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Metro Exodus Laptop and Desktop Benchmarks

Demanding even without Raytracing. Metro Exodus is the next game to support Raytracing after Battlefield V. Read on to find out why this first-person shooter needs a powerful GPU even at moderate settings.
Metro Exodus

Technology

While Metro Exodus has been well received by the press and has scored highly in reviews, the gaming community has been more divided. In addition to its release on the Epic Games Launcher rather than on Steam as was originally planned, the engine underpinning the game has drawn criticism for its high system requirements. Our test and benchmark tables below confirm the latter, and Metro Exodus is currently only truly playable on gaming or high-end GPUs. By contrast, games such as Far Cry New Dawn have more frugal system requirements despite having large open areas in which to explore.

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In general, Metro Exodus struggles with fluctuating framerates, which is especially noticeable with GPUs that have less than 6 GB of VRAM. Moreover, the game crashed on several of our test systems, for some reason. This only happened occasionally, but it is still a frustrating experience, nonetheless. 4A Games, which also developed Metro 2033 and Metro: Last Light, could do with improving loading times too as they are comparatively slow currently.

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Metro Exodus looks great though. While there are a few muddy textures now and then, the graphics are impressive overall. The developers have done a great job of not only including a tremendous amount of detail in indoor and outdoor environments but also for the lighting, which adds an eerie atmosphere to the game. The first-person point of view is impersive too thanks to Artyom’s animated arms and legs along with your impaired view through his gas mask.

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Metro Exodus
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Metro Exodus

Unfortunately, Metro Exodus has only a few graphics settings, which take a while to scroll through, because of the game’s huge font. We also did not like the lack of explanatory notes for each setting, as it is not necessarily obvious what each setting does.

The game has five graphics presets instead of detailed options as we have seen with Far Cry New Dawn. We would advise against setting the game to the Extreme preset though as the performance loss is much greater than the graphical improvements. There are also options for DirectX, gamma, motion blur, tessellation, texture filtering, and V-Sync among others. Altering the DirectX mode hardly had any influence on framerates in our experience.

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Metro Exodus
Metro Exodus

It is also worth noting that we set the shading rate to the base value of 1.0 for our tests. The NVIDIA Hairworks and advanced PhysX are designed to work with NVIDIA GPUs but enabling them should provide some benefits to AMD GPUs too. However, DLSS and Raytracing will currently only work on GeForce RTX 20 series cards.

Frustratingly, Metro Exodus must be restarted to apply some settings changes. Incidentally, the game needs just under 50 GB of storage.

Low preset
Low preset
Medium preset
Medium preset
High preset
High preset
Ultra preset
Ultra preset

Benchmarks

The developers deserve praise for the built-in benchmark though, although we are not fans of it having a dedicated launcher that is only accessible within the game folder. The benchmark lasts around 1:45 minutes and shows a tracking shot through indoor and outdoor areas. The sequence is more demanding than real gameplay, so your system should achieve higher framerates in-game than it does during the benchmark. The developers have included a detailed breakdown too that contains minimum, average and maximum framerates, which appears after the benchmark is finished.

Our customised RTX benchmark settings
Our customised RTX benchmark settings
Our customised 4K benchmark settings
Our customised 4K benchmark settings
Our customised QHD benchmark settings
Our customised QHD benchmark settings
Our customised Ultra benchmark settings
Our customised Ultra benchmark settings
Our customised High benchmark settings
Our customised High benchmark settings
Our customised Medium benchmark settings
Our customised Medium benchmark settings
Our customised Low benchmark settings
Our customised Low benchmark settings
A look at the information that Metro Exodus’ benchmark results provide
A look at the information that Metro Exodus’ benchmark results provide

If your system averages 45 FPS during the benchmark, then the game should generally run smoothly. You can also follow our customised presets too, which differ slightly from the default presets, to achieve more stable framerates.

Results

HD (1,280x720)

Metro Exodus is power hungry even at minimum graphics in 720p. The game is playable on an NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050, but older cards such as the GeForce GTX 960M will only average around 35.1 FPS, which is not a pleasant gaming experience in our opinion.

