Dead Island 2: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

Zombie invasion in a pretty setting. Dead Island 2 might not be the best game of the year, but the mixture of splatter action and dignified Hollywood atmosphere definitely has its appeal. You can find the hardware requirements in our benchmark check.

Florian Glaser, ✓ Anton Avdyushkin (translated by DeepL / Ninh Duy), Published 05/08/2023 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 ...

Test notebooks

We are currently running our gaming benchmarks with these laptops. Clicking on the photos will take you to the respective manufacturer's homepage. All other test systems (tower PCs, mini PCs, ...) are listed at the end of the article.

Technology

Thanks to the easy-going entry and the intuitive controls, Dead Island 2 manages to captivate players quickly.

The first-person title also has a lot to offer graphically. The American (hilly) landscapes, in which Dead Island 2 is set, shine among other things with a high level of foresight, fancy buildings, and many details - be it inside or outside. The character models and the effects (smoke, sparks, etc.) are also impressive. Minor graphics and clipping errors, which we encountered in the course of the test, are not a big problem overall.

The graphics menu also hardly needs to be criticized either. Changes are applied without a restart and there are short explanations for the individual settings. While the resolution, picture mode, VSync, maximum frame rate, the field of view, motion blur, and brightness (SDR or HDR) can be adjusted in the display tab, over 10 detail options are waiting in the extended menu, which can be globally adjusted via preset. Either FXAA or TAA is responsible for edge smoothing. The AMD technologies FSR 2 and Variable Shading are on board. Special Nvidia features like DLSS are missing.

Technically, Dead Island 2 makes quite a mature impression in relation to many other recently released games if you disregard the occasional jerkiness, which can occur regardless of the hardware performance and the selected settings in our experience. The fact that the shaders have to be optimized at every game start is not noticeable due to the rather short duration (no comparison to The Last of Us) especially since the intro videos can be skipped and the loading times are pleasantly short (at least on SSDs).

Benchmarks

Since Dead Island 2 does not contain an integrated benchmark, we use a specially defined sequence. After the tutorial, the main character reaches the mansion of a well-known Hollywood star and is allowed to move around free of zombies for a while, which benefits reproducible measurements and results.

As you can see in the following video, we run with the character for a good 20 seconds through the stylish mansion, where there are also a few other characters. The frame rate is recorded with the CapFrameX tool. Since this is a fast-paced title from the first-person perspective, the average framerate should be at least at a level of 40 or even better 60 FPS.

Results

FHD (1,920 x 1,080)

We would describe the graphics requirements of Dead Island 2 as moderate. With an iGPU on the level of the Intel Iris Graphics G7, you have to limit yourself to 1,280 x 720 pixels and minimum settings (just over 50 FPS), but with stronger iGPUs like the Radeon 680M, on the other hand, usable frame rates are also possible in 1,920 x 1,080 (approx. 60 FPS @Low, approx. 40 FPS @High). Only starting from the Ultra preset and onwards a dedicated mid-range GPU is absolutely necessary.

Dead Island 2
1920x1080 Low Preset AA:Low T 1920x1080 Medium Preset AA:High T 1920x1080 High Preset AA:High T 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:High T
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	299 (132.4^min, 152.1^P0.1, 206^P1) fps ∼62% 265 (109.5^min, 132.8^P0.1, 174.1^P1) fps ∼64% 250 (20.3^min, 22.6^P0.1, 159.1^P1) fps ∼63%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	265 (58.5^min, 147.4^P0.1, 183.5^P1) fps ∼55% 230 (86.1^min, 140.7^P0.1, 164.1^P1) fps ∼55% 229 (117.4^min, 125.2^P0.1, 152.6^P1) fps ∼58%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	225 (100.6^min, 124.6^P0.1, 146.9^P1) fps ∼47% 207 (106.9^min, 116.6^P0.1, 144.4^P1) fps ∼50% 206 (98^min, 108.9^P0.1, 138.3^P1) fps ∼52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	219 (70.7^min, 116.9^P0.1, 145^P1) fps ∼46% 206 (76.8^min, 104.9^P0.1, 140.5^P1) fps ∼50% 201 (103.5^min, 108.6^P0.1, 119.9^P1) fps ∼51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	209 (66.6^min, 112.1^P0.1, 149.5^P1) fps ∼44% 170.3 (85.4^min, 95^P0.1, 124.6^P1) fps ∼41% 158.8 (20.9^min, 22^P0.1, 116.7^P1) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	192.8 (107.9^min, 122.1^P0.1, 140.1^P1) fps ∼40% 142.3 (9.31^min, 34.4^P0.1, 105.5^P1) fps ∼34% 133.5 (20.9^min, 22.8^P0.1, 101.6^P1) fps ∼34%
AMD Radeon RX 6800S, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	177.4 (82.1^min, 88.4^P0.1, 125.4^P1) fps ∼68% 162.5 (11.9^min, 80.2^P0.1, 103.4^P1) fps ∼34% 134.3 (57.8^min, 74.3^P0.1, 99.4^P1) fps ∼32% 122.9 (12.2^min, 12.4^P0.1, 86.5^P1) fps ∼31%
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	62.4 (32^min, 32.5^P0.1, 34.3^P1) fps ∼24% 51.6 (12^min, 14.2^P0.1, 26.2^P1) fps ∼11% 39.5 (14.9^min, 17.4^P0.1, 20.9^P1) fps ∼9% 32.4 (7.38^min, 7.91^P0.1, 13.5^P1) fps ∼8%
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, i7-1165G7 Zotac ZBOX CI665 Nano	29 (5^min, 7.46^P0.1, 17.3^P1) fps ∼11% 23.3 (3.18^min, 3.29^P0.1, 4.69^P1) fps ∼5% 17.9 (9.35^min, 9.4^P0.1, 10.3^P1) fps ∼4% 15.9 (6.97^min, 7.08^P0.1, 8.73^P1) fps ∼4%

