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Call of Duty: Black Ops 3 Notebook Benchmarks

Incomplete. While the console version received international acclaim, the PC version is causing all sorts of trouble. Performance drops here, crashes and graphics errors there: The fact is Black Ops 3 doesn't currently appear to be very well developed. Does the game degenerate into incessant stuttering on notebooks too?
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For the original German article, see here.

Graphics

After the overhasty release of the graphically premature Batman: Arkham Knight, the next AAA game came onto the market on November 6th, 2015. Once again, the title gives the PC platform a bad rap. The biggest con proves to be the game's unstable performance. Even on uber-powerful hardware, some levels and game situations stutter heftily for untraceable reasons, and reducing the settings doesn't solve the problem.

Computers with graphics cards that lack VRAM are especially prone to these performance drops. For example: Even though its overall performance is higher, the desktop version of the GTX 980 stuttered worse than its notebook counterpart, the GTX 980M, which is equipped with 8 GB of video memory rather than 4. When it comes to weaker models that hit their performance limits earlier, the discrepancies aren't quite as pronounced.

Black Ops 3
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Black Ops 3

Black Ops 3 seems very poorly optimized for working memory as well. When we opened the Task Manager for testing purposes, we were astonished to see that the first-person shooter was gobbling all 8 GB of our desktop PC's memory. Speaking of switching windows: On some systems the screen went completely black after settings changes or immediately after the game startup, though we could still hear the sound in the background. In such cases, briefly exiting Full-screen Mode via Alt + Enter often resolved the problem. The game occasionally froze completely, however, forcing us to kill the EXE through the Task Manager.

Yet that's not all: Over the course of our tests, we also dealt with mouse bugs (after changing the resolution on our 4K monitor), graphics errors (mostly at low and medium detail settings), and strange fluctuations in load time. While most games' load times are dependent on the system's mass storage device (SSD vs. HDD), Black Ops 3 seems to be influenced by the potency of the other hardware as well.

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Black Ops 3
Black Ops 3

Now, one could argue that a visually stunning first-person shooter is simply bound to eat up resources. But in our experience, the hardware demands and graphics quality aren't strictly related. With the exception of the detailed and well-animated characters, the game's visuals aren't especially impressive. During the campaign, the player often encounters muddy textures and second-rate effects (fire looks somewhat pathetic). True, Black Ops 3 has considerably more game physics elements than its predecessor, but overall the graphics seem somewhat antiquated. This makes the performance problems and bulky game size (almost 50 GB download) all the more irritating.

In terms of gameplay, buyers will get that familiar Call of Duty feeling: Diverse kinds of action in perfectly-tailored scenes. But under the hood, we discover that it's more about appearances than substance: The game is plagued with poorly executed AI, excessively large enemy waves and a chaotically-presented story. Nor does the game require much in the way of strategy in single-player mode, and the difficulty level is disappointing.

Black Ops 3
Black Ops 3
Black Ops 3

But back to the graphics: In some instances, the title certainly deserves praise. While we criticized Advanced Warfare for the frustrating experience of scrolling through the graphics menu, Black Ops 3's design is substantially cleaner here. The graphics settings are divided into two tabs: "Video" includes the basic options like resolution, brightness and field of view, while "Advanced" allows the user to make adjustments to the features.

Black Ops 3 utilizes numerous modern technologies like subsurface scattering and volumetric lighting. All in all, the two menus contain more than 20 options - a very broad array for a PC game. Excellent: Alongside anti-aliasing, the user can also change the maximum frame rate. The latter runs from 24 to 240. The game also offers Vsync, which prevents image tearing.

Black Ops 3
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Black Ops 3

We are even more pleased to report that all settings can be applied without restarting (even while the game is running). There do appear to be some small bugs remaining, though. In our tests, some options (ex. anti-aliasing and ambient occlusion) weren't always correctly saved, forcing us to visit the graphics menu two or three separate times. It was also somewhat aggravating that the mouse speed is contingent on the general performance, and in extreme cases the menus were impossible to use. (On the plus side, it's immediately clear when a setting overloads the system.)