Metro Exodus
    1280x720 Low Quality AF:4x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop), i7-7740X
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
137 (76min) fps ∼24%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce GTX 1080
161 (89min) fps ∼28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce GTX 1070
148 (79min) fps ∼26%
AMD Radeon VII, R7 2700X
AMD Radeon VII
146.1 (82min) fps ∼26%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK
Alienware 17 R4
118 (66min) fps ∼21%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK
Asus G752VS
115 (62min) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q, i7-7700HQ
Acer Predator Triton 700
111 (60min) fps ∼19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), i9-9900K
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
110 (59min) fps ∼19%
NVIDIA Titan RTX, TR 2920X
Nvidia Titan RTX 24 GB
97.1 (57min) fps ∼17%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK
MSI GT62VR
96.8 (50min) fps ∼17%
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop), i7-7740X
i7-7740X Asus X299 Prime
115 (65min) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M, 6700HQ
Asus G752VY
77.9 (40min) fps ∼14%
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop), 4790K
XFX RX-460P4DFG5 Double Dissipation 4 GB
57.5 (35min) fps ∼10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, 6700HQ
MSI GS60 6QE
64.1 (33min) fps ∼11%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ
Asus GL753VD
48.4 (25min) fps ∼8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ
MSI GE72 7RE
38 (17min) fps ∼7%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ
MSI GL62M 7RD-077
45.1 (25.01min) fps ∼8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ
MSI GE72 965M Ti
48.74 (26.69min) fps ∼9%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M, i7-7700HQ
MSI GL72 7QF
35.1 (20min) fps ∼6%
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ
MSI GP62 2QD
15.25 (27.63min) fps ∼3%
NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 2970M
MSI CX61 2QC 2970M MS-16GD
9.66 (4.97min) fps ∼2%

FHD (1,920x1,080)

Likewise, you will need at least a GeForce GTX 1060 to play the game in 1080p. We would recommend stepping up to GeForce GTX 1070 if you want to play the game at high settings on a laptop and its desktop counterpart for the ultra-high preset. Likewise, you will need a GeForce GTX 1080 to play the game at the latter preset on a laptop.

Metro Exodus
    1920x1080 Medium Quality AF:4x     1920x1080 High Quality AF:16x     1920x1080 Ultra Quality AF:16x
NVIDIA Titan RTX, TR 2920X
Nvidia Titan RTX 24 GB
90.4 (53min) fps ∼18%
80.9 (46min) fps ∼19%
73 (40min) fps ∼21%
AMD Radeon VII, R7 2700X
AMD Radeon VII
113.7 (57min) fps ∼23%
82.8 (43min) fps ∼20%
67.2 (36min) fps ∼19%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop), i7-7740X
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
115 (54min) fps ∼23%
86 (41min) fps ∼21%
70 (36min) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce GTX 1080
94.9 (47min) fps ∼19%
69.9 (37min) fps ∼17%
57.8 (32min) fps ∼16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK
Alienware 17 R4
91.3 (43min) fps ∼18%
69.8 (34min) fps ∼17%
57.7 (30min) fps ∼16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q, i7-7700HQ
Acer Predator Triton 700
81.1 (39min) fps ∼16%
60.2 (30min) fps ∼14%
49.2 (26min) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce GTX 1070
77.9 (40min) fps ∼16%
58.1 (32min) fps ∼14%
48.5 (28min) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK
Asus G752VS
74.3 (36min) fps ∼15%
55.8 (28min) fps ∼13%
46.5 (24min) fps ∼13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), i9-9900K
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
54.1 (29min) fps ∼11%
40.2 (22min) fps ∼10%
33.3 (19min) fps ∼9%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK
MSI GT62VR
51.3 (25min) fps ∼10%
37.9 (19min) fps ∼9%
31 (17min) fps ∼9%
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop), i7-7740X
i7-7740X Asus X299 Prime
58.6 (33min) fps ∼12%
33.8 (21min) fps ∼8%
31.8 (19min) fps ∼9%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M, 6700HQ
Asus G752VY
39.6 (20min) fps ∼8%
29.7 (16min) fps ∼7%
24.9 (13min) fps ∼7%
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop), 4790K
XFX RX-460P4DFG5 Double Dissipation 4 GB
29.1 (17min) fps ∼6%
18.9 (10min) fps ∼5%
15.8 (9min) fps ∼4%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, 6700HQ
MSI GS60 6QE
30.7 (14min) fps ∼6%
22.1 (12min) fps ∼5%
19.7 (10min) fps ∼6%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ
MSI GE72 7RE
23.7 (11min) fps ∼5%
18.5 (9min) fps ∼4%
15.3 (7min) fps ∼4%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ
Asus GL753VD
23.9 (12min) fps ∼5%
17.9 (9min) fps ∼4%
14.7 (8min) fps ∼4%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ
MSI GL62M 7RD-077
18.8 (8.94min) fps ∼4%
14.5 (6.63min) fps ∼3%
12 (5.99min) fps ∼3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ
MSI GE72 965M Ti
17.63 (8.69min) fps ∼4%
14.27 (7.05min) fps ∼3%
11.87 (5.97min) fps ∼3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M, i7-7700HQ
MSI GL72 7QF
13.9 (7min) fps ∼3%
12.1 (6min) fps ∼3%
9.3 (5min) fps ∼3%
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ
MSI GP62 2QD
5.82 (2.78min) fps ∼1%
NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 2970M
MSI CX61 2QC 2970M MS-16GD
6.67 (2.88min) fps ∼1%

