Assassin's Creed Mirage tech review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

Back to the roots. With Mirage, Assassin’s Creed is striving to turn the focus back to its original core elements (e.g. stealth). We are especially interested in checking out how graphically demanding the latest instalment in the series is.

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Notebooks used in this review

Right now, our gaming benchmarks are performed using these laptops. Click on the images to visit the respective product page. All other test systems (tower PCs, mini-PCs, etc.) are listed at the end of this article.

Technical aspects

Visually, Assassin’s Creed Mirage leaves a decent to good impression but isn’t phenomenal by any means. As is usual with the series, environments are highly atmospheric and often created with much love for details, giving the game a fantastic vibe. The in-house Anvil engine also shines with remarkable draw distance and high character density (in settlements). The play between light and shadow is likewise more than decent and enhances the game’s atmosphere.

That said, Mirage still struggles with inconsistent performance in its current state. Regardless of the hardware and settings used, we constantly observed stuttering and poor minimum FPS. The developers really need to work on resolving this phenomenon.

There isn’t much to complain about the options menu. We think it is slightly inconvenient that the five available presets always automatically enable Adaptive Quality (which we disabled throughout our testing). Other than that, Ubisoft deserves much praise in this department. Besides the amount of options, the written explanations and comparison images are also worthy of recognition – it doesn’t get much better than this. You’ll also find a useful VRAM indicator. According to it, Mirage requires around 6 GB at FHD/Ultra and 7 GB at 4K/Ultra. Whilst not necessarily low, these requirements aren’t excessive either. As you might expect from a recent release, upscaling technologies such as XeSS, FSR and DLSS are likewise supported.

The only downside: you need to restart the game after modifying some of the settings. This is somewhat annoying due to the fact that load times are pretty long and some intro or video sequences are unskippable. Furthermore, we encountered a few crashes that couldn’t be reproduced (despite our test devices running on the latest drivers). On an AMD-based system, we also had issues with the game not displaying correctly in full-screen mode or the cursor not showing up after switching resolution. The game’s install size is moderate at approx. 38 GB.

Benchmark

Similar to its predecessors, Mirage also comes with a built-in benchmark tool. As you can see in the video below, the benchmark consists of a roughly 1.5 minute-long camera roam that transitions from close-up shots to a panoramic view. A frame rate graph and other information are shown when the benchmark is running. At the end of the run, the game will provide you with a few more bits of performance information.

We would consider Assassin's Creed Mirage decently playable at 40 FPS and above. As usual, 60 FPS or more is recommended if you want a smoother gameplay experience. The system requirements are fairly modest overall.

Results

FHD (1,920 x 1,080)

Those using an iGPU should stick to low resolutions and settings. Even the Radeon 680M can only manage good frame rates (i.e. around 60 FPS) when the game is running at 720p and Low preset. On the other hand, mid-range cards (e.g. Radeon RX 6800S or similar) can sometimes break the 60 FPS mark even at 1080p and high to very high settings.

Assassin's Creed Mirage
1920x1080 Low Preset (Adaptive Quality Off) 1920x1080 Medium Preset (Adaptive Quality Off) 1920x1080 High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off) 1920x1080 Ultra High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	220 (30^min) fps ∼100% 211 (20^min) fps ∼100% 177 (27^min) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	179 (6^min) fps ∼81% 170 (19^min) fps ∼81% 136 (31^min) fps ∼77%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	203 (12^min) fps ∼92% 195 (12^min) fps ∼92% 147 (9^min) fps ∼83%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	183 (10^min) fps ∼83% 176 (9^min) fps ∼83% 129 (12^min) fps ∼73%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	137 (8^min) fps ∼62% 129 (10^min) fps ∼61% 97 (16^min) fps ∼55%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	126 (9^min) fps ∼57% 118 (5^min) fps ∼56% 92 (4^min) fps ∼52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	115 (9^min) fps ∼52% 109 (5^min) fps ∼52% 87 (5^min) fps ∼49%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55	106 (4^min) fps ∼48% 102 (4^min) fps ∼48% 80 (6^min) fps ∼45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	107 (34^min) fps ∼49% 97 (3^min) fps ∼46% 70 (14^min) fps ∼40%
AMD Radeon RX 6800S, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	97 (67^min) fps ∼100% 87 (41^min) fps ∼40% 82 (3^min) fps ∼39% 66 (5^min) fps ∼37%
AMD Radeon 780M, R9 7940HS Minisforum Venus Series UM790 Pro	44 fps ∼45% 39 fps ∼18% 36 fps ∼17% 28 fps ∼16%
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	34 (4^min) fps ∼35% 32 (3^min) fps ∼15% 30 (6^min) fps ∼14% 24 (6^min) fps ∼14%

QHD (2,560 x 1,440)

You likewise won’t need an absolute high-end GPU to enjoy Mirage at QHD. A GeForce RTX 4050 is theoretically powerful enough to run the game at 1440p and Ultra High preset, but the 6 GB of VRAM is a limiting factor.

