) fps ∼38%
57.2 (53min) fps ∼45%
88.2 (73min) fps ∼69%
118 (74min) fps ∼73%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK
MSI GT62VR
9.1 (8min) fps ∼31%
25 (23min) fps ∼26%
37 (35min) fps ∼36%
48.6 (46min) fps ∼39%
76.7 (57min) fps ∼60%
86.6 (60min) fps ∼54%
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop), 4790K
AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB Reference
23.3 (21min) fps ∼24%
33.9 (32min) fps ∼33%
47.3 (38min) fps ∼38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ
MSI GE72 7RE-046
21.8 (20min) fps ∼21%
31.6 (30min) fps ∼25%
89 (55min) fps ∼55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ
MSI GL62M 7RD-077
16.5 (12min) fps ∼16%
24.3 (23min) fps ∼19%
76 (64min) fps ∼47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ
MSI GE72 965M Ti
24.5 (23min) fps ∼19%
78 (51min) fps ∼48%
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i7-7700HQ
MSI PL62 MX150 7700HQ
13.5 (12min) fps ∼11%
53.8 (47min) fps ∼33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M, 6700HQ
MSI PE60 2QD
10.3 (9min) fps ∼10%
15.3 (14min) fps ∼12%
53.7 (49min) fps ∼33%
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 6700HQ
MSI CX72 6QD
7 (6min) fps ∼6%
26.4 (23min) fps ∼16%
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ
MSI GP62 2QD
7.5 (6min) fps ∼6%
28.2 (25min) fps ∼18%
NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 2970M
MSI CX61 2QC 2970M MS-16GD
16.6 (15min) fps ∼10%