QHD (2,560x1,440) & UHD (3,840x2,160)

Playing Metro Exodus in QHD or UHD at the ultra-high preset is a struggle for even the most powerful of consumer GPUs. We would recommend using at least a GeForce GTX 1080 for playing in UHD, while QHD will push even the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 to its limits. Even the Titan RTX is unable to average 60 FPS.

Metro Exodus
    2560x1440 Ultra Quality AF:16x     3840x2160 Ultra Quality AF:16x
NVIDIA Titan RTX, TR 2920X
Nvidia Titan RTX 24 GB
69 (39min) fps ∼21%
51.3 (33min) fps ∼21%
AMD Radeon VII, R7 2700X
AMD Radeon VII
55.8 (33min) fps ∼17%
37.4 (25min) fps ∼15%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop), i7-7740X
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
55.7 (31min) fps ∼17%
34.7 (22.5min) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce GTX 1080
45.2 (26min) fps ∼14%
28.3 (18min) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK
Alienware 17 R4
43.8 (25min) fps ∼13%
26.8 (17min) fps ∼11%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce GTX 1070
37.6 (23min) fps ∼11%
23.4 (15min) fps ∼10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q, i7-7700HQ
Acer Predator Triton 700
37.3 (22min) fps ∼11%
22.5 (15min) fps ∼9%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK
Asus G752VS
34.9 (20min) fps ∼10%
21.3 (14min) fps ∼9%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), i9-9900K
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060
25.5 (16min) fps ∼8%
15.7 (10min) fps ∼6%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK
MSI GT62VR
23 (14min) fps ∼7%
14 (9min) fps ∼6%
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop), i7-7740X
i7-7740X Asus X299 Prime
15.1 (9min) fps ∼6%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M, 6700HQ
Asus G752VY
19.2 (11min) fps ∼6%
11.7 (7min) fps ∼5%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ
MSI GE72 7RE
11.9 (6min) fps ∼4%
7.4 (3min) fps ∼3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, 6700HQ
MSI GS60 6QE
14.2 (7min) fps ∼4%
7.3 (2min) fps ∼3%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ
Asus GL753VD
11.3 (6min) fps ∼3%
7 (4min) fps ∼3%

Raytracing (1,920x1,080)

Unfortunately, we were unable to test Raytracing in Metro Exodus, but it will put your system under even more strain than it did in our benchmark results. We shall include a corresponding RTX table when we have tested Metro Exodus on our RTX 20 series test systems.

Metro Exodus
    1920x1080 Metro Exodus DXR AF:16x

Please Note

Gaming tests are often time-consuming and are hampered by activation or installation limits. Hence, we can currently only provide some of the benchmarks for Metro Exodus. We shall update this article with more GPUs in the coming days and weeks.