Assassin's Creed Mirage
2560x1440 Ultra High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	145 (28^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	129 (5^min) fps ∼89%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	113 (58^min) fps ∼78%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	112 (4^min) fps ∼77%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	74 (2^min) fps ∼51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	71 (2^min) fps ∼49%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	69 (5^min) fps ∼48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55	63 (3^min) fps ∼43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	53 (9^min) fps ∼37%
AMD Radeon 780M, R9 7940HS Minisforum Venus Series UM790 Pro	20 fps ∼14%

UHD (3,840 x 2,160)

Assassin’s Creed Mirage only gets really demanding at 4K. With the settings maxed out, you’ll need an RTX 4070 or better to have a decent gaming experience at this resolution. Enabling DLSS Quality only occasionally improves performance by a limited margin. There are other games that benefit more from the technology, for instance Cyberpunk 2077.

Assassin's Creed Mirage
3840x2160 Ultra High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off) 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off) + DLSS Quality
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	93 (19^min) fps ∼100% 122 (6^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	80 (12^min) fps ∼86% 107 (11^min) fps ∼88%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	71 (42^min) fps ∼76%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	68 (26^min) fps ∼73% 92 (6^min) fps ∼75%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	47 (5^min) fps ∼51% 61 (7^min) fps ∼50%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	41 (3^min) fps ∼44% 59 (8^min) fps ∼48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55	40 (1^min) fps ∼43% 52 (6^min) fps ∼43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	37 (19^min) fps ∼40% 53 (10^min) fps ∼43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	28 (15^min) fps ∼30% 39 (14^min) fps ∼32%
AMD Radeon 780M, R9 7940HS Minisforum Venus Series UM790 Pro	11 fps ∼12%

Note

Because gaming tests are very time-consuming and are often constrained by installation or activation limits, we are only able to provide you with part of the benchmark results at the time of publishing this article. We will be adding more graphics cards over the coming days and weeks.

Overview

All test systems

Notebook	Graphics card	Processor	Memory
XMG Neo 17 E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 @175 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6X)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 @175 W TGP (12 GB GDDR6X)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Pro 15 E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Pro 15 E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Focus 15 E23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 @140 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti @150 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-12900H	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Acer Predator Helios 300	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti @150 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-12700H	2 x 8 GB DDR5
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	AMD Radeon RX 6800S (8 GB GDDR6) & AMD Radeon 680M	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	2 x 16 GB DDR5

Tower PC	Graphics card	Processor	Memory
Custom I / Asus ROG Strix Z790-F / G.Skill Trident Z5 RGB	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB GDDR6X) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (20 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900K	2 x 24 GB DDR5
Custom II	Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE (24 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Suprim X (8 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2060 Super (8 GB GDDR6) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6) PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (6 GB GDDR5) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 Super (4 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 7600 (8 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (16 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6800 (16 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT (12 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6600 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (6 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 7950X	2 x 16 GB DDR5

Mini-PC	Graphics card	Processor	Memory
Minisforum NUCXi7	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @125 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 8 GB DDR4
Minisforum HX99G	AMD Radeon RX 6600M @100 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Minisforum Neptune Series HN2673	Intel Arc A730M	Intel Core i7-12650H	2 x 8 GB DDR4
Minisforum UM790 Pro	AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2 x 32 GB DDR5

4K monitors	Operating system	Nvidia driver	AMD driver
Gigabyte M32U	Windows 11	ForceWare 537.42	Adrenalin 23.9.3