Overview

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Epic Preset (100 % Resolution Scale)
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
118.6
88.4
63n3
44.7n3
16.1n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
160.9
87.9
63.5
43.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
102
74.9
54.3
36.2
13.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
156.8
73.5
55.4
36.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
128.5
67.4
52.1
36.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
158.3
62.7
45.7
31.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
86.6
48.6
36.2n2
25n3
9.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
109
48
35.5
25.6
8.5
AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
87.5
41.2
29.1
20.3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
91.95n2
31.45n2
22.25n2
14.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
78
24.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
76
24.3
16.5
AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
64.3
18.9
14
9.7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
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15.3
10.3
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10
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14.2
5.7
AMD Radeon Pro 555
47.1
14
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
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13.4n2
10.2
AMD Radeon Pro 450
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12
AMD Radeon RX 540
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10.5
10.4
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28.2
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NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
26.4n3
7.3n3
6.2
3.1
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
21.8
6.8
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
15
6.2
AMD Radeon R5 M255
13.8
5
Intel HD Graphics 620
14.6
4.9
Intel HD Graphics 530
4.1
Intel HD Graphics 5300
NVIDIA ION 2
Intel Arc A770M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
NVIDIA GeForce MX110
AMD Radeon Pro 460
AMD Radeon HD 8830M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R9 M275
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
Intel Extreme Graphics 2
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Intel Arc A530M
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Intel UHD Graphics 770
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
Intel Iris Graphics 6100
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
NVIDIA GeForce 825M
AMD Radeon 625
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
AMD Radeon HD 8570M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
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NVIDIA GeForce 410M
AMD Radeon HD 8450G
AMD Radeon R5 M330
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce G 107M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
AMD Radeon RX 570 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon R7 M260
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
Intel HD Graphics 5600
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Adreno GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
7
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
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Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Intel HD Graphics 520
10
AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
VIA S3G UniChrome Pro
AMD Radeon R5 M335
AMD Radeon HD 8180
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost
AMD Radeon RX 6550M
NVIDIA GeForce 315M
AMD Radeon HD 7590M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M
ATI Radeon Xpress X1250
AMD Radeon HD 7510M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
NVIDIA GeForce 840M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
AMD Radeon RX 6700S
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
AMD Radeon RX 490M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
AMD Radeon HD 8280
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 565v
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
AMD Radeon R9 M385
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
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AMD Radeon R4 (Beema)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900
NVIDIA GeForce 4 488 Go
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
Intel UHD Graphics P630
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
AMD Radeon R7 M440
15.8
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
AMD Radeon HD 8330
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
Intel HD Graphics 615
ATI Mobility 128 M3
Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
NVIDIA GeForce MX570
ATI Mobility Radeon X1350
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Intel HD Graphics 6000
AMD Radeon HD 8510G
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
AMD Radeon Pro 555X
AMD Radeon HD 8350G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
AMD Radeon HD 7340
AMD Radeon 530
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6380G
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP
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NVIDIA GeForce G 102M
Intel Arc A570M
AMD Radeon HD 8250
NVIDIA GeForce 830M
AMD Radeon HD 7450M
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
AMD Radeon HD 6370M
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
AMD Radeon R9 M370X
Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)
Intel UHD Graphics 617
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
Qualcomm Adreno 685
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon HD 7650M
AMD Radeon HD 6490M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
AMD Radeon HD 8670M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
AMD Radeon 630
SIS Mirage M661FX
AMD Radeon HD 8400
NVIDIA GeForce 845M
Intel HD Graphics 505
AMD Radeon R7 M380
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
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ATI Mobility Radeon X1800XT
ATI Radeon HD 3100
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
AMD Radeon R7 M445
AMD Radeon HD 8770M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 530v
NVIDIA GeForce MX350
AMD Radeon HD 7600G
Intel UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU)
Intel Arc A310
ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
Qualcomm Adreno 630
AMD Radeon R5 (Kaveri)
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
ATI Radeon HD 4250
AMD Radeon HD 7530M
Intel HD Graphics 515
Intel UHD Graphics 615
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
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AMD Radeon R9 M365X
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
AMD Radeon HD 7500G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
AMD Radeon R6 (Mullins)
Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU
AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT
NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
NVIDIA GeForce 320M
AMD Radeon R5 M230
Intel Iris Graphics 5100
AMD Radeon R7 M360
AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
SIS Mirage 3 671MX
AMD Radeon HD 6310
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AMD Radeon HD 8550G
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
AMD Radeon R5 M320
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
AMD Radeon HD 6290
AMD Radeon Pro 560X
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs
Intel Iris Graphics 540
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2700
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon 620
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
VIA Castle Rock
AMD Radeon R9 M390
AMD Radeon RX 580X (Laptop)
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3410
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
AMD Radeon Pro 560
ATI Radeon Xpress X1270
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
NVIDIA GeForce 3 Go
AMD Radeon RX 6600S
AMD Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
AMD Radeon RX 5600M
AMD Radeon HD 6450M
NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU
Intel UHD Graphics 605
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NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R9 M380
ATI Mobility Radeon X300
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce 4 460 Go
AMD Radeon Pro 455
AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Intel HD Graphics P630
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
Intel UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 16 EU)
NVIDIA RTX A4000 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
Silicon Motion SM502
AMD Radeon HD 7620G
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
NVIDIA GeForce MX250
AMD Radeon RX 6300M
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AMD Radeon HD 8970M
AMD Radeon HD 6530M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Intel Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc)
AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
Intel Iris Graphics 550
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
Intel HD Graphics 500
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 7350M
NVIDIA GeForce G 105M
NVIDIA GeForce 910M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5770
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
ATI Mobility Radeon M7
AMD Radeon 660M
Intel Arc A550M
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430
AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo)
AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R9 M395
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 560v
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
Intel UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N)
AMD Radeon HD 8240
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell)
5.9
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AMD Radeon R7 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon 520
Qualcomm Adreno 680
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
Intel UHD Graphics 610
Apple M2 10-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6730M
Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce G 110M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
AMD Radeon HD 8750M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
AMD Radeon HD 8410G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
AMD Radeon HD 6620G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon HD 6850M
Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
AMD Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
AMD Radeon HD 7750M
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200
AMD Radeon R5 M315
ATI Radeon IGP 340M
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Intel UHD Graphics 620
15.3
AMD Radeon RX 6550S
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M
NVIDIA GeForce MX550
AMD Radeon RX 6800S
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
AMD Radeon HD 8650G
Intel HD Graphics 510
AMD Radeon HD 7310
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
ATI Radeon HD 4225
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G
ATI Radeon Xpress X1200
AMD Radeon HD 7290
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 8650M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
AMD Radeon RX 5700M
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
Intel HD Graphics 2500
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 Max-Q
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop)
Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
Intel Arc A370M
AMD Radeon HD 8210
AMD Radeon HD 7370M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
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NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
AMD Radeon HD 7420G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
Apple M3 10-Core GPU
AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L)
ATI Mobility Radeon X800
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750
AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
SIS Mirage 2 M760
AMD Radeon RX 6450M
ATI Radeon HD 4270
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
AMD Radeon HD 7630M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
AMD Radeon 610M
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
13.1
ATI Mobility Radeon X800XT
Intel HD Graphics 610
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
AMD Radeon HD 6830M
NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100)
AMD Radeon RX 6650M
AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
AMD Radeon HD 8610G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
NVIDIA T600 Laptop GPU
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AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6250
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
16.6
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 4 440 Go
Intel HD Graphics 630
15.7
NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Intel Arc A730M
Intel HD Graphics P530
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake)
AMD Radeon RX 7700S
ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
AMD Radeon Pro 5300M
ATI Radeon HD 4100
NVIDIA GeForce 710M
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon RX 540X
NVIDIA GeForce MX130
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
Intel HD Graphics (Skylake)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
NVIDIA GeForce 7190M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
AMD Radeon HD 8310G
Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD Radeon HD 7570M
AMD Radeon HD 6870M
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
SIS Mirage 3+ 672MX
AMD Radeon HD 6350M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
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AMD Radeon HD 6570M
ATI Mobility Radeon M6
AMD Radeon HD 6250
AMD Radeon 760M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Intel UHD Graphics 600
Intel UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 32 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
AMD Radeon R7 M460
ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
AMD Radeon 540X
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell)
AMD Radeon 680M
Apple M3 8-Core GPU
AMD Radeon 740M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce 705M
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
AMD Radeon HD 7430M
NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
AMD Radeon RX 7600M
AMD Radeon HD 6330M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
AMD Radeon RX 640
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
AMD Radeon RX 570X (Laptop)
VIA Chrome9 HC
AMD Radeon R5 M430
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
AMD Radeon R7 M270
AMD Radeon HD 7950M
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AMD Radeon R7 M265
NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
NVIDIA GeForce 945M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
AMD Radeon RX 7900M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
AMD Radeon R5 M420
ATI Radeon IGP 320M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
AMD Radeon R7 M340
VIA Chrome9HD
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
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ATI Radeon Xpress 1250
AMD Radeon HD 7490M
Intel HD Graphics 5000
AMD Radeon HD 7690M
AMD Radeon R7 M465
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
NVIDIA GeForce 405M
Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
AMD Radeon HD 8590M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce G 205M
AMD Radeon R9 M375
Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
AMD Radeon HD 6320
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Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)
Qualcomm Adreno 690
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
ATI Radeon HD 3200
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R9 M470
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200
AMD Radeon HD 7770M
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
NVIDIA GeForce G210M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
AMD Radeon 610
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)
Intel HD Graphics 4600
9.6
VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
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NVIDIA GeForce MX330
Intel HD Graphics 2000
AMD Radeon RX Vega Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
ATI Radeon HD 4200
NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
AMD Radeon RX 7600S
ATI Mobility Radeon X600
AMD Radeon HD 7660G
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
Intel UHD Graphics 630
AMD Radeon 780M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530
AMD Radeon RX 5300M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
AMD Radeon R5 M240
AMD Radeon HD 6430M
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830
ATI Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
Intel HD Graphics 5500
10.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
56.6
38.6
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
NVIDIA GeForce 610M
AMD Radeon HD 6470M
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AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU
AMD Radeon HD 7550M
AMD Radeon R7 M370
Intel Arc A350M
AMD Radeon R9 M270
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Intel HD Graphics 4200
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
AMD Radeon HD 7640G
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
NVIDIA GeForce 4 420 Go
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
24.4
AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon R7 M260X
AMD Radeon HD 7730M
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NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
ATI Mobility Radeon X700
unknown
AMD Radeon R9 M265X
Intel HD Graphics 4400
7
AMD Radeon HD 7400G
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
AMD Radeon HD 6770M
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
NVIDIA GeForce 7150M
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
(-) * Smaller values are better. / n123 Number of benchmarks for this median value / * Approximate position