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Black Ops 3

Shortly after the title's release, many buyers also complained about the performance of dual-core processors. Intel's Core i5 models have cropped up especially frequently in this context. However, because we ran all the benchmarks with the first patch (released on the game's launch day), we hardly encountered this problem.

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Black Ops 3
Black Ops 3

Benchmark

Although Black Ops 3 needs quite some time to load a level (the videos don't stutter on weaker devices as badly as they did previously), measuring frame rates was fairly easy. Finding a fitting sequence was a more difficult task. The user is permitted to unlock all of the missions at the first startup (we wish the competition would copy the developer here), but because of the massive performance drops many levels are out of the question.

To guarantee a high degree of comparability, we also had to eliminate missions whose course is hard to reproduce. To cut a long story short: In the end, we chose the beginning of the third chapter, "In Darkness". Yes, as the video reveals, the sequence isn't particularly spectacular (no gunfight, etc.), but the performance fluctuations in other scenes were simply too vast to allow for an accurate GPU ranking.

Because the frame rate varies greatly depending on the mission and platform, the player will need some additional performance capability to fall back on when the going gets tough. That is to say: In order for a system to render Black Ops 3 reasonably fluidly, it will need to reach at least 50 or 60 fps in the benchmark sequence. Even then, over the course of the game the player is bound to be confronted with some serious stuttering now and then. As a result, the following results and assertions can only be regarded as a rough guide. The developers at Treyarch certainly have their work cut out for them. Only time will tell whether Black Ops 3 will ever run smoothly on PCs - it may very well share the same fate as Arkham Knight.

Results

Owners of budget or office notebooks can stuff their 60 Euros (~$65) back in their pockets. Low-end GPUs, like Intel's HD Graphics 4600, and older/cheaper mid-range chips, like the GeForce GT 740M, can't even run Black Ops 3 at low details and 1024x768 pixels. These low settings demand at least a GTX 850M. Normal details and 1366x768 pixels require a bona-fide gaming GPU (for instance the GTX 960M or GTX 870M).

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Low Settings
Medium Settings
Medium Settings
High Settings
High Settings
Ultra Settings
Ultra Settings
4K Settings
4K Settings
Low Settings
Low Settings
Medium Settings
Medium Settings
High Settings
High Settings
Ultra Settings
Ultra Settings
4K Settings
4K Settings

For high detail settings and 1920x1080 pixels, a GTX 970M is the first sensible choice. The same goes for maximum settings, which are only accessible to the technological crème de la crème. 4K kicks every notebook GPU's derrière. Even the desktop GTX 980 stutters like mad at 3840x2160 pixels and the "High" setting.

