F1 23 technical review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

Demanding ray tracing. Formula 1 fans are once again getting a new game to relish this year. In this review, we'll be taking a closer look at the tech behind F1 23, especially its highly demanding graphics.

Florian Glaser, 👁 Florian Glaser (translated by Zhiwei Zhuang), Published 06/27/2023 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 ...

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.

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.

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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 Desktop-PC	447 (327^min) fps ∼100% 402 (307^min) fps ∼100% 118 (83^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	283 (94^min) fps ∼63% 274 (187^min) fps ∼68% 116 (97^min) fps ∼98%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	350 (263^min) fps ∼78% 343 (252^min) fps ∼85% 115 (76^min) fps ∼97%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	281 (111^min) fps ∼63% 265 (157^min) fps ∼66% 101 (81^min) fps ∼86%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	251 (186^min) fps ∼56% 193 (166^min) fps ∼48% 75 (61^min) fps ∼64%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	251 (76^min) fps ∼56% 198 (174^min) fps ∼49% 68 (55^min) fps ∼58%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55	229 (173^min) fps ∼51% 178 (145^min) fps ∼44% 63 (51^min) fps ∼53%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	234 (202^min) fps ∼52% 169 (145^min) fps ∼42% 54 (45^min) fps ∼46%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	190 (100^min) fps ∼43% 143 (127^min) fps ∼36% 42 (36^min) fps ∼36%
AMD Radeon RX 6800S, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	219 (175^min) fps ∼100% 199 (163^min) fps ∼45% 149 (132^min) fps ∼37% 32 (21^min) fps ∼27%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU, i5-1240P MSI Prestige 15 A12UC	108 (83^min) fps ∼49% 88 (72^min) fps ∼20% 64 (52^min) fps ∼16% 19 (14^min) fps ∼16%
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	71 (55^min) fps ∼32% 63 (51^min) fps ∼14% 45 (38^min) fps ∼11% 9 (6^min) fps ∼8%

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 Desktop-PC	98 (80^min) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	80 (52^min) fps ∼82%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	80 (63^min) fps ∼82%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	71 (56^min) fps ∼72%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	48 (39^min) fps ∼49%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	46 (37^min) fps ∼47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55	41 (32^min) fps ∼42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	38 (29^min) fps ∼39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	30 (24^min) fps ∼31%

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 Desktop-PC	55 (42^min) fps ∼100% 93 (75^min) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	40 (26^min) fps ∼73%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Neo 17 E23	40 (31^min) fps ∼73% 66 (53^min) fps ∼71%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX Schenker Key 17 Pro E23	35 (27^min) fps ∼64% 60 (48^min) fps ∼65%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	24 (18^min) fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	22 (17^min) fps ∼40% 38 (28^min) fps ∼41%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55	19 (13^min) fps ∼35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	18 (14^min) fps ∼33% 32 (26^min) fps ∼34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Focus 15 E23	14 (11^min) fps ∼25% 21 (17^min) fps ∼23%

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
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
Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Gigabyte M32U	Windows 11	ForceWare 535.98	Adrenalin 23.5.2

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Editor of the original article: Florian Glaser - Managing Editor Gaming Laptops - 594 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2009

I discovered my interest in computers in my childhood, growing up with MS-DOS and Windows 3.1 in the early 1990s. I was especially fascinated with computer games, even from an early age. From Monkey Island through Lands of Lore to Doom, I tried every game I could get my hands on. I have been working for Notebookcheck since 2009 with my focus mostly being on high-performance gaming laptops.

Translator: Zhiwei Zhuang - Translator - 114 articles published on Notebookcheck since 2022

After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, I moved from Singapore to Cologne in 2014 and began pursuing a career as a freelance translator. Much of my translation work focuses on science, engineering and technology. My fascination with computers and mobile electronics began when I was young. And I have fond memories reading countless tech and gaming magazines. Working with Notebookcheck gives me the opportunity to incorporate my personal interests into my professional work.

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Florian Glaser, 2023-06-27 (Update: 2023-08- 7)

