League of Legends (LoL) - Laptop and Desktop Benchmarks

Runs and runs and runs...smoothly. The free-to-play MOBA, which saw the light of day almost 10 years ago and broke the 100-million-player mark in 2016, still remains very low-maintenance in 2019. Smoothly playable across the graphics card landscape of recent years, League of Legends also delights gamers with older hardware. However, one can't expect much in terms of graphics quality in such games.

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Technical

As is common for a free-to-play game with paid additional content, League of Legends, from the developer Riot Games, settles for comparably low hardware requirements. In regard to graphics, only graphics cards that are on par with an Nvidia GeForce 8800 or an AMD Radeon 5670 are required. This means hardware that came on the market around 10 years ago along with the release of League of Legends.

Consequently, not much has changed since then; even the engine has basically remained the same. This is because a game that reached the 100-million-player mark in 2016 must be able to run smoothly and without issues on all possible platforms, from Windows XP with DirectX 9 all the way up to Windows 10 and DirectX 12. Especially in Asian countries, which make up a large part of the market of this game genre, and where numerous players resort to Internet cafes, a comprehensive graphics update would not be possible, even when the opinion that the graphics in League of Legends look outdated, and that the engine needs an overhaul is becoming increasingly popular in European forums and communities.

The first impression of the graphics reflects this with a typical fantasy-comic style. The advantage of the low graphics requirements is naturally the broad playability across all computers and laptops. Most integrated graphics chips can at least manage to run the game at 1920x1080 pixels with high details, as is the case for example with the popular Intel HD Graphics 620 or the Intel HD Graphics 615, which even reach 48 fps at ultra settings. Starting with the Intel UHD Graphics 605, the UHD Graphics 600 and the HD Graphics 500, performance will gradually go down. The limit for playability is set by the Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell), which performs the worst on the lowest level of details. However, the CPU of the review device should also take part of the blame since it's probably the bottleneck here, because the Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell) is stronger in performance than the Nvidia GeForce G210M, which lights up green again in our table with the low and medium settings.

The graphics options are quite simple. Alongside the complete list of possible resolutions, which starts at 1024x768 pixels, one of seven different preset levels of detail can be chosen through a slider. If you want more control over the richness of details, only four other quality settings corresponding to aspects such as the character, the environment, the effects and the shadows can be set to one of five levels.

A checkbox for anti-aliasing can be found separated from the detail presets, League of Legends only offers the simple FXAA though. Furthermore, V-Sync can be selected too, but that's it for quality settings.

HD (1280x720)

League of Legends
1280x720 very low
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop), i7-7740X i7-7740X Asus X299 Prime	271 (209^min) fps ∼87%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ MSI GL62M 7RD-077	157 (129^min) fps ∼50%
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ MSI GP62 2QD	145.9 (114^min) fps ∼47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ MSI GE72 965M Ti	122.3 (96^min) fps ∼39%
Intel HD Graphics 615, i7-7Y75 Eve-Tech Eve V i7	79 (66^min) fps ∼25%
NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 2970M MSI CX61 2QC 2970M MS-16GD	74.9 (55^min) fps ∼24%
Intel UHD Graphics 605, Pentium N5000 Topjoy Falcon	49.8 (41^min) fps ∼16%
Intel UHD Graphics 600, Celeron N4100 Chuwi LapBook SE	42.5 (33^min) fps ∼14%
Intel HD Graphics 500, Celeron N3350 Jumper EZbook 3	28.2 (22^min) fps ∼9%
Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell), Z8750 Teclast Tbook 16 Power	23.6 (17^min) fps ∼8%

FHD (1920x1080)

League of Legends
1920x1080 Medium 1920x1080 High AA:on 1920x1080 Very High AA:on
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop), i7-7740X i7-7740X Asus X299 Prime	249 (201^min) fps ∼88% 241 (189^min) fps ∼90% 219 (159^min) fps ∼90%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ MSI GL62M 7RD-077	148 (115^min) fps ∼52% 135 (111^min) fps ∼50% 146 (119^min) fps ∼60%
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ MSI GP62 2QD	115.1 (94^min) fps ∼41% 120.7 (96^min) fps ∼45% 122.6 (95^min) fps ∼50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ MSI GE72 965M Ti	108.8 (84^min) fps ∼38% 107.8 (77^min) fps ∼40% 106.2 (85^min) fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 2970M MSI CX61 2QC 2970M MS-16GD	70 (50^min) fps ∼25% 67.4 (46^min) fps ∼25% 65.1 (48^min) fps ∼27%
Intel HD Graphics 615, i7-7Y75 Eve-Tech Eve V i7	62 (50^min) fps ∼22% 51 (38^min) fps ∼19% 48.6 (34^min) fps ∼20%
Intel UHD Graphics 605, Pentium N5000 Topjoy Falcon	39 (24^min) fps ∼14% 26.6 (18^min) fps ∼10% 24.9 (17^min) fps ∼10%
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop), i7-7740X XFX RX-460P4DFG5 Double Dissipation 4 GB, Asus X299 Prime	213 (169^min) fps ∼88%

QHD (2560x1440) and UHD (3840x2160)

League of Legends
2560x1440 Very High AA:on 3840x2160 Very High AA:on
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop), i7-7740X i7-7740X Asus X299 Prime	222 (176^min) fps ∼89% 221 (161^min) fps ∼89%
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop), i7-7740X XFX RX-460P4DFG5 Double Dissipation 4 GB, Asus X299 Prime	209 (167^min) fps ∼84% 133 (87^min) fps ∼54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ MSI GL62M 7RD-077	138 (112^min) fps ∼55% 113 (92^min) fps ∼46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ MSI GE72 965M Ti	95.9 (71^min) fps ∼38% 82.9 (70^min) fps ∼34%
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ MSI GP62 2QD	95.5 (58^min) fps ∼38% 45 (34^min) fps ∼18%
Intel HD Graphics 615, i7-7Y75 Eve-Tech Eve V i7	34.4 (21^min) fps ∼14%

Note

Since gaming tests are very time intensive and often hindered by installation or activation limits, we can only provide a portion of the benchmarks at the time of publishing. Further graphics cards will be added in the coming days and weeks.

Overview

Test System

Device	Graphics Card	Processor	RAM	OS
Desktop-PC I	MSI GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X) MSI GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5) Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i9-9900K	4 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 i7-7740X	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop-PC III	AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (8 GB HBM2) XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 (8 GB GDDR5) Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB GDDR5) Nvidia Titan X (Pascal) (12 GB GDDR5X) Zotac Nvidia GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB GDDR5)	AMD Ryzen 7 2700X	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop-PC IV	Nvidia Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X	4 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GT76	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-9900K	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP65	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE65	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP65	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP75	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Alienware 17 R4	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X)	Intel Core i7-7820HK	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus G752VS	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-6820HK	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GT62VR	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-6820HK	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE72	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (2 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	1 x 16 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 CX72	Nvidia GeForce 940MX (2 GB DDR3)	Intel Core i7-6700HQ	2 x 8 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
Honor Magicbook	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U	1 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit

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Daniel Puschina, 2019-07- 4 (Update: 2019-07- 5)

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5	Stutters – 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.
30	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40	Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60	Fluent – 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.
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