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    3840x2160 High / On AA:FX     1920x1080 Extra / On AA:T2x SM     1920x1080 High / On AA:FX     1366x768 Medium / Off     1024x768 Low / Off
AMD Radeon R9 290X, 4790K
Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X OC
31.1 (25min) fps ∼30%
67 (64min) fps ∼38%
90 (76min) fps ∼59%
132 (107min) fps ∼73%
140 (98min) fps ∼74%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, 3770K
Desktop-PC
30.3 (25min) fps ∼29%
77.4 (58min) fps ∼44%
98.5 (83min) fps ∼64%
120.4 (102min) fps ∼67%
123 (104min) fps ∼65%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
24.8 (10min) fps ∼24%
66.7 (52min) fps ∼38%
74.4 (63min) fps ∼49%
108.6 (92min) fps ∼60%
114.2 (97min) fps ∼60%
AMD Radeon R9 280X, 4790K
Asus Z97 Deluxe Desktop i7-4790K, R9 280X
24.2 (20min) fps ∼23%
45 (35min) fps ∼25%
68 (56min) fps ∼45%
125 (94min) fps ∼70%
136 (106min) fps ∼72%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
19.2 (9min) fps ∼18%
53 (43min) fps ∼30%
59.4 (49min) fps ∼39%
99.6 (85min) fps ∼55%
105.8 (90min) fps ∼56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, 3770K
Desktop-PC
14.8 (12min) fps ∼14%
38.2 (31min) fps ∼22%
50.6 (41min) fps ∼33%
99.9 (83min) fps ∼56%
122.6 (104min) fps ∼65%
AMD Radeon R7 370, 3960X
no name
14.6 (12min) fps ∼14%
30.2 (24min) fps ∼17%
42.6 (33min) fps ∼28%
91 (77min) fps ∼51%
129 (106min) fps ∼68%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
13.4 (7min) fps ∼13%
38.4 (30min) fps ∼22%
42.5 (32min) fps ∼28%
84.1 (71min) fps ∼47%
120.2 (104min) fps ∼63%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
10.5 (7min) fps ∼10%
32 (24min) fps ∼18%
35.9 (28min) fps ∼23%
69.7 (57min) fps ∼39%
102.6 (89min) fps ∼54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M, 4720HQ
Schenker XMG A505
10.4 (5min) fps ∼10%
29.3 (23min) fps ∼17%
34 (24min) fps ∼22%
72.2 (59min) fps ∼40%
113 (91min) fps ∼59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M, 4340M
Schenker M504
6.9 (5min) fps ∼7%
20.1 (15min) fps ∼11%
26.4 (21min) fps ∼17%
50 (42min) fps ∼28%
75.4 (58min) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
5.8 (2min) fps ∼6%
16.5 (13min) fps ∼9%
24.2 (20min) fps ∼16%
37.9 (30min) fps ∼21%
61.9 (51min) fps ∼33%
AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop), A10-7850K
A10-7850K Asus A88-XM-PLUS
14.3 (12min) fps ∼9%
28.9 (24min) fps ∼16%
48 (42min) fps ∼25%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M, 4702MQ
Schenker M503
9.6 (6min) fps ∼5%
11.6 (8min) fps ∼8%
25.1 (20min) fps ∼14%
42.2 (36min) fps ∼22%
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200, 4750HQ
SCHENKER S413
22 (18min) fps ∼12%
38.2 (34min) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M, 4200M
HP Envy 15-j011sg
7.3 (1min) fps ∼4%
8.9 (5min) fps ∼6%
19.1 (13min) fps ∼11%
32.3 (28min) fps ∼17%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M, 4200M
MSI CX61-i572M
6.7 (0min) fps ∼4%
14.2 (0min) fps ∼8%
26.4 (0min) fps ∼14%
Intel HD Graphics 5500, 5010U
Intel NUC Kit NUC5i3RYH
7.3 (5min) fps ∼5%
15.1 (13min) fps ∼8%
25.1 (22min) fps ∼13%
Intel HD Graphics 4600, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
15 (10min) fps ∼8%
26.1 (22min) fps ∼14%

Test Systems

Four of our test devices are courtesy of Schenker Technologies (mysn.de):

  • W504 (Core i7-4700MQ, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 860M, GTX 870M, GTX 880M, GTX 970M, GTX 980M)
  • A505 (Core i7-4720HQ, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 960M)
  • M504 (Core i5-4340M, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce GTX 850M)
  • M503 (Core i7-4702MQ, 8 GB DDR3, GeForce GT 750M)

Three notebooks came from Nvidia:

Intel also supplied us one:

  • Schenker S413 (Core i7-4750HQ, 8 GB DDR3, Iris Pro Graphics 5200)

The desktop computers contain CPUs/APUs from Intel and AMD, SSDs from Micron, Intel and Samsung, motherboards from Intel and Asus, and graphics cards from Nvidia and AMD. We use the Asus PB287Q as our 4K monitor.

GPU drivers used: Nvidia 358.87, AMD 15.11 Beta, Intel 20.19.15.4300 (Win 10) and Intel 10.18.14.4294 (Win 7).