Overview

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1280x720
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4xAF
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1920x1080
Medium Quality
4xAF
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1920x1080
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16xAF
ultra
1920x1080
Ultra Quality
16xAF
QHD
2560x1440
Ultra Quality
16xAF
4K
3840x2160
Ultra Quality
16xAF
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
287n21
260n21
224n21
193.5n21
177.45n20
136.95n20
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
327.5n2
284n2
242
190.65n2
161.15n2
107.95n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super
277.5n2
271.5n2
226.5n2
188.65n2
162.45n2
105.95n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
288.5n2
250.5n2
210n2
178.85n2
154.4n2
104.8n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
213n2
175.2n2
145.9n2
125.3n2
84.3n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
236
193.5
158.3
130.9
84.4
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
331
274
164.6
135
86.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
295.5n2
239n2
194.05n4
159.05n4
130.55n4
83.65n4
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
280.5n2
229.5n2
173.45n2
134.85n2
110.65n2
70.5n2
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
288.5n2
236n2
183.9n2
145.65n2
120.05n2
77.15n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
204n3
183n3
153n3
131.76n4
116.72n4
81.55n4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
285n11
217.5n12
172.3n12
137.75n12
115.25n12
76.05n12
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
258n3
212n3
169n3
134n5
114n4
75.75n4
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
284
194.6
168.1
128.5
102.6
66.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
267
224
182.45n2
147.7n2
118.45n2
74.45n2
NVIDIA RTX A6000
120
109
96.8
87.9
84.1
70.4
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
274
214
154
123
102
66.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
197
170.4
145
121.7
102
67
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
210
178
145
117.7
97.9
65.2
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
216n2
168n2
101.6n2
113.5n2
94.8n2
65n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
296
212
162.05n2
129.8n2
103.75n2
64.95n2
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
258
198
144
115
94.6
56.3
AMD Radeon RX 6800
328n3
191.2n3
140.5n3
107.8n3
88.7n3
55.1n3
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
289
194
148.4
113.9
89.6
57
NVIDIA Titan RTX
201n28
162.5n28
133n27
106n27
85.15n26
54.9n27
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
298n2
184.85n2
140.55n2
110.5n2
88.7n2
56.4n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16G
293
162.4
128
100
78.6
48.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8G
308n3
171.3n3
129n3
100.8n3
79.3n3
48.6n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU
172.4
134.4
108.6
88.1
73.2
47.6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
214.95n2
140.55n2
109.8n3
87.2n3
69.1n3
45n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
193n5
148n5
117n5
93.6n5
75.4n5
49n5
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
291.5n2
164.7n3
119.6n3
95.3n3
76.1n3
46.6n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop)
143.9n3
122.9n3
105n3
93n3
76n3
50.5n3
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
310n3
156n3
113n3
89.2n3
70.7n3
42.7n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
162n3
126.3n3
96.1n5
75.8n5
55.85n4
37.5n4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
193n5
139n5
105n5
84.9n5
66.2n5
42.7n5
Intel Arc A770
204
149.2
103.4
84.9
70.7
46.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
267
138.8
102.6
80.2
62.9
38.3
AMD Radeon RX 7600
266
148.7
107.3
83.5
64.9
38.1
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AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
157.4
150.7
109.6
86.9
68.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
144.74n2
117.29n2
92.76n2
74.12n2
52.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
74.3
59
36.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super (Desktop)
125
109
90
79n2
63n2
40.2n2
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
178n3
136n3
99.2n3
79n3
58.65n2
38.35n2
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
285n2
131.1n2
96.1n2
78.95n2
58.25n2
36.7n2
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
245
121
89.6
73.1
56.3
34.2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop)
242.4
108.8
87.9
74.2
59.6
38.6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
116
90.2
71
55.4
34.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
181.05n2
121.9n2
93.55n4
74.6n4
59.3n4
37.1n4
AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT
192.8n4
112.05n4
92.7n4
73.6n4
57.8n4
34.5n4
Intel Arc A750
198.9
139.6
96.5
78.7
65
43.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
198n5
105n5
78.1n5
59.8n5
49.55n4
31.65n4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
157n2
112n3
88.1n5
69.5n5
54.8n3
35.35n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
137
115
86
70
55.7
34.7
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
240n3
123.5n3
91.3n3
72.1n3
57.5n3
36.3n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)
177n5
112n5
