Dirt 3 Benchmarks

Dirt 3 is a racing game with awe-inspiring visuals. Thanks to its various graphics settings, the game can be configured to run optimally on any system. In the following article, we will detail the hardware requirements of this game with the help of various benchmarks.

Florian Glaser (translated by Vinay Pradhan), Published 11/02/2011 🇩🇪

How we test

Thankfully, Dirt 3 has an integrated benchmark which can be found at the bottom of the graphics settings screen. The integrated benchmark includes a short intro sequence and a race (in snow) between the computer AI versus multiple opponents. The race lasts one minute and it never runs the same way twice, so the average frames per second vary from benchmark to benchmark.

800x600, Ultra Low Preset, Radeon HD 5850

1366x768, High Preset, 2xAA, Radeon HD 5850

1920x1080, Ultra Preset, 4xAA, Radeon HD 5850

Analysis of the Benchmarks

For the best visuals, the user will need a high-end graphics card. Fluid gameplay with ultra high details, 4x AA (Anti-Aliasing) and the Full HD resolution of 1920x1080 pixels is only possible with a Radeon HD 6990M or a GeForce GTX 580M.

The user can run the game at high details (very little difference), 2x AA and a resolution of 1366x768 pixels with a middle-class GPU like the Radeon HD 5650 or GeForce GT 540M.

The game can be run with minimum details and a low resolution of 1024x768 pixels on a low-end graphic card as well.

An overview of all the games we have tested can be found here.

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Florian Glaser, 2011-11- 2 (Update: 2013-06- 6)

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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.
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.

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1141	Qualcomm Adreno 304
313	AMD Radeon Pro 560
1144	Qualcomm Adreno 302
620	AMD Radeon HD 6850M
648	AMD Radeon HD 6830M
1018*	AMD Radeon HD 6310
1016*	AMD Radeon HD 6320	25.2ⁿ³	12.85ⁿ²
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281*	AMD Radeon 760M
249	AMD Radeon 680M
607*	AMD Radeon HD 6775G2
237	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
39	NVIDIA RTX A5500 Laptop GPU
331	AMD Radeon Pro 455
329	AMD Radeon Pro 555X
696	AMD Radeon HD 6650M	50ⁿ³	26.89ⁿ³	19ⁿ³
190*	AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
204	AMD Radeon Pro 5300M
737*	AMD Radeon HD 6680G2	64.9	57.6	23.7
695*	AMD Radeon HD 6690G2
838*	AMD Radeon HD 6480G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics	41.1	28.2	26.4
1039	AMD Radeon HD 6250
410	AMD FirePro W5130M
932*	AMD Radeon HD 7430M
969*	AMD Radeon HD 7350M
918	AMD Radeon HD 7370M
1015	AMD Radeon HD 7340
1029	AMD Radeon HD 7290
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337	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs

1095	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
79	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 SLI (Laptop)
380	Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)
1028	NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
146	Nvidia RTX 1000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU
585	Intel UHD Graphics 630
564	NVIDIA GeForce 920M
967	Intel HD Graphics 2500
852	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX	101.2	41.4	27
814	NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT SLI
1094	NVIDIA GeForce Go 6250
27	NVIDIA RTX 3500 Ada Generation Laptop GPU

38	NVIDIA RTX 3000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU

54	NVIDIA RTX 2000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU
211*	NVIDIA Quadro T2000 Max-Q
220*	NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop)
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1121*	PowerVR SGX543MP3
228	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M SLI
1168	PowerVR SGX535
23	NVIDIA RTX 4000 Ada Generation Laptop GPU
32	NVIDIA Titan RTX















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652*	AMD Radeon HD 6730M	134.8	62.9	41.6	15.7
1152*	Qualcomm Adreno 225
833	AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5	138.2	41.11	27.4	12.8
914*	AMD Radeon HD 6480G
579	AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
241*	AMD Radeon 780M
358	AMD Radeon 630
510	AMD Radeon 625
411	AMD FirePro M8900
401*	AMD FirePro W5170M
577	AMD Radeon 520
745	AMD Radeon HD 6630M	89.5ⁿ³	51.4ⁿ³	36.3ⁿ³	13ⁿ²
837	AMD Radeon HD 7500G
931	AMD Radeon HD 6450M	32	30	19	8
1030	AMD Radeon HD 6290	15.9	12.6	12.6	-1
424*	AMD Radeon 740M
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469	AMD FirePro W4190M
359*	AMD Radeon 540X
356	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M	182.6	123.4	107	48
890	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	79.6ⁿ⁴	35.7ⁿ⁴	23.05ⁿ⁴	12.6ⁿ²












314	AMD Radeon Pro 460
836*	AMD Radeon HD 6540G2	73.2	45.3
834*	AMD Radeon HD 6545G2
535	AMD Radeon HD 6870M
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753	AMD Radeon HD 6530M
764	AMD Radeon HD 7640G	65.3	33.5
436	AMD Radeon HD 6950M
760	AMD Radeon HD 7640G + HD 7610M Dual Graphics
