Overview

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1920x1080
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144
140
56.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
167.9n2
164.25n2
101.25n2
90.5n2
34.95n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
87.5n2
82n2
42.7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
80.6
73.2
26.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
118.45n2
115.4n3
75.6n3
66.1n3
24.1n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
102.95n4
98.3n4
59.5n4
52.8n4
19.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
119.7
73.9
52.2
49.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
121.4n3
95.2n3
49.5n2
37.4n3
13.3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
120.2
84.1
42.5
38.4
13.4
AMD Radeon R9 M390
123
82
40.5
29.5
13.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
113
72.1n3
36.2n5
31.5n5
10.4n3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
102.6
69.7
35.9
32
10.5
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
97.8
48.6
28.7
27
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
75.4
50
26.4
20.1
6.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
80.95n2
51.8n2
24.85n2
21.7n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
61.9
37.9
24.2
16.5
5.8
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
36.4
35.4
23.1
20.3
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
39.8
38.9
21.1
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
57n3
31.6n3
20.1
19.1
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NVIDIA GeForce 940M
41.1
26.4
13.9
10.7
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
46.7
29.2
13.1
9.7
AMD Radeon R7 M460
43.3
23.6
12.3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
42.2
25.1
11.6
9.6
AMD Radeon R7 M370
44.2
28
11.4
6.5
AMD Radeon R5 M255
40.3
22.2
11
AMD Radeon R7 M340
36.5
21.2
9.8
7.4
AMD Radeon R5 M335
34.8
19.8
9.6
6.1
Intel HD Graphics 620
32
17.9
9.1
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
32.3
19.1
8.9
7.3
AMD Radeon R7 M360
28.25n2
18.9n2
7.95n2
Intel HD Graphics 5500
25.1
15.1
7.3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
26.4
14.2
6.7
NVIDIA GeForce 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
NVIDIA GeForce 3 Go
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AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
AMD Radeon RX 6600S
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
AMD Radeon RX 5600M
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
AMD Radeon HD 6450M
NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R9 M380
ATI Mobility Radeon X300
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
NVIDIA GeForce 4 460 Go
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Intel HD Graphics P630
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
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Intel UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 16 EU)
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100
NVIDIA RTX A4000 Laptop GPU
Intel HD Graphics 510
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
Silicon Motion SM502
AMD Radeon HD 7620G
AMD Radeon R7 (Kaveri)
31.3
21.8
AMD Radeon RX 6300M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6530M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Intel UHD Graphics 610
Intel Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc)
Intel HD Graphics 530
Intel HD Graphics 4400
20.3
12.1
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo)
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
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AMD Radeon HD 7350M
NVIDIA GeForce G 105M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5770
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
ATI Mobility Radeon M7
AMD Radeon 660M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
Intel Arc A550M
Intel UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon R9 M395
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 560v
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AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N)
AMD Radeon R5 M430
AMD Radeon HD 8240
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop)
Qualcomm Adreno 680
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
Apple M2 10-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6730M
Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce G 110M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
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AMD Radeon HD 8750M
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
AMD Radeon HD 8410G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
AMD Radeon HD 6620G
NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
AMD Radeon HD 6850M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
AMD Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
AMD Radeon HD 7750M
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
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AMD Radeon R5 M315
ATI Radeon IGP 340M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
AMD Radeon RX 6550S
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M
NVIDIA GeForce MX550
AMD Radeon RX 6800S
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
AMD Radeon HD 7310
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
ATI Radeon HD 4225
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G
ATI Radeon Xpress X1200
AMD Radeon HD 7420G
AMD Radeon HD 7290
AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
17.6
14.8
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 8650M
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
AMD Radeon RX 5700M
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
AMD Radeon HD 8210
Intel HD Graphics 2500
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 Max-Q
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
AMD Radeon 540X
Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v
Intel Arc A370M
AMD Radeon HD 7370M
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
Apple M3 10-Core GPU
AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L)
ATI Mobility Radeon X800
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750
SIS Mirage 2 M760
Intel UHD Graphics 600
AMD Radeon RX 6450M
ATI Radeon HD 4270
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
AMD Radeon HD 7630M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
AMD Radeon 610M
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
Intel HD Graphics 4600
23.4n2