87.2n5
70n5
57n5
37n5
AMD Radeon VII
146.1
113.7
82.8
67.2
55.8
37.4
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)
256n3
126.2n3
92n3
73.2n3
57.1n3
35.4n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop)
130.25n4
98.65n4
75.15n4
60.65n4
50.1n3
31.9n3
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
152.65n2
100.15n2
79.8n3
62.3n3
49.6
31.4
AMD Radeon RX 7600S
187.3
116.5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
112
82.7
65.5
54.4
31.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
161
94.9
69.9
57.8
45.2
28.3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
137.15n2
96.2n3
74.4n3
59n3
51.2
31.6
Intel Arc A580
215
133.6
87.5
70.7
57.2
36.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)
182.5n4
104.1n4
77.7n4
61.9n4
48.95n4
30.9n4
Intel Arc A770M
155.1
123.8
85.1
69.6
56.5
37
AMD Radeon RX 6600
241n3
105.8n3
77.2n3
63.2n3
47.5n3
28.5n3
AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)
228n3
113.2n3
82.3n3
65.4n3
50.8n3
31.2n3
AMD Radeon RX 6650M
138.8
111.5
81
65.8
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
202.7n4
104.1n4
76.5n4
60.7n4
46.9n3
28.3n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
94.55n2
87n3
66.3n3
54.1n5
42
26.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
121.7n3
94.6n3
69.25n4
58.7n6
20.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop)
127.8
85.4
63.9
52.7
41.5
26.3
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
144.5
95.4
68.4
56.4
45.7
45.7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
118
91.3
69.8
57.7
43.8
26.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
92
73.7n2
59.05n2
47.9n2
27.8n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)
147
83
63
52.3
40.2
24.6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
125.2n4
77.6n4
57.3n5
47n7
22
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 56
136.3
94.8
62.6
52
41.8
26.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
134.4n6
70.9n6
53.85n6
43.35n6
35
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
163.5n2
80.4n2
59n2
46n2
36.3n2
22.55n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
148
77.9
58.1
48.5
37.6
23.4
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
221n3
106.1n3
77.8n3
58n3
49n3
30.4n3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
111
81.1
60.2
49.2
37.3
22.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
115
74.3
55.8
46.5
34.9
21.3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
129.6
72.7
55.2
43.8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Desktop)
125
70.4
52
42.7
33.2
20.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)
171.6n3
68n3
53.4n3
45.7n3
35.9n3
22n3
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
151n3
72.1n3
50.5n3
34.5n3
18n3
10.5n3
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
141.4n3
68.5n3
49.3n3
39.1n3
30.9n3
19.2n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
199
109
82
64
50
45
Intel Arc A730M
80.5
55.6
40.6
32.1
20.5
AMD Radeon RX 5600M
146.4
75.5
55.2
44.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
123.9n3
68.3n4
51.55n4
41.1n4
29.5
18.5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
126.3
71.75n2
55.15n2
43.35n2
34.2
21.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop)
156.3n3
73.8n3
54.3n3
42.9n3
33.1n3
20n3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)
141.8n3
66.7n3
48.6n3
38n3
29.2n3
16.1n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
123
62.8n2
46.35n2
36.8n2
28.8n2
17.2
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
96.6n3
60n3
46.6n3
36.8n3
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
137.4
66.7
46.7
37
AMD Radeon RX 590 (Desktop)
131
70.8
45.9
37.9
30.5
19.3
AMD Radeon RX 580 (Desktop)
121.5
65.7
42.8
35.1
28.1
17.8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop)
110
54.1
40.2
33.3
25.5
15.7
AMD Radeon RX 570 (Desktop)
110.8
58.6
38.4
31.7
25.4
16.2
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop)
115
58.6
33.8
31.8
15.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
96.8
51.3
37.9
31
23
14
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
91.6
48.7
35.9
27.9
Intel Arc A370M
92.1
44.1
31.3
25.5
19.8
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
92.3
45.4
38.1
32.2
25
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
92
47.1
34.3
28.6
22
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Desktop)
95.75n2
45n2
33.1n2
26.55n2
20.3n2
11.85n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
85.3n3
41.75n4
31.1n4
25.5n4
19.6
11.8
Intel Arc A380
111.2
52.6
37
29.7
AMD Radeon RX 5300M
105
51.2
36.1
28.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970
99
49
37.2
31.1
23.9
13.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
83.1
40.1
29.8
23.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
73.3
36.15n2
26.95n2
22.1n2
16.4
9.9
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop)
93.3
43.4
31.9
25.5
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Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU
52.2
33.9
25
19.7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
77.9
39.6
29.7
24.9
19.2
11.7
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
85.1
43.11
28.43
24.01
10.94
AMD Radeon 780M
86.05n6
35.15n6
27.05n6
22n5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
38
23.7
18.5
15.3
11.9
7.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
