FIFA 20 Laptop and Desktop Benchmarks

New Features, Old Technology. While EA has added a new game mode called Volta to FIFA 20, the latest game in the FIFA franchise remains based on the same engine that underpinned its predecessor. EA has made one change though, which forces FIFA 20 to run in DirectX 12. Read on to find out what implications this has for system requirements and how FIFA 20 performs on several desktop PCs, laptops and GPUs.

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Technology

Content has seemingly been EA's primary focus with FIFA 20, so those who were hoping for a graphics update this year will be disappointed. While FIFA 20 looks good, Anthem, Battlefield 5, Need for Speed Payback and Mass Effect Andromeda all demonstrate that EA's latest football game could make more of the Frostbite 3 engine than it does. In short, FIFA 20 looks a bit outdated except for detailed kits and famous footballers, which we think is a fair criticism considering that EA sells the FIFA series as triple AAA titles.

The graphics menu remains the same as the one that EA included in FIFA 19 and its predecessors. The menu is not accessible from within the game and has a dedicated .exe instead, but it is well laid out. EA has included options for adjusting the display mode, resolution, image quality and degree of MSAA anti-aliasing. There is a framerate lock too, should you wish to use one. Visually, little has changed with FIFA 20 compared to its predecessors, nor does changing between the four presets make a huge difference.

Surprisingly, EA has removed the DirectX selector that it included in FIFA 19, with FIFA 20 being forced to run on DirectX 12. This decision excludes some systems that would have been powerful enough to run FIFA 20 in DirectX 11, which is a shame. Likewise, DX12 is currently more unstable than its predecessor, with the API causing some crashes in our experience that we cannot replicate with DirectX 11.

Thankfully, there is a way to re-enable DirectX 11 should you need to do so. All you need to do is open the fifasetup file, found in your Documents folder, with something like Notepad and change the DIRECTX_SELECT = from 0 to 1. This change forces the game to run in DirectX 11, so you will need to change DIRECTX_SELECT back to 0 if you want to revert to DirectX 12. The DirectX mode seems to have little impact on average framerates, although subjectively we noticed more micro-stutters and hangs on weaker GPUs when using DirectX 12 than DirectX 11.

In our opinion, EA should bring the DirectX selector it integrated within FIFA 19 to FIFA 20. There is simply no reason to omit it from this year's edition. Annoyingly, EA has set the in-game menus and replays to run at half the frequency of the display on which you are playing the game, meaning that replays will run at 30 FPS on a 60 Hz screen. While this is not a dealbreaker, it makes some elements of the game look unnecessarily jerky.

As someone who likes to game with a keyboard and mouse, we wish that EA would redesign the menus of future FIFA PC ports. The nested menu structure of FIFA 20 is overly impractical for keyboard and mouse users, with EA clearly designing the game around using a controller instead.

Our final gripe with FIFA 20 is EA's rigid activation policy, which we have repeatedly criticised. Currently, Origin limits installing games to two systems per day with one game key, a reduction from the five that the game launcher and marketplace previously allowed. While two installs per day is probably enough for most consumers, it makes benchmarking the game difficult for us when we typically must install the game over twenty times. In short, we wish that EA would stop patronising its customers like this. But enough with the gripes and onto how well FIFA 20 performs on various systems and GPUs.

Benchmark

FIFA 20 does not have a built-in benchmark, so we used the same custom benchmark sequence that we have also relied on for the previous version of FIFA. As the video below demonstrates, our benchmark is an exhibition match between FC Bayern Munich and Borussia Dortmund, which we have set to take place in the afternoon on a clear summer's day. We should point out that we staged the game at Sanderson Park, the fictitious version of the Allianz Arena, as eFootball Pro Evolution Soccer 2020 has exclusive licensing of FC Bayern and its stadium this year. This change from our previous benchmarks should not affect the average framerate, though.

... you can force FIFA 20 to run in DirectX 11

We should also point out that we used OCAT to record framerates rather than FRAPS, as the latter does not currently work with DirectX 12. We logged the first five minutes of gameplay, which represents around one half of a six-minute match.

We also avoided making any fouls, scoring or offsides to reduce the volume of replay or cutscene framerate drops as we mentioned earlier. We skipped any of these that did occur to minimise the effect that they had on our average framerates. Overall, we would recommend playing FIFA 20 at between 50 and 60 FPS for a smooth gaming experience.

Results

HD (1,280x720)

The biggest advantage of mediocre graphics is the low system requirements, although we would not take anything away from the effort that EA has made with optimising the Frostbite engine over the years too. While integrated Intel GPUs are not powerful enough for most modern triple-A games, you should have no such issues with FIFA 20. As our graphs demonstrate, FIFA 20 is playable at 720p on the low preset with an integrated GPU. Beware, in our tests the Intel graphics cards only ran in DirectX 11 mode (DIRECTX_SELECT = 1 in the fifasetup.ini).