Pos	Model	< Prev Next > F1 23 (2023)
Pos	Model	low 1920x1080 Low Preset 16xAF TAA	med. 1920x1080 Medium Preset 16xAF TAA	high 1920x1080 High Preset 16xAF TAA	ultra 1920x1080 Ultra High Preset 16xAF TAA	QHD 2560x1440 Ultra High Preset 16xAF TAA	4K 3840x2160 Ultra High Preset 16xAF TAA
2	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	457ⁿ⁵	477ⁿ⁵	453ⁿ⁵	213ⁿ⁵	154.5ⁿ⁵	79.9ⁿ⁵
3	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX		447	402	118	80	40
4	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080		350	343	115	98	55
8	AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE	453.5ⁿ²	443ⁿ²	349ⁿ²	95.45ⁿ²	63.1ⁿ²	31.85ⁿ²
9	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	510	516	406	97.1	62	29.7
10	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	315	304.5ⁿ²	312ⁿ³	129.8ⁿ³	81.9ⁿ³	42.2ⁿ³
12	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	491	485	360	121.4	79.5	39.9
14	AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT	543	502	366	87.4	55.8	27.3
19	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	282.5ⁿ²	281ⁿ³	265ⁿ³	101ⁿ³	71ⁿ³	50.05ⁿ²
23	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070	438	415	302	105	66	32
27	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU	248ⁿ⁴	251ⁿ⁵	198.2ⁿ⁵	71ⁿ⁵	45.8ⁿ⁴	22
29	AMD Radeon RX 6800	465	416	303	69.5	43.8	20.9
30	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	464	418	310	76.5	48.7	23.5
31	NVIDIA Titan RTX	421	368	264	81.6	52.9	26.3
32	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	450	399	284	92.4	59.3	28.8
33	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16G	386	349	251	81.9	51	24.6
34	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8G	382.5ⁿ²	345ⁿ²	246.5ⁿ²	81.55ⁿ²	51.25ⁿ²	24.4ⁿ²
35	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	278	269ⁿ²	212.5ⁿ²	76.95ⁿ²	49.15ⁿ²	24.1ⁿ²
38	AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT	411	369	256	57.3	35.3	16.6
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >F1 23
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
40	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	389	349	244	53.9	33.1	15.6
41	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU	270	276	219	72.3	37.9	23.8
42	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	66.55ⁿ⁶	64.9ⁿ⁶	53.85ⁿ⁶	33.65ⁿ⁶	31.2ⁿ⁶	16.45ⁿ⁶
43	Intel Arc A770	299	264	196.7	67.2	44.2	21.4
44	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060	319	285	195.2	60.2	38	16.5
45	AMD Radeon RX 7600	365	314	221	48.8	31.8	10.7
47	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU		229	178	63	41	19
50	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU	224ⁿ⁶	225ⁿ⁷	170.85ⁿ⁸	54.05ⁿ⁸	37.8ⁿ⁵	18
55	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	354	312	215	40.2	24.4	10.5
61	AMD Radeon RX 6800S	219	199	149	32
63	Intel Arc A750	274	239	170.5	55.2	34.9	16.2
75	NVIDIA Titan X Pascal	267	234	167.1	117	88.1	51.7
79	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)	308	273	187.3	54.4	34.4	16.5
82	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)	279	245	171.5	119.2	89.4	51.6
87	AMD Radeon RX 7600S		217	159	37	12	7
93	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)	269	237	162.2	46	28.9	13.7
95	AMD Radeon RX 6600	282	248	171.3	32	20	8.61
99	AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)	250	220	150.8	105.5	78.2	44.7
101	AMD Radeon RX 6600M	264	240	168.7	31.3	19.1	8.43
128	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)	241	211	146.8	99	70.6	38.4
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >F1 23
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
136	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)	196.8	171	116.6	82.9	59.9	30.7
137	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	85.3	77.3	52	11.5	7.39	2.23
138	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)	159.8	140.5	97	66.2	49.6	28.6
139	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU	229.5ⁿ⁸	209ⁿ¹⁰	156.2ⁿ¹¹	44.7ⁿ¹²	34.8ⁿ⁹	14
141*	Intel Arc A730M	174.6ⁿ²	155.6ⁿ²	110.8ⁿ²	32.9ⁿ²		2.15
151	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop)	179.9	159.5	109.3	78.6	57	29.4
154	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)	162.7	140	93.4	42.9	29	14.3
160	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU	108	88	64	19
178	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile	96	83	63	54
179	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile	119.7	109	73.7	42.2
181	AMD Radeon RX 5500M	111	98.3	62.3	40.6
235*	AMD Radeon 780M	73.2ⁿ⁷	64.5ⁿ⁷	46.1ⁿ⁸	24.69ⁿ²
236	AMD Radeon 680M	71.4ⁿ²	63.75ⁿ²	44.85ⁿ²	9.18ⁿ²
257	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile	62.8	55	36.2	24.4
266*	AMD Radeon 760M	71.6	63.6	45.5
267	AMD Radeon 660M	49.6	42.7	29.2
278	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)	55.8	49.1	33	21.3
300	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs	39.8ⁿ⁹	35.5ⁿ⁹	24.95ⁿ¹⁰	18.4ⁿ⁷
310	AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)	14.8	12.5	7	5
321	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs	36.2ⁿ²	33.3ⁿ²	22.9ⁿ²
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >F1 23
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
343*	AMD Radeon 540X	18	14
365	Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)	24.4ⁿ²	21.85ⁿ²	15ⁿ²
367*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10	29.5	25.9	18.4	12.9
404*	Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)	19.1	17.1	11.5
405	Intel UHD Graphics 770	22.9	20.6	13.8
413*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	31.2ⁿ⁵	27.6ⁿ⁵	20.9ⁿ⁵	15.5ⁿ³
421	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	30.4	26.2	19.5
438	NVIDIA GeForce MX130	11.4	9.2	6.69	5.79
492*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	26.7	24.1	17	12.4
564*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 5	20.4	18.3	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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