Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2

We tested Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 (Steam - Full Version) by running the first part of the single player campaign ("For the Record") and recording the average frame rate. The FPS recording started as soon as the protagonist wakes up and is pulled up by his commanding officer. The recording ended at the scene where a rocket blows up the Humvee. This practical benchmark was run multiple times so as to record all changes in the frame rate.

Settings

Our benchmark ran with the following settings (VSync is always off):

Notebookcheck Settings Class	Resolution	AA, AF	Settings
Low	800x600	0xAA	Texture Quality Low, all off
Medium	1024x768	2xAA	Texture Quality Medium, all on
High	1366x768	4xAA	Texture Quality High, all on
Ultra	1920x1080	4xAA	Texture Quality Extra, all on

1024x768 all on/med, normal textures 2xAA

1366x768 all on/high, high textures 4xAA

1920x1080 all on/max, textures extra 4xAA

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Editorial Team, 2011-11- 2 (Update: 2024-08-15)

Pos	Model	< Prev Next > CoD Modern Warfare 2 (2009)
Pos	Model	low 800x600 all off/low vsync off, low textures 0xAA	med. 1024x768 all on/med vsync off, normal textures 2xAA	high 1366x768 all on/high vsync off, high textures 4xAA	ultra 1920x1080 all on/max vsync off, textures extra 4xAA
298	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680				148
344	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580				121
398	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M SLI	333.6	196.9	185.9	133.95ⁿ²
399	AMD Radeon HD 6990M Crossfire	246.3	116.4	110.4	87.3
401	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M SLI	361.4	212.5	190.1	142
402	AMD Radeon HD 6970M Crossfire	287	167.4	160.6	126.65ⁿ²
420	AMD Radeon HD 6870				95
424	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M SLI	276.5	163.9	150.2	104.4
425	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M SLI	277.5	148	129.1	90.3
434	ATI Radeon HD 5850	146.8	90.5	82.8	74.9
437	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M	232.9	132.3	108.7	77.8
438	AMD Radeon HD 6990M	136	61.1	84.45ⁿ²	82.4ⁿ³
444	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M SLI	278.9	152.2	132.2	88.3
445	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870 Crossfire	163.3	97.3	95.4	81.4
446	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M	223.7	130.9	118.4	76.3
449	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M SLI		118.1	113.9	84.3
454	NVIDIA Quadro 5010M			93.4	62.5
462	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	172.9	105.2	94.9	72ⁿ²
467	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M	199.1	107	89.9	59.8
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >CoD Modern Warfare 2
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
500	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870 X2		84.2		59.6
502	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M	213.7	108.2	87.8	57.5ⁿ²
503	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M		78.6	68ⁿ²	49.45ⁿ²
542	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M				63
549	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M	194.9	95.4	78.3	51.5ⁿ²
586	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870	161	78.2ⁿ³	66.3	50.7ⁿ³
597	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M	201.9	73.2	62.5ⁿ³	45.65ⁿ⁶
608	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M		70	61.2	43.3
609	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870		46.4		30.8
611	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M			100	46ⁿ²
659	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850				40
660	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M	137.4	59.1	55.4	40
662	NVIDIA Quadro FX 2800M	158.1	78.9	66.7	41.2
671	AMD Radeon HD 6770M	98.3	48.7	40	26.4
673	NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M	147.75ⁿ²	60.7ⁿ²	49.65ⁿ²	32.15ⁿ²
675	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850		56.5ⁿ³	47.8ⁿ³	30.9ⁿ³
678	NVIDIA Quadro 2000M	200.3	74.8	59.5	37.6
682	NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M		63	52	33.8
683	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M		61.3	53.1	34
696	AMD Radeon HD 6750M				33
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >CoD Modern Warfare 2
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
698	NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M	127.8	51	42.3	26
708*	AMD Radeon HD 6730M	137.2	51.2	41.3	27
750	NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M	133.9ⁿ³	49.6ⁿ⁴	40.1ⁿ⁶	24
752	AMD Radeon HD 6650M	154.15ⁿ²	76.8ⁿ²	51.7ⁿ²	26.7
754	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730		47.6	37.7	25
791	ATI FirePro M5800		51.5	44.06	27.04
795	NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M		46.2	40.2	25.5
796*	AMD Radeon HD 6680G2	94	33.6	28.2
800	AMD Radeon HD 6550M	125.8	45.9	37.6	23.4
803	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M	139.6	48.5ⁿ³	45.45ⁿ²	27.8ⁿ²
804	AMD Radeon HD 6630M	84.6	40.3	32.5
810	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	155.1	45.55ⁿ⁶	36.85ⁿ⁶	24.1ⁿ³
817	NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M	111.7	42.6	36.7	22.8
840	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670	119.2	47.5	38.7
841	NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M	106.2	39.2ⁿ³	33.6ⁿ³	20.05ⁿ²
845	NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M	94.1ⁿ²	38.98ⁿ⁴	33.93ⁿ⁴
851	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165		41	34
853	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650	119.4ⁿ³	41ⁿ³	34.5ⁿ²	16.1
857	NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M		33	29	18
860	NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M	109.8ⁿ²	36.3	30.25ⁿ⁴
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >CoD Modern Warfare 2
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
861	NVIDIA Quadro FX 880M	124.1	42.2	35.4	21
875	NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M	88.4	33	28.5
876	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v	106.6	36.1	29.1
914	NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M	58.7	31.8	26.8
948	AMD Radeon HD 6470M	74.2	30.45ⁿ²	24.45ⁿ²	13.4
950	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	65.1	34.1	22.8	14.4
963	NVIDIA GeForce 320M	69	23
991	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470	77.5ⁿ³	24.88ⁿ³	18.1
996	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145	60.9	24.9	18
1002	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570	80.75ⁿ²	19.7ⁿ²
1007	Intel HD Graphics 3000	58.35ⁿ²	16	12
1009	NVIDIA GeForce 310M	48.3	17.7	14.6
1010	NVIDIA GeForce G210M	56	18	16
1024	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430	57.8	24.35	12.94
1055	Intel HD Graphics 2000	50	14
1080*	AMD Radeon HD 6310	28.9ⁿ³	12.6ⁿ³
1086*	NVIDIA ION 2	12.36
1100	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics	26
1129	Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD	16

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.