13.35n2
Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
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AMD Radeon RX 6650M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon X800XT
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
AMD Radeon HD 6830M
NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
AMD Radeon HD 8610G
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
NVIDIA T600 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6250
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 4 440 Go
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Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Intel Arc A730M
Intel HD Graphics P530
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake)
AMD Radeon RX 7700S
ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
AMD Radeon Pro 5300M
ATI Radeon HD 4100
NVIDIA GeForce 710M
NVIDIA GeForce MX110
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon RX 540X
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
NVIDIA GeForce 7190M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)
AMD Radeon HD 8310G
AMD Radeon Pro 460
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
SIS Mirage 3+ 672MX
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell)
AMD Radeon HD 7570M
AMD Radeon HD 6870M
AMD Radeon HD 6350M
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
AMD Radeon HD 6570M
ATI Mobility Radeon M6
AMD Radeon HD 6250
AMD Radeon R9 M375
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AMD Radeon 760M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Intel UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 32 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
AMD Radeon 680M
Apple M3 8-Core GPU
AMD Radeon 740M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2
Intel HD Graphics 4200
14.9
9.3
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce 705M
AMD Radeon RX 640
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
AMD Radeon HD 7430M
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NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
AMD Radeon Pro 450
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
AMD Radeon RX 7600M
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
AMD Radeon HD 6330M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
NVIDIA GeForce 945M
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
AMD Radeon RX 570X (Laptop)
VIA Chrome9 HC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
AMD Radeon R7 M270
AMD Radeon RX 540
AMD Radeon HD 7950M
AMD Radeon R7 M265
NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
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Intel HD Graphics 615
8.4
AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
AMD Radeon RX 7900M
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
AMD Radeon R5 M420
ATI Radeon IGP 320M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
VIA Chrome9HD
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
38.2
22
Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
ATI Radeon Xpress 1250
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
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AMD Radeon HD 7490M
Intel HD Graphics 5000
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
AMD Radeon HD 7690M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon R7 M465
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU)
Intel HD Graphics 5300
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
AMD Radeon HD 7660G
NVIDIA GeForce 405M
AMD Radeon HD 8590M
AMD Radeon 530
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
Intel Iris Graphics 6100
29.1
18.3
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NVIDIA GeForce G 205M
Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
AMD Radeon HD 6320
Qualcomm Adreno 690
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
ATI Radeon HD 3200
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
AMD Radeon R9 M470
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200
NVIDIA GeForce MX330
AMD Radeon HD 7770M
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)
NVIDIA GeForce G210M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
AMD Radeon 610
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
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VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
Intel HD Graphics 2000
AMD Radeon RX Vega Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
ATI Radeon HD 4200
NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
AMD Radeon RX 7600S
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
40.2
22.3
ATI Mobility Radeon X600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
AMD Radeon 780M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530
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AMD Radeon RX 5300M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
Intel HD Graphics 515
12.4
8.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
AMD Radeon R5 M240
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
AMD Radeon HD 6430M
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
Intel HD Graphics 505
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
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AMD Radeon R9 M485X
NVIDIA GeForce 610M
AMD Radeon HD 6470M
AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU
AMD Radeon HD 7550M
Intel Arc A350M
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
Intel HD Graphics 630
AMD Radeon R9 M270
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
AMD Radeon HD 7640G
Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
NVIDIA GeForce 4 420 Go
AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon R7 M260X
AMD Radeon HD 7730M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
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Intel Iris Graphics 540
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
ATI Mobility Radeon X700
unknown
AMD Radeon R9 M265X
AMD Radeon HD 7400G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
AMD Radeon HD 6770M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
NVIDIA GeForce 7150M
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AMD Radeon R7 M445
AMD Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
16.1
8.7
NVIDIA ION 2
Intel Arc A770M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
AMD Radeon HD 8830M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350
AMD Radeon R5 M330
30.2
17.9
Intel HD Graphics 6000
24.6
16.6
AMD Radeon R9 M275