 

Legend
5Stutters – This game is very likely to stutter and have poor frame rates. Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, average frame rates are expected to fall below 25fps
May Stutter – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, stutters and poor frame rates are expected.
30Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 58fps
May Run Fluently – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game. Based on interpolated information from surrounding graphics cards of similar performance levels, fluent frame rates are expected.
?Uncertain – This graphics card experienced unexpected performance issues during testing for this game. A slower card may be able to achieve better and more consistent frame rates than this particular GPU running the same benchmark scene.
Uncertain – This graphics card has not been explicitly tested on this game and no reliable interpolation can be made based on the performances of surrounding cards of the same class or family.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

Test systems

System Graphics Card Processor RAM Operating System
Desktop-PC I MSI GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 (4 GB GDDR5)
Intel Core i7-6700K 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop-PC II Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB GDDR5X)
Asus GeForce GTX 980 Ti (6 GB GDDR5)
XFX Radeon R9 Fury (4 GB HBM)
Sapphire Radeon R9 290X (4 GB GDDR5)
Sapphire Radeon R9 280X (3 GB GDDR5)
MSI Radeon R7 370 (2 GB GDDR5)
Intel Core i7-4790K 2 x 4 GB DDR3 Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus G752VS Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6820HK 4 x 16 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GT62VR Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6820HK 4 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE72 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2 x 4 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus GL753VD Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (4 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GL62 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2 x 4 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE72 Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6700HQ 1 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI PE60 Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2 x 4 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP62 Nvidia GeForce 940M (2 GB DDR3) Intel Core i7-5700HQ 1 x 8 GB DDR3 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI CX61 Nvidia GeForce 920M (2 GB DDR3) Intel Celeron 2970M 1 x 8 GB DDR3 Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus N551ZU AMD Radeon R9 M280X (4 GB GDDR5) AMD FX-7600P 2 x 4 GB DDR3 Windows 10 64 Bit
4K monitor Nvidia driver AMD driver
2 x Asus PB287Q, Philips 328P6VJEB ForceWare 385.41 Crimson 17.8.2
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Florian Glaser, 2017-09- 2 (Update: 2017-10-25)