Battlefield 3

Battlefield 3 sets new standards with large multi-player battles and detailed graphics. To find out the hardware requirements of this game, read on.

Editorial Team (translated by Vinay Pradhan), Published 11/02/2011 🇩🇪

How We Test

We measured the frames per second of the second level of the single-player campaign with Fraps. The recording started as soon as the doors of the vehicle opened and ended when the protagonist reaches the commanding officer at the cards table. This scene put a big strain on the hardware (even in comparison to the average multiplayer battle). We used the following graphics settings for our tests.

Analysis of the Benchmarks

Battlefield 3 requires a strong middle-class graphics card, such as the GeForce GT 540M to run with minimum details on notebooks. Thankfully, this graphic card is affordable for most buyers. Middle and high details require high-end graphic cards. Ultra graphics are only possible with high-end graphic cards on desktop PCs.

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Editorial Team, 2011-11- 2 (Update: 2012-07-18)

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Pos	Model	low 1024x768 low 2xAF	med. 1366x768 medium 4xAF	high 1366x768 high 16xAF	ultra 1920x1080 ultra 16xAF 4x MSAA
299	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680	138	122	113	56
300	AMD Radeon HD 7970	137.5	106.7	86.5	47.9
330	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti	141.2	112.1	99.5	46.4
332	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M	139.9	113.7	96	49.2ⁿ³
334	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX	126	104	92	45.6
337	AMD Radeon HD 7870	124.2	98.1	78.8	38.6
338	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M		133.8	112.1	43.8
344	AMD Radeon HD 8970M	106.3	91.9	61.2ⁿ²	38.1ⁿ²
345	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580	142	108	89	45
350	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M	122.3	90	74.15ⁿ²	36ⁿ⁴
356	AMD Radeon HD 7970M	120.3	82.85ⁿ²	67.4ⁿ²	37.95ⁿ⁴
391	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M	124.8ⁿ²	92.15ⁿ²	78.5ⁿ²	32.6ⁿ²
397	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M	153.2	105.9	85.3	35.8
404	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX		73.2	58.8	28.6
414	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M		77.2	63.9	22
421	AMD Radeon HD 6870	106.5ⁿ²	80	68	28
422	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470	103	75	61ⁿ³	30ⁿ³
424	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M	109.1	78.55ⁿ²	61ⁿ⁵	22.9ⁿ⁵
435	ATI Radeon HD 5850	109.2	78.2	60.4	24.3
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Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
436	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M	96.45ⁿ⁴	68ⁿ⁴	53.25ⁿ⁴	24.18ⁿ⁴
438	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M	98.1	69.5	54.3	24
439	AMD Radeon HD 6990M	93.5	66.6	52.1	21.9
443	AMD Radeon HD 7770	93.3	64.6	49.3	20.9
444	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI	92.3	71	55	26.8
448	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460 768MB	93.1	67.9	55.6	18.3
454	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX	95.6	71.9	51.6ⁿ²	20.75ⁿ²
456	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M		69	56
458	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M	86.05ⁿ²	59.3ⁿ²	47.5ⁿ⁵	19.8ⁿ⁴
463	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	84.3	58.8	45.7	19
465	AMD Radeon HD 8870M	50.7ⁿ²	40.7ⁿ²	38.5ⁿ²	19.35ⁿ²
468	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M	79.75ⁿ²	52.7ⁿ²	41.25ⁿ²	18.1ⁿ²
491	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M	75ⁿ³	51.1ⁿ³	39.8ⁿ⁵	18.2ⁿ⁵
493	AMD Radeon HD 8850M		40.2	36.9	16.4
495	AMD Radeon R9 M265X		57.4	43.8	18.3
498	AMD Radeon HD 8790M	78	53	41	16
505	NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M	69.7	46.4	35.2	12.8
544	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M	64.4ⁿ³	42.8ⁿ⁴	33.6ⁿ⁵	15.2ⁿ⁵
547	NVIDIA GeForce 840M	53.6	37.5	30
549	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M	64.9	42.6	34	12.1
