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Batman: Arkham City Benchmarks

Editorial Team (translated by Martina Osztovits), 01/06/2012

Following the surprising success of "Arkham Asylum", British Rocksteady Studios published their second Batman Software in 2011. Learn about the system requirements of the excellent "Arkham City".

Our test routine

Arkham City conveniently has an integrated benchmark under the options of the game. It takes about one minute and displays average, minimum and maximum frame rate.

1920 x 1080, Extreme Preset, DX11, 4x MSAA
1920 x 1080, Extreme Preset, DX11, 4x MSAA
1366 x 768, High Preset, DX11, 2x MSAA
1366 x 768, High Preset, DX11, 2x MSAA
1366 x 768, Medium Preset, DX9
1366 x 768, Medium Preset, DX9
1024 x 768, Low Preset, DX9
1024 x 768, Low Preset, DX9
1920 x 1080, Extreme Preset, DX11, 4x MSAA
1366 x 768, High Preset, DX11, 2x MSAA
1366 x 768, Medium Preset, DX9
1024 x 768, Low Preset, DX9

Analysis of the Benchmarks

Despite the old Unreal-Engine 3 the action title looks extremely good with maximum details, active DirectX 11 and manifold antialiasing. However, it can only be played with a true high-end graphics card. Even for high details, a moderate resolution of 1366 x 768 a high-end graphics cards is indeed required (e.g. GeForce GTX 560M). 

If you do not need DirectX 11 and choose medium details, you can play Arkham City with a "standard" GPU like the GeForce GT 540M. Low-end graphics cards like the HD Graphics 3000 integrated in Intel's Sandy Bridge processor suffice low detail settings.

An overview of all games can be found here.

Show Restrictions
Pos      Model                                     Batman: Arkham City
 Batman: Arkham City (2011)
low
1024x768
Low Preset
med.
1366x768
Medium Preset
high
1366x768
High Preset DX11
2x MSAA		ultra
1920x1080
Extreme Preset DX11
4x MSAA
 1NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M SLI
166
142
105
 3AMD Radeon HD 7970M Crossfire
165
97
61
 5NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680
152
76
69
 6AMD Radeon HD 7970
159
146
120
91
 10AMD Radeon HD 7870
161
146
114
72
 16NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
152
142
110
59
 17AMD Radeon HD 7970M
164
144
98
56
 18NVIDIA Quadro K5000M
82
43
 30AMD Radeon HD 6870
110
57
 31NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470
146
136
96
51
 36NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
43
24
 37ATI Radeon HD 5850
141
131
67
27
 38NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
110
100
58
31
 39NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
131
121
67
34
 41AMD Radeon HD 7770
152
134
82
38
 48AMD Radeon HD 6970M
96
88
71
35
 52NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
157
138
66
29
 57NVIDIA Quadro K3000M
144
124
80
40
 59AMD FirePro M6000
169
125
58
32
Pos      Model                                     Batman: Arkham City
lowmed.highultra
 67NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
134
115
64
32
 74NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
134
90
48
24
 76NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
129
111
51
21
 80NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450
56
23
 92*NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
60
25
 98NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
91
74
36
17
 99AMD Radeon HD 7730M
66
48
36
16
 124AMD Radeon HD 6770M
77
58
18
8
 126NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
101
76
33
13
 142NVIDIA Quadro K1000M
92
65
30
14
 163*AMD Radeon HD 7520G + HD 7670M Dual Graphics
56
48
14
8
 164AMD Radeon HD 7670M
62
51
32
9
 170NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
77
59
20
 179NVIDIA NVS 5400M
45
40
21
 190AMD Radeon HD 7650M
46
35
26
 191AMD FirePro M2000
68
51
24
10
 195ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
68
54
13
5
 196AMD Radeon HD 7660G
52
43
16
5
 209NVIDIA NVS 5200M
34
29
18
 219AMD Radeon HD 7550M
41
34
12
Pos      Model                                     Batman: Arkham City
lowmed.highultra
 245Intel HD Graphics 4000
61
45
13
8
 247AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5
64
48
12
4
 251*AMD Radeon HD 7500G
32
26
9
 258AMD Radeon HD 7520G
42
34
12
 321Intel HD Graphics 3000
30
23
 376*Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
24
18
* 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
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.
123Uncertain – 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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Author: Editorial Team, 2012-01- 6 (Update: 2012-05-26)