FIFA 20
1280x720 Low Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG, i9-9900K	323 (256^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2080, i9-9900K	298 (227^min) fps ∼92%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2070, i9-9900K	291 (227^min) fps ∼90%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2060, i9-9900K	290 (227^min) fps ∼90%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI GeForce GTX 1080, i9-9900K	287 (222^min) fps ∼89%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI GeForce GTX 1070, i9-9900K	286 (217^min) fps ∼89%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, i9-9900K	282 (217^min) fps ∼87%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF, i7-9750H	265 (217^min) fps ∼82%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile MSI GE65 Raider 9SE, i7-9750H	258 (208^min) fps ∼80%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD, i7-9750H	255 (208^min) fps ∼79%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile MSI GP75 Leopard 9SC, i7-9750H	218 (175^min) fps ∼67%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile Alienware 17 R4, i7-7820HK	204 (147^min) fps ∼63%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile Asus G752VS, 6820HK	198 (145^min) fps ∼61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile MSI GE72 7RE, i7-7700HQ	192 (147^min) fps ∼59%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile MSI GT62VR, 6820HK	169 (125^min) fps ∼52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M MSI GE72 965M Ti, 6700HQ	128.6 (10.7^P1) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile Asus GL753VD, i7-7700HQ	126 (85^min) fps ∼39%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Honor Magicbook, R5 2500U	99.5 (75^min) fps ∼31%
AMD Radeon R9 M280X Asus N551ZU-CN007H, FX-7600P	65.9 (45^min) fps ∼20%
Intel HD Graphics 615 Eve-Tech Eve V i7, i7-7Y75

FHD (1,920x1,080)

Surprisingly, even integrated AMD GPUs such as the Radeon RX Vega 8 can handle FIFA 20 at 1080p and the medium preset. We would still recommend using dedicated midrange GPUs such as the NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M for playing FIFA 20 at 1080p though. The GeForce GTX 950M should have no problem with running the game at 1080p and the high preset, along with multiple anti-aliasing too.

FIFA 20
1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset AA:2xMS 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:4xMS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG	302 (244^min) fps ∼97% 300 (243^min) fps ∼100% 297 (238^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2060	289 (222^min) fps ∼93% 269 (208^min) fps ∼90% 267 (207^min) fps ∼90%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2080	289 (222^min) fps ∼93% 275 (213^min) fps ∼92% 272 (213^min) fps ∼92%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce GTX 1070	285 (216^min) fps ∼92% 267 (208^min) fps ∼89% 257 (196^min) fps ∼87%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2070	284 (217^min) fps ∼91% 274 (214^min) fps ∼91% 268 (208^min) fps ∼90%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce GTX 1080	276 (213^min) fps ∼89% 261 (204^min) fps ∼87% 259 (200^min) fps ∼87%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF	260 (213^min) fps ∼84% 240 (196^min) fps ∼80% 238 (192^min) fps ∼80%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GE65 Raider 9SE	252 (196^min) fps ∼81% 240 (193^min) fps ∼80% 234 (192^min) fps ∼79%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD	249 (204^min) fps ∼80% 241 (197^min) fps ∼80% 237 (195^min) fps ∼80%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), i9-9900K NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	246 (192^min) fps ∼79% 232 (179^min) fps ∼77% 196 (152^min) fps ∼66%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK Alienware 17 R4	197 (141^min) fps ∼63% 191 (139^min) fps ∼64% 185 (137^min) fps ∼62%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK Asus G752VS	189 (139^min) fps ∼61% 186 (137^min) fps ∼62% 185 (133^min) fps ∼62%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP75 Leopard 9SC	179 (130^min) fps ∼58% 174 (128^min) fps ∼58% 159 (112^min) fps ∼54%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ MSI GE72 7RE	166 (120^min) fps ∼53% 154 (112^min) fps ∼51% 140 (106^min) fps ∼47%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK MSI GT62VR	166 (122^min) fps ∼53% 154 (116^min) fps ∼51% 150 (112^min) fps ∼51%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ Asus GL753VD	112 (74^min) fps ∼36% 107 (70^min) fps ∼36% 99 (66^min) fps ∼33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ MSI GE72 965M Ti	111.2 (13.3^P1) fps ∼36% 97.2 (15.1^P1) fps ∼32% 86.6 (16.9^P1) fps ∼29%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000), R5 2500U Honor Magicbook	57.6 (47^min) fps ∼19% 46.8 (38^min) fps ∼16% 40.1 (34^min) fps ∼14%
Intel HD Graphics 615, i7-7Y75 Eve-Tech Eve V i7
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop), i7-7740X i7-7740X Asus X299 Prime	218 (153.8^P1) fps ∼73%
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop), i7-7740X XFX RX-460P4DFG5 Double Dissipation 4 GB, Asus X299 Prime	120 (95.2^P1) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ MSI GL62M 7RD-077	108 (51.3^P1) fps ∼36%

QHD (2,560x1,440) & UHD (3,840x2,160)

Likewise, the GeForce GTX 1050 can handle FIFA 20 in QHD, 4x MSAA and the ultra preset. We would recommend at least a GeForce GTX 1050 Ti for 4K gaming at maximum settings though.