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Intel Arc A530M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
Intel UHD Graphics 770
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
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AMD Radeon HD 6950M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
NVIDIA GeForce 825M
AMD Radeon 625
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
AMD Radeon HD 8570M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
NVIDIA GeForce 410M
AMD Radeon HD 8450G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce G 107M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
AMD Radeon RX 570 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon R7 M260
AMD Radeon Pro 455
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
Intel UHD Graphics 620
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
Apple M1 8-Core GPU
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
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Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Adreno GPU
AMD Radeon Pro 560X
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
VIA S3G UniChrome Pro
AMD Radeon HD 8180
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost
AMD Radeon RX 6550M
NVIDIA GeForce 315M
AMD Radeon HD 7590M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M
ATI Radeon Xpress X1250
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
AMD Radeon HD 7510M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
Intel HD Graphics 5600
31.2
18.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
NVIDIA GeForce 840M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
Intel UHD Graphics 615
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon R4 (Beema)
AMD Radeon RX 6700S
AMD Radeon RX 490M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
AMD Radeon HD 8280
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 565v
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
AMD Radeon R9 M385
AMD Radeon HD 8330
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900
NVIDIA GeForce 4 488 Go
Intel UHD Graphics 605
AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
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AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
Intel UHD Graphics P630
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
ATI Mobility 128 M3
Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
NVIDIA GeForce MX570
ATI Mobility Radeon X1350
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell)
AMD Radeon HD 8510G
AMD Radeon Pro 555X
AMD Radeon HD 8350G
Intel Iris Graphics 550
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
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AMD Radeon HD 7340
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
30.5n2
18.55n2
Intel UHD Graphics 617
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6380G
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP
NVIDIA GeForce G 102M
Intel Arc A570M
AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
AMD Radeon HD 8250
NVIDIA GeForce 830M
AMD Radeon HD 7450M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
AMD Radeon HD 6370M
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
AMD Radeon R9 M370X
AMD Radeon R7 M440
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Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
NVIDIA GeForce MX250
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 8650G
Qualcomm Adreno 685
NVIDIA GeForce MX350
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
AMD Radeon HD 8400
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon HD 7650M
AMD Radeon HD 6490M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
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AMD Radeon HD 8670M
AMD Radeon 520
AMD Radeon 630
SIS Mirage M661FX
NVIDIA GeForce 845M
AMD Radeon R7 M380
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800XT
ATI Radeon HD 3100
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
AMD Radeon HD 8770M
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 530v
AMD Radeon HD 7600G
Intel UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU)
Intel Arc A310
ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
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AMD Radeon Pro 555
Qualcomm Adreno 630
AMD Radeon R5 (Kaveri)
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
ATI Radeon HD 4250
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU
AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT
AMD Radeon HD 7530M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
AMD Radeon R9 M365X
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
AMD Radeon HD 7500G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
AMD Radeon R6 (Mullins)
AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT
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NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
AMD Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
NVIDIA GeForce 320M
AMD Radeon R5 M230
Intel HD Graphics 500
Intel Iris Graphics 5100
AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
SIS Mirage 3 671MX
AMD Radeon HD 6310
AMD Radeon HD 8550G
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
NVIDIA GeForce 910M
AMD Radeon R5 M320
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
24
16.4
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon HD 6290
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
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Intel HD Graphics 4000
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2700
Intel HD Graphics 610
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon 620
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
NVIDIA GeForce MX130
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
VIA Castle Rock
Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
AMD Radeon RX 580X (Laptop)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3410
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
Intel HD Graphics 520
19.6n2
10.85n2
AMD Radeon Pro 560
Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
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ATI Radeon Xpress X1270
(-) * Smaller values are better. / n123 Number of benchmarks for this median value / * Approximate position

 

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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.
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Florian Glaser, 2015-11-11 (Update: 2015-11-11)