QHD (2,560 x 1,440)

2,560 x 1,440 pixels demand a bit more from the graphics card, although a reasonably up-to-date mid-range GPU is sufficient here as well (we determined more than 70 FPS with the RTX 4050 at maximum settings).

Dead Island 2
2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:High T
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	231 (107.5^min, 124.2^P0.1, 166.5^P1) fps ∼61%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	227 (88.9^min, 97.8^P0.1, 136^P1) fps ∼60%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	198.2 (65.9^min, 119.5^P0.1, 135.3^P1) fps ∼52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	172.1 (94.8^min, 114^P0.1, 132.1^P1) fps ∼45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	101.9 (47.8^min, 58.8^P0.1, 67.3^P1) fps ∼27%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	76.5 (5.62^min, 6.51^P0.1, 24.3^P1) fps ∼20%

UHD (3,840 x 2,160)

The hardware requirements in the 4K sector are also not overly high. Even a GeForce RTX 4050 (with a high TGP) cracks the 40 FPS mark at maximum details.

Dead Island 2
3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:High T
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	129.3 (71.9^min, 74^P0.1, 85.7^P1) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	123.7 (73.2^min, 74.7^P0.1, 84.7^P1) fps ∼38%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	101.2 (39.3^min, 44.9^P0.1, 66.6^P1) fps ∼31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	82.1 (36.4^min, 42.2^P0.1, 50.7^P1) fps ∼25%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	47.4 (23^min, 24.4^P0.1, 26.8^P1) fps ∼15%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	40.8 (14.6^min, 16.7^P0.1, 21.5^P1) fps ∼13%

Note

Since gaming tests are very time-consuming and often restricted by installation or activation limits, we can only provide you with a part of the benchmarks at the time of publication. We will be adding more graphics cards in the coming days and weeks.

Overview

All test systems

Gerät	Grafikkarte	Prozessor	Arbeitsspeicher
Notebooks
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 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 Zephyrus G14	AMD Radeon RX 6800S (8 GB GDDR6) & AMD Radeon 680M	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Tower-PCs
Custom I	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB GDDR6X) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-12900K	2 x 16 GB DDR4
Custom II	Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6) lNvidia 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 6950 XT (16 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6800 (16 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-PCs
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
Morefine S500+	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR4
Zotac ZBOX CI665 Nano	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96 CUs)	Intel Core i7-1165G7	2 x 8 GB DDR4

4K Monitors	Operating System	Nvidia Driver	AMD Driver
Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Gigabyte M32U	Windows 11	ForceWare 531.79	Adrenalin 23.4.3

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Florian Glaser, 2023-05- 8 (Update: 2023-05- 8)