FIFA 20
2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:4xMS 3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:4xMS
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG	281 (233^min) fps ∼100% 234 (192^min) fps ∼94%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2080	270 (212^min) fps ∼96% 248 (189^min) fps ∼100%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2070	266 (204^min) fps ∼95% 206 (159^min) fps ∼83%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2060	254 (196^min) fps ∼90% 179 (143^min) fps ∼72%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce GTX 1080	247 (189^min) fps ∼88% 172 (137^min) fps ∼69%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF	231 (189^min) fps ∼82% 179 (147^min) fps ∼72%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GE65 Raider 9SE	230 (182^min) fps ∼82% 151 (127^min) fps ∼61%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD	219 (175^min) fps ∼78% 138 (120^min) fps ∼55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce GTX 1070	216 (164^min) fps ∼77% 146 (122^min) fps ∼59%
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop), i7-7740X i7-7740X Asus X299 Prime	187 (133.3^P1) fps ∼67% 113 (88.5^P1) fps ∼45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK Alienware 17 R4	184 (135^min) fps ∼65% 158 (111^min) fps ∼63%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK Asus G752VS	181 (122^min) fps ∼64% 139 (99^min) fps ∼56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), i9-9900K NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	160 (130^min) fps ∼57% 104 (90^min) fps ∼42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK MSI GT62VR	145 (106^min) fps ∼52% 95.2 (74^min) fps ∼38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP75 Leopard 9SC	128 (93^min) fps ∼46% 84.4 (72^min) fps ∼34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ MSI GE72 7RE	108 (87^min) fps ∼38% 56.9 (48^min) fps ∼23%
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop), i7-7740X XFX RX-460P4DFG5 Double Dissipation 4 GB, Asus X299 Prime	90 (73^P1) fps ∼32% 51 (43.1^P1) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ Asus GL753VD	81.1 (58^min) fps ∼29% 50.7 (42^min) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ MSI GE72 965M Ti	75.3 (18.1^P1) fps ∼27% 41.3 (59.1^P1) fps ∼17%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ MSI GL62M 7RD-077	65 (36.4^P1) fps ∼23% 32.6 (17.8^P1) fps ∼13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop), i7-7740X Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition	173 (125^P1) fps ∼69%

Please note:

Gaming tests are often time-consuming and are hampered by activation or installation limits. Hence, we can currently only provide some of the benchmarks for FIFA 20. We shall update this article with more GPUs in the coming days and weeks.

Overview

Test Systems

Device	Graphics Card	Processor	RAM	OS
Desktop-PC I	MSI GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X) MSI GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i9-9900K	4 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop-PC II	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 GB GDDR5X) ASUS GeForce GTX 980 Ti (6 GB GDDR5) XFX Radeon R9 Fury (4 GB HBM) Sapphire Radeon R9 290X (4 GB GDDR5) Sapphire Radeon R9 280X (3 GB GDDR5) MSI Radeon R7 370 (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-7740X	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop-PC III	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (8 GB GDDR6) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (8 GB GDDR6) NVIDIA Titan X (Pascal) (12 GB GDDR5X) AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (8 GB HBM2) XFX AMD Radeon RX 590 (8 GB GDDR5) Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 580 (8 GB GDDR5) Sapphire AMD Radeon RX 570 (8 GB GDDR5) Gainward GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5) Zotac GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB GDDR5)	AMD Ryzen 9 3900X	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop-PC IV	NVIDIA Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2920X	4 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GT76	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-9900K	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP65	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE65	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP65	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP75	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Alienware 17 R4	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X)	Intel Core i7-7820HK	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
ASUS G752VS	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-6820HK	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GT62VR	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-6820HK	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE72	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-7700HQ	2 x 4 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
ASUS GL753VD	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (4 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-7700HQ	1 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GL62	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-7700HQ	2 x 4 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE72	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-6700HQ	1 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI PE60	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-6700HQ	2 x 4 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI CX72	NVIDIA GeForce 940MX (2 GB DDR3)	Intel Core i7-6700HQ	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP62	NVIDIA GeForce 940M (2 GB DDR3)	Intel Core i7-5700HQ	1 x 8 GB DDR3	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI CX61	NVIDIA GeForce 920M (2 GB DDR3)	Intel Celeron 2970M	1 x 8 GB DDR3	Windows 10 64 Bit
Honor Magicbook	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	AMD Ryzen 5 2500U	1 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit

4K Monitor	NVIDIA drivers	AMD drivers
ASUS PB287Q, Philips Momentum 436M6VBPAB	ForceWare 436.30	Adrenalin 19.9.2

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Florian Glaser, 2019-09-30 (Update: 2022-01-21)

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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.
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