64.7
32.8
24
19.8
9.2
AMD Radeon 680M
57.8n12
27.7n12
21.15n12
17.7n12
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
64.1
30.7
22.1
19.7
14.2
7.3
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
34.8
17.2
11.3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
57.95n2
40.6n2
30n2
23.8n2
4.7
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
72.7
32.8
21.6
18
13.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
35.5
20.5
16
13
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
48.4n3
23.9n3
17.9n3
14.7n3
11.3
7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
52.1
24.9
18.7
14.6
11.4
7.1
AMD Radeon 660M
48
18.8
14.4
11.2
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
57.5
29.1
18.9
15.8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
48.74
17.63
14.27
11.87
AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
55.1
27.8
18.3
15.3
Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
43.9
23.7
17
13.5
AMD Radeon Pro 560X
50.5
26.2
17
14.2
11
6.5
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
40.4n13
20n13
14.5n13
11.6n9
NVIDIA GeForce MX350
36.95n2
14.7n2
12n2
8.7n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
35.1
13.9
12.1
9.3
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
8.1
6.6
4.9
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200
31.1
14
10
7
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
10.8
7.6
6.5
5.5
NVIDIA GeForce MX250
28.5n2
7.7n2
6.8n2
5.3
NVIDIA GeForce MX330
34.3
13.3
10.4
7.8
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
10.4
7.6
6.1
5.3
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs
34.65n4
16.15n4
11.3n3
9.85n2
NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
7.67
3.81
2.97
2.42
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
29.67
13.93
AMD Radeon 540X
27
12.1
7.3
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
26
11.3
8.27
6.97
Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)
30.3n6
14.4n6
10.83n6
8.76n6
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
17n2
9n2
6.7
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10
20.6
9.8
7
Intel UHD Graphics 770
31.2
13.6
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake)
24
10.6
7.74
Intel UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)
17.7
8.11
6.3
5.22
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NVIDIA GeForce MX230
25.9
4.8
3.3
4.5
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
48.05n8
20.1n8
15.4n8
12.7n8
9.88n3
5.78n3
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
38.9n4
16.8n4
12.15n4
11n2
NVIDIA GeForce MX130
17
8.7
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
21.8n2
10.05n2
7.2n2
3.1
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
15.25
5.82
NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
17.7
7
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
19.2n2
10.1
7.41
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
12
Intel Iris Graphics 550
18.4
9.3
AMD Radeon 530
11.95n2
6.55n2
4.9
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
30n2
13n2
9.7
NVIDIA GeForce MX110
16.4
6.7
Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N)
12.6n3
5.76n3
4.37n3
3.59
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
9.66
6.67
AMD Radeon 610M
28.4
11.8
8.4
6.95
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
14.9
7.5
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
27.1
12.3
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)
12.7
6.4
Intel UHD Graphics 630
15.4
7.6
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Intel HD Graphics 630
13.9
6.8
AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
7.9
Intel UHD Graphics 620
12.3n3
5.93n2
4.61
AMD Radeon R5 M255
11.4
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
12.5
5.2
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
7.9
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
8.4
4.3
Intel HD Graphics 4600
5
Intel HD Graphics 5500
5
Intel UHD Graphics 615
6.2
3.5
Intel HD Graphics 610
8.5
Intel HD Graphics 4400
4
AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
7.2
AMD Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
4
(-) * 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

Device Graphics Card Processor RAM OS
Desktop-PC I 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
Alienware 17 R4 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X) Intel Core i7-7820HK 2 x 16 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64-bit
Acer Triton 700 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q (8 GB GDDR5X) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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
ASUS G752VY NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M (4 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2 x 16 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64-bit
MSI GS60 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M (3 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6700HQ 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 GL72 NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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
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 419.17 Adrenalin 19.2.3
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Florian Glaser, 2019-03- 6 (Update: 2019-03-11)