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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
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Pos	Model	< Prev Next > Assassin's Creed Mirage (2023)
Pos	Model	low 1920x1080 Low Preset (Adaptive Quality Off)	med. 1920x1080 Medium Preset (Adaptive Quality Off)	high 1920x1080 High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off)	ultra 1920x1080 Ultra High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off)	QHD 2560x1440 Ultra High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off)	4K 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off)	3840x2160 Ultra High Preset (Adaptive Quality Off) + DLSS Quality
2	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	256ⁿ⁴	245.5ⁿ⁴	236.5ⁿ⁴	177.5ⁿ⁴	169ⁿ⁴	126.5ⁿ⁴	149ⁿ⁴
3	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	284	259	241	192	160	102
4	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super	278.5ⁿ²	259ⁿ²	245ⁿ³	201ⁿ³	164ⁿ³	102ⁿ³	138ⁿ³
5	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080		220	211	177	145	93	122
7	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER		221	206	170	136	84	112
8	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT		179	170	136	113	71
11	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	230	211	196	156	124	75
12	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	230	209ⁿ²	197ⁿ³	147ⁿ⁷	127ⁿ⁷	78.5ⁿ⁶	107ⁿ³
14	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	175ⁿ²	165.5ⁿ²	159ⁿ²	132ⁿ²	107ⁿ²	72ⁿ²	93ⁿ²
17	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER		205	198.5ⁿ²	163ⁿ²	125.5ⁿ²	74.5ⁿ²	102.5ⁿ²
22	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	208	195ⁿ²	187.5ⁿ²	143ⁿ²	124ⁿ²	68	92
24	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		168	160	129	105	68
30	AMD Radeon RX 6800	182	165	151	118	91	56
31	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	186	168	154	120	91	54
32	NVIDIA Titan RTX	134	125	119	98	79	51	70
33	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	152	141	135	110	88	55	77
36	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU		115	109	87	71	47	61
37	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	143	134.5ⁿ²	127ⁿ²	97ⁿ³	75ⁿ³	41	59
40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070		142	135	107	85	51
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Assassin's Creed Mirage
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
41	AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT	170	151	138	108	81	47
43	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	164	143	132	104	79	45
44	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU	103	96	89	73	59	40	51
45	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	145	134	127	98	77	48	64
46	Intel Arc A770	77	70	70	64	50	34
48	AMD Radeon RX 7600	157	139	128	84	67	35
50	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU		106	102	80	63	40	52
53	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	128.5ⁿ²	120ⁿ⁴	111ⁿ⁴	88.5ⁿ⁶	68ⁿ⁵	38.5ⁿ²	53
58	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	147	128	117	89	64	32
62	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	114	106	101	79	64	41	52
64	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	97	87	82	66
65*	AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT	105.5ⁿ²	95ⁿ²	86ⁿ²	58.5ⁿ²	43ⁿ²	23.5ⁿ²
66	Intel Arc A750	80	70	70	53	43	29
76	NVIDIA Titan X Pascal	87	82	79	64	51	32
80	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)	114	106	99	79	62	37	51
84	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)	100	89	83	67	53	31
91	AMD Radeon RX 7600S		114	102	76	57	29
97	Intel Arc A580	84	71	74	58	48	31
98	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)	102	94	89	71	54	32	44
100	AMD Radeon RX 6600	120	106	96	73	54	27
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Assassin's Creed Mirage
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
104	AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)	86	78	73	59	46	28
106	AMD Radeon RX 6600M	103	91	84	64	48	25
134	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)	83	75	68	52	41	41
142	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)	82	75	70	52	39	22
143	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	78	63	39	27	21	8
144	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)	65	58	54	42	32	19
145	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU		98ⁿ²	90.5ⁿ²	66.5ⁿ²	53	28	39
148*	Intel Arc A730M	62.5ⁿ²	55.5ⁿ²	54.5ⁿ²	48.5ⁿ²	38	21
152	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile	76	70	66	50
154	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU	70	63	55	41	31
158	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop)	74	67	63	48	35	19
161	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)	68	62	51	35	28	14
167	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU	59	53	44	31
187	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile	53	48	35	22
189	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	53	47	33	21
198	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile	36	31	25	14
202	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile	49	46	28	18
203	Intel Arc A380	47	41	38	27
222*	Intel Arc A310	37	32	25	20
223*	Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU	34	33	30	25
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Assassin's Creed Mirage
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
225*	Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU	33	31	27
241*	AMD Radeon 780M	43.5ⁿ²	38.5ⁿ²	35.5ⁿ²	28ⁿ²	20	11
249	AMD Radeon 680M	34	32	30	24
317	NVIDIA GeForce MX350	17
334	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	15
337	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	17	16
382*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10	16	14
431*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	17	16
511*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	17	14	13
587*	Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H)	6
669*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	9