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741	AMD Radeon HD 6550M




226*	NVIDIA T600 Laptop GPU
517	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
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210*	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
140	NVIDIA Quadro P4200

659*	AMD Radeon HD 6620G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics
835*	AMD Radeon HD 6520G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics	61.95ⁿ²	41.2ⁿ²	30.45ⁿ²

759*	AMD Radeon HD 6550D	122.4	55.6	37.09ⁿ²	13.1ⁿ²













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330	AMD Radeon Pro 555
953	NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT




149*	AMD Radeon Pro 5600M
312	AMD Radeon Pro 560X
262	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
240	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20



345*	AMD Radeon Pro WX 2100


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347*	AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100

626	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M



350	AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire	269.6	161	132.9	67.8
388	AMD Radeon HD 6990M	209.5	96.1	91.35ⁿ²	39.38ⁿ³
412	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	224.7	104.8	78.7	33.2


301	AMD Radeon HD 6970
353	AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire
740	ATI Radeon HD 5570
635	AMD Radeon HD 7660G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics	83	48	44	22
981	ATI Mobility Radeon X800
1182	ATI Radeon IGP 340M
987	ATI Mobility Radeon X700
1183	ATI Radeon IGP 320M
736	NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
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647	NVIDIA GeForce GT 430


1061	NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
514	NVIDIA GeForce 830M


873	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
255*	NVIDIA GeForce MX450



782	NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
1	NVIDIA RTX 6000 Ada Generation
531	NVIDIA GeForce 825M
798	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
916	NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
624	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
245	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960
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756	NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
492	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M			77.9	25.4
505	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M		92.7	56.2
543	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M	144	95	66	21
127	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 SLI (Laptop)
529	NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M		81.8	48.3	16.2
151	NVIDIA Quadro P5000
676	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M		70.2	42.4
192	NVIDIA Quadro P3200
687*	AMD Radeon HD 6720G2		40	35.3
839*	AMD Radeon HD 6515G2
879*	AMD Radeon HD 6510G2
1109*	PowerVR GE8300

115	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 (Laptop)
1165*	Qualcomm Adreno 205
122*	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 4000 Max-Q



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76	NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
135*	NVIDIA Quadro RTX 3000 Max-Q


















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767	PowerVR GXA6850
894	PowerVR GX6450
















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765	PowerVR GM9446

1056*	PowerVR GE8322 / IMG8322
1137*	PowerVR SGX544
















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682*	AMD Radeon R5 M420
901	AMD Radeon HD 6520G	58	17	15
888	AMD Radeon HD 6470M	81.75ⁿ²	36.95ⁿ²	24.15ⁿ²	12.9ⁿ²
640	AMD Radeon HD 6750M	72.6	46.9	40	14.3
842	AMD Radeon HD 6490M	76.45ⁿ²	29.46ⁿ²	21.55ⁿ²	9
283	AMD Radeon 660M
449	AMD FirePro W4170M
621	AMD FirePro W2100
928	AMD Radeon HD 6370M
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970*	AMD Radeon HD 6350M
990*	AMD Radeon HD 6330M
568	AMD Radeon 620
578	AMD Radeon 610
580*	AMD Radeon 610M
450	AMD FirePro W4100
610	AMD FirePro M5950		82.4	56.1	18.2
533	AMD FirePro M4000
310	AMD FirePro M6100
889*	AMD FirePro M3900
546	AMD FirePro M4100
509	AMD Radeon 530
747	AMD FirePro M2000
615	AMD Radeon HD 6770M	83.2	54	46.3	17






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398	AMD Radeon HD 6790













426	AMD FirePro M6000
28	AMD Radeon Pro W6800
51	NVIDIA RTX A4500 Laptop GPU

427	AMD FirePro M5100
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180	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M SLI

784*	AMD Radeon HD 6645G2
650*	AMD Radeon HD 6760G2
677	NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
385	ATI Radeon HD 5850	114.4	71.4	70.1	46.7
177	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
209*	NVIDIA Quadro P3000 Max-Q


137	AMD Radeon Pro Vega 56
166	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980

370	AMD Radeon HD 6870	307.45ⁿ²	169ⁿ²	125.3ⁿ²	53.4ⁿ²
271	AMD FirePro W7170M





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961*	AMD Radeon HD 6430M
962*	AMD Radeon HD 6380G
612	AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)	66.1	35.2	25.2	12.9
597	AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
1017	AMD Radeon HD 7310
232	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M SLI
293	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M		152.6	146.2	86
790*	AMD Radeon HD 6620G + HD 7450M Dual Graphics
665	AMD Radeon R5 M335










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120*	AMD Radeon PRO W6600M
667	AMD Radeon R5 M430
1040	NVIDIA Quadro NVS 150M
234	AMD Radeon HD 8970M Crossfire
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1134	PowerVR SGX545
299	AMD Radeon HD 8970M
791*	AMD Radeon HD 6640G2

357	AMD Radeon Pro 450
822	AMD Radeon HD 6620G	58.5ⁿ²	36ⁿ³	24ⁿ³	12.85
383	Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580