Pos	Model	< Prev Next > Dead Island 2 (2023)
Pos	Model	low 1920x1080 Low Preset Low TAA	med. 1920x1080 Medium Preset High TAA	high 1920x1080 High Preset High TAA	ultra 1920x1080 Ultra Preset High TAA	QHD 2560x1440 Ultra Preset High TAA	4K 3840x2160 Ultra Preset High TAA
2	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	354ⁿ³	347ⁿ³	302ⁿ³	273ⁿ³	267ⁿ³	165.1ⁿ³
3	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	365	317.5ⁿ²	288ⁿ²	261ⁿ²	227ⁿ²	129.05ⁿ²
4	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super	368ⁿ²	352.5ⁿ²	313.5ⁿ²	279ⁿ²	228.5ⁿ²	122.5ⁿ²
5	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080		265	230	229	227	123.7
9	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti	309	306	284	283	211	101.4
10	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	312.5ⁿ²	303.5ⁿ²	252ⁿ²	189.6ⁿ²	153.3ⁿ²	86.75ⁿ²
11	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	375	368	319	236	176.8	96.5
12	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	226	218.5ⁿ²	198.65ⁿ²	193.85ⁿ²	188.35ⁿ²	98ⁿ²
14	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	355ⁿ²	348ⁿ²	301ⁿ²	228ⁿ²	167ⁿ²	91.1ⁿ²
16	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	361	352	287	200	144.3	77.4
22	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU		219	206	201	172.1	82.1
26	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	326	319	275	249	168	79.5
30	AMD Radeon RX 6800	356	309	233	167.2	121.8	66.1
31	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	353	318	238	166.2	119.9	62.7
32	NVIDIA Titan RTX	314	299	224	164.5	116.1	58.7
33	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	351	332	250	191	133.6	67.9
34	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16G	330	309	229	166.3	113.7	55.5
35	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8G	321ⁿ³	314ⁿ³	225ⁿ³	162.5ⁿ³	110.5ⁿ³	55.2ⁿ³
37	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	167.9	192.85ⁿ²	171.3ⁿ²	160.95ⁿ²	111.65ⁿ²	52.5
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Dead Island 2
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
41	AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT	329	273	204	189.1	123.9	58.5
43	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	318	270	199.9	139.2	100.1	50
44	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU	187	178.4	158.2	123.3	85.7	43.8
45	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	325	284	210	159.1	109.1	55.1
46	Intel Arc A770	217	187.3	149	117.8	88.2	46
47	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	304	258	184.2	138	89.7	43.5
48	AMD Radeon RX 7600	285	245	181.9	129.7	88	44.9
50	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU		198.6	173.3	134.1	95.1	48.5
53	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	189.9	195.35ⁿ²	161.9ⁿ²	153.65ⁿ²	99.95ⁿ²	47.4
58	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	278	236	171.2	121.6	83.6	42.4
62	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	209	205	164.3	112.9ⁿ²	80.55ⁿ²	38.95ⁿ²
64	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	177.4	162.5	134.3	122.9
65*	AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT	250	215	161.2	114.3	79.2	38.1
66	Intel Arc A750	204	174	138.1	107.5	79	40.4
76	NVIDIA Titan X Pascal	232	198.4	142.5	110.8	73.5	35.9
80	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)	260	221	162.1	125	81.6	39.2
84	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)	225	189.2	137.5	104.7	70.5	35.8
91	AMD Radeon RX 7600S	201	168.1	122.7	113.1
97	Intel Arc A580	189.1	165.9	127.3	96.3	70.1	34.8
98	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)	226	191.6	138	101.2	68.7	33.7
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Dead Island 2
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
100	AMD Radeon RX 6600	217	179.3	133.6	98.1	65.4	32.2
104	AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)	204	175.9	124.7	95.2	63.6	31.8
106	AMD Radeon RX 6600M	196.1ⁿ²	170.65ⁿ²	128.6ⁿ²	106.65ⁿ²	70.2ⁿ²	33.5ⁿ²
134	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)	194.9	163.9	118.7	90.3	59.9	30.7
142	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)	168.1	143.2	98.8	74.6	43.7	21.4
143	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	159.1	117.4	87.6	62.3	45.3	20.4
144	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)	135.8	115.6	79.4	59.3	39	19.1
145	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	198.5ⁿ²	171.8ⁿ³	133.1ⁿ³	120.6ⁿ³	69.15ⁿ²	40.8
148*	Intel Arc A730M	147.1	120.5	93.4	74		26.1
152	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile	134.3	119.1	86.1	63.9
153	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU	95.7	75.7	64.1	58	45.9
158	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop)	156.4	135.1	92.3	67.7	43.4	18.2
161	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)	142.2	119.4	64.4	54.2	39.2	10.3
167	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU	106	89.7	70.9	52.1
186	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile	100.9	82.8	55.2	42.8
187	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile	98.4	83.1	55.9	43
189	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	82.3	79.6	59.4	48
198	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile	57.4	46.2	31.4	25.4
202	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile	92.4	75.3	49.7	38.8
203	Intel Arc A380	88.3	74	53.1	39.4
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Dead Island 2
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
241*	AMD Radeon 780M	51.8	45.2	31.4	27.3
249	AMD Radeon 680M	62.4	51.6	39.5	32.4
270	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile	58.3	49.4	34	23.7
283	AMD Radeon 660M	36.8	30.1	22.3	14.6
294	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	48.4	39.7	28.9	20.8
316	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs	29	23.3	17.9	15.9
317	NVIDIA GeForce MX350	40.3	35.4	21	14.8
326	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)	20.9	17.5
334	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	32.5	27.5	21.1	15.2
337	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	30.5	25.9	19	14.3	9.91
359*	AMD Radeon 540X	18.5	15
381*	Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)	20.5	16.5	12.4
420*	Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)	21.7	18.9	13.2
431*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	30.1	25.8	19.7	13.3
457	NVIDIA GeForce MX130	13.1
461	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)	16.5	14.4
511*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	22.6	19.5	14.5
582*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)	12.2
583*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 5	18.3	15.2	11.4
584	Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)	9.4
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Dead Island 2
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
585	Intel UHD Graphics 630	8.81
587*	Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H)	9.62
595	Intel UHD Graphics 620	9.36
668	AMD Radeon R5 M255	11.2
669*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	13.1

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.
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