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Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
551	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M	73.25ⁿ²	48.8ⁿ²	37.45ⁿ²	17.35ⁿ²
553	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	46.1	33.8	26.5	10
563	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M	42ⁿ³	31.8ⁿ³	25.2ⁿ³	9ⁿ³
585	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450	73	50	39	16
587	NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M	44.55ⁿ²	31.6ⁿ²	24.05ⁿ²
601	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M	58.45ⁿ²	40.65ⁿ²	32.8ⁿ²	12
602	NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M	56.6	38.2	29.2	11.7
605	AMD Radeon HD 8750M	43.4	32.2	25.5	10.3
613	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M	48ⁿ⁵	34ⁿ⁵	26ⁿ⁵	11ⁿ⁵
618	AMD Radeon HD 7730M	47	32	25	10
633	AMD Radeon R7 M260	31.6	27.2	22.7
666	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	41.4	28.3	22.8	8
667	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT	49	34	28	10
669	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE	39.55ⁿ²	26.3ⁿ²	21.15ⁿ²	8.9
670	AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)	21.1	15	11.9
672	AMD Radeon HD 8730M	38	32	27
673	AMD Radeon HD 6770M	38.35ⁿ²	27.35ⁿ²	21.55ⁿ²
674	NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M	45.8	28.9	20.8
675	NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M	49.2	32.3	24.5	9.8
697	AMD Radeon HD 7660D	36.6	25.3	20.2	7.6
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Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
698	AMD Radeon HD 6750M	34.6	26.9	20.7
715	AMD Radeon HD 8650G	24.4	19.5	16.9
719	AMD Radeon HD 7670M	37.1ⁿ⁵	25.5ⁿ⁵	21.05ⁿ⁴	7.1
720	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M	39.38ⁿ⁶	23.8ⁿ⁷	17.4ⁿ⁷	8.3
721	AMD Radeon HD 7560D	37	24.7	19.5	6.6
730	NVIDIA GeForce 820M	36.7	24	19
734	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M	33.5	22.2	17.4
750	AMD Radeon HD 8550M	16.4	14.4	13.4
752	NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M	35.75ⁿ²	23.35ⁿ²	17.8ⁿ²
754	AMD Radeon HD 6650M	35.1	24.7	18.8	7.3
755	Intel HD Graphics 4600	32.4ⁿ³	22.7ⁿ³	18.3ⁿ²	6.85ⁿ²
797	AMD Radeon HD 7660G	32	22	17	6
807	AMD Radeon HD 6630M	34.3ⁿ²	22.1ⁿ²	19.75ⁿ²
808	AMD Radeon HD 7650M	37.66ⁿ⁴	23.91ⁿ⁴	18.87ⁿ⁴	6.6ⁿ²
810	AMD Radeon HD 7570M	30ⁿ²	20.95ⁿ²	16.2ⁿ²	6
813	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	34.6	22.8	17.5	5.9
819	NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M	28.9ⁿ²	19.6ⁿ²	15.15ⁿ²
823	AMD Radeon HD 7610M	29.9	19	14.6
837	Intel HD Graphics 4400	17	11.7	9.7
842	AMD Radeon HD 7550M	24.9	16.4	12.4
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Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
850	AMD Radeon HD 7600G	11.5	8
872	Intel HD Graphics 5300	16.3	12.7	9.7
880	AMD Radeon HD 7480D	21.1	14.2	10.9	3.7
881	Intel HD Graphics 4000	14.8ⁿ¹⁹	12.2ⁿ¹⁴	10.2ⁿ⁹	5.25ⁿ⁴
884	AMD Radeon HD 6620G	24.7	16.8	12.7
887	AMD Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)	20.8	14.4	11.3
890	AMD Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)	16.2	12.2	9.1
893	Intel HD Graphics 4200	13.9	9.9	5.4
895	AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5	24
902	AMD Radeon HD 8450G	12.2
903	AMD Radeon HD 7470M	18.4	11.9	9.1
915	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX	11.8	10.5
916	AMD Radeon HD 7520G	17.2	14	11.3
926	AMD Radeon HD 8330	15	9.8	8
943	AMD Radeon HD 7450M	19.65ⁿ²	14.35ⁿ²	11.2
944	NVIDIA GeForce 610M	19	12.5
953	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	20.5ⁿ²	12.75ⁿ²	9.8ⁿ²
954	AMD Radeon HD 7420G	16	11	7
1003	AMD Radeon HD 8250	10.3	7.8	6
1010	Intel HD Graphics 3000	10.4ⁿ⁴
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Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
1031	Intel HD Graphics 2500	16.8	11
1066*	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)	9.1ⁿ³
1076	Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)	8	4.8
1080	AMD Radeon HD 7340	9.6ⁿ²	7.3
1082	AMD Radeon HD 7310	7.75ⁿ²	6.4

Legend
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.