F1 23 technical review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks
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
F1 23 bears a lot of resemblance to its predecessor visually. The new entry in the F1 racing sim continues to boast highly detailed vehicles, snazzy environments and excellent effects (e.g. reflections) without pushing graphics to the next level. Although, F1 23 recommends a gamepad on startup, our Thrustmaster T248 racing wheel was recognized and was working without any issues.
The developers especially deserve kudos for the (almost too) extensive graphics menu. You'll find all sorts of modern features, with ray tracing alone taking up six individual options. TAA, DLSS (Nvidia), FSR (AMD) and XeSS (Intel) are available for upscaling and antialiasing. On paper, F1 23 offers Frame Generation on GPUs that support the feature. However, this option was always greyed out during our testing despite us having met the requirements (RTX 40 Series card, HDR off).
One particularly convenient thing is that the game offers several presets for general graphics quality. You can also make changes to any of the settings without having to restart the game. Speaking of start: F1 23 can be launched in VR mode as well – those who own compatible headsets will certainly be happy to hear this.
Benchmark
The game is very well suited for performance testing because the developers have once again included a benchmark tool in the graphics menu. Besides selecting the track, you can specify the weather conditions and camera position. For our testing, we opted to use the Australia circuit with clear skies and variable camera angles. There is also an optional fps counter and a loop feature. However, you won't find any detailed stats similar to those in Returnal.
We consider F1 23 to be fairly playable if the average frame rate is above 40 fps. But the game really only feels smooth at 60 fps and above.
FHD (1,920 x 1,080)
The game isn't very taxing on a graphics card as long as ray tracing is disabled. A Radeon 680M is powerful enough to run the game at 1080p and high settings. But for the Ultra preset (which automatically enables ray tracing), you'll need at least a mid-range GPU such as a GeForce RTX 4050 or similar.
F1 23 | |
1920x1080 Low Preset AA:T AF:16x 1920x1080 Medium Preset AA:T AF:16x 1920x1080 High Preset AA:T AF:16x 1920x1080 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
AMD Radeon RX 6800S, R9 6900HS | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, i5-1240P | |
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS |
QHD (2,560 x 1,440)
The game definitely calls for a true high-end GPU (e.g. GeForce RTX 3070 Ti) when you pair 1440p with the Ultra preset.
F1 23 | |
2560x1440 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX |
UHD (3,840 x 2,160)
Once we get to 4K, almost all mobile GPUs seem to have difficulty handling F1 23 at max settings. Only the RTX 4090, the most powerful Nvidia GPU right now, managed to deliver acceptable frame rates here. We recommend using DLSS or the likes if you have a less powerful GPU. In Quality mode, an RTX 4070 is enough to get the game running close the 40 fps mark.
F1 23 | |
3840x2160 Ultra High Preset AA:T AF:16x 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset + DLSS Quality (+ FG) AF:16x | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K | |
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX | |
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX |
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
Device | Graphics card | Processor | Memory |
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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 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 |
MSI Prestige 15 | Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 @40 W TGP (4 GB GDDR6) | Intel Core i5-1240P | 16 GB DDR4 |
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 |
4K monitors | Operating system | Nvidia driver | AMD driver |
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Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Gigabyte M32U | Windows 11 | ForceWare 535.98 | Adrenalin 23.5.2 |