Fall Guys Ultimate Knockout - Laptop Benchmarks

Don't fall!

The multiplayer hit Fall Guys doesn't require a fast computer, but as a jump-and-run game, the frame rate should be stable and high enough to stand a chance against the multiple opponents. In the following article, we'll look at which laptop you need to in order play Fall Guys smoothly.

Klaus Hinum (translated by Stephanie Chamberlain), Published 01/11/2021 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 ...

Technical

Fall Guys is a mix between the battle royale and jump 'n run genres. Although the engine hardly demands much from the hardware and is currently limited to 60 fps, a stable frame rate is still extremely important for a successful game. Especially in the first levels, up to 60 players are in view, and stable performance is the basis for successful progress. The further you advance in the levels, the less demanding the game becomes as more and more players fall.

60 players in tight spots are the most challenging scenes

The various quality levels (Low, Medium, and High presets) differ only slightly visually. Even the lowest quality level is visually quite acceptable.

Benchmarks

As a benchmark sequence, we use a run through the first level of the "Main Show" season and record the performance with CapframeX. Although Fall Guys selects the level randomly, performance is relatively comparable in our tests. Nevertheless, the results shouldn't be compared to each other on a frame by frame basis and rather represent a classification.

Acer Swift 3 - AMD Ryzen 4700U / Vega 7 - Stable frame times in 1080p High

Results

Fall Guys can even be played well on many integrated graphics cards in the lowest detail level and at a resolution of 1280x720 pixels. We currently see the lower limit at a UHD Graphics 620 or the small integrated Vega GPUs. The frame rate should not drop below 30 fps, since it would otherwise significantly reduce the chances of success.

Fall Guys
1280x720 low
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, R7 4700U Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R9YN	59.4 (35^min, 51^P0.1, 54.2^P1) fps ∼41%
AMD Radeon R9 M280X, FX-7600P Asus N551ZU-CN007H	55.8 (19.8^min, 28.6^P0.1, 36.2^P1) fps ∼38%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), R5 4500U Xiaomi RedmiBook 16 R5	40.9 (9.35^min, 19.2^P0.1, 22.5^P1) fps ∼28%
Intel UHD Graphics 620, i5-8250U Honor Magicbook	40.6 (13.1^min, 17.7^P0.1, 28.7^P1) fps ∼28%
Intel HD Graphics 615, i7-7Y75 Eve-Tech Eve V i7	34.2 (3.05^min, 13.5^P0.1, 20.4^P1) fps ∼24%
Intel UHD Graphics 600, Celeron N4100 BMAX MaxBook Y11 H1M6	11.3 (3.96^min, 4.94^P0.1, 8.44^P1) fps ∼8%

FHD (1920x1080)

If you increase the resolution and level of detail, dedicated graphics cards are required. Entry-level cards like the old GeForce MX150 or even strong integrated graphics cards like the Vega 7 are sufficient for the Medium preset and 1080p. As soon as you look at slightly stronger mobile graphics cards like the Radeon Pro 5500M in the MacBook Pro 16 (or a GeForce GTX 1650, for example), you can play in 1080p at a constant 60 fps with high details.

Fall Guys
1920x1080 high 1920x1080 medium 1920x1080 low
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop), i7-8086K Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming Desktop DDR4-2666, KFA2 GeForce RTX 2060 Super	59.6 (18.2^min, 50.9^P0.1, 53.8^P1) fps ∼40%
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M, i9-9880H Apple MacBook Pro 16 2019 i9 5500M	59.4 (42.9^min, 50.4^P0.1, 53.7^P1) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i5-8250U Honor Magicbook	39.4 (31.9^min, 32.8^P0.1, 33.8^P1) fps ∼26% 57.8 (19.3^min, 39.4^P0.1, 44.8^P1) fps ∼61%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, R7 4700U Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R9YN	30.9 (12.4^min, 22^P0.1, 23.4^P1) fps ∼21% 46 (19.5^min, 30.5^P0.1, 37^P1) fps ∼49% 55.7 (35.9^min, 39.6^P0.1, 44.7^P1) fps ∼29%
AMD Radeon R9 M280X, FX-7600P Asus N551ZU-CN007H	28.5 (21.8^min, 22.6^P0.1, 24^P1) fps ∼19% 49.4 (24.9^min, 31.8^P0.1, 36.2^P1) fps ∼52%
Intel UHD Graphics 620, i5-8250U Honor Magicbook	12.9 (9.89^min, 9.92^P0.1, 10.4^P1) fps ∼9% 22.7 (16.1^min, 16.6^P0.1, 18.6^P1) fps ∼24% 24.7 (10.1^min, 13.9^P0.1, 18.5^P1) fps ∼13%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000), R5 4500U Xiaomi RedmiBook 16 R5	18.1 (10.2^min, 12.6^P0.1, 14.1^P1) fps ∼19%
Intel HD Graphics 615, i7-7Y75 Eve-Tech Eve V i7	15.8 (8.65^min, 8.9^P0.1, 10.7^P1) fps ∼17%

QHD (2560x1440)

You don't need a strong GPU for QHD either; the Radeon Pro 5500M was also sufficient for a constant 60 fps in our test.

Fall Guys
2560x1440 high
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop), i7-8086K Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming Desktop DDR4-2666, KFA2 GeForce RTX 2060 Super	59.6 (50.9^min, 53.5^P0.1, 55.7^P1) fps ∼28%
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M, i9-9880H Apple MacBook Pro 16 2019 i9 5500M	59.4 (21.7^min, 48.4^P0.1, 51.8^P1) fps ∼28%
NVIDIA GeForce MX150, i5-8250U Honor Magicbook	23 (19.1^min, 20.1^P0.1, 20.8^P1) fps ∼11%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, R7 4700U Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R9YN	16.9 (8.82^min, 11.4^P0.1, 13.9^P1) fps ∼8%

UHD (3840x2160)

Only Ultra HD requires the use of a dedicated gaming graphics card in the laptop. However, the old GTX 1080 Max-Q is already sufficient to achieve a constant 60 fps. Consequently, an RTX 2060 should be able to provide enough performance here as well.

Fall Guys
3840x2160 high
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop), i7-8086K Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming Desktop DDR4-2666, KFA2 GeForce RTX 2060 Super	59.6 (28.6^min, 50^P0.1, 52.4^P1) fps ∼70%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q, i7-7700HQ Asus Zephyrus GX501	59.4 (46.7^min, 47.3^P0.1, 50.4^P1) fps ∼70%
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M, i9-9880H Apple MacBook Pro 16 2019 i9 5500M	38.1 (28.8^min, 29.5^P0.1, 32.3^P1) fps ∼45%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7, R7 4700U Acer Swift 3 SF314-42-R9YN	7.98 (5.23^min, 5.83^P0.1, 7.16^P1) fps ∼9%

Verdict

Fall Guys is a fun multiplayer game with low hardware requirements. Even entry-level gaming laptops should have no problems running the game at maximum details, Full HD resolution, and a constant 60 fps. You can even have a lot of fun with Fall Guys on multimedia laptops and office laptops with stronger integrated graphics cards. Even the minimum detail level doesn't diminish the gaming fun too much. Only absolute entry-level devices or old laptops with Pentium/Celeron CPUs and integrated graphics will fail to handle Fall Guys.

Overview

Test systems

Device	Graphics card	Processor	RAM	Operating system
Desktop PC I	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 (24 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (11 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6)	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)	Intel Core i7-8086K, Aorus Z370 Ultra Gaming	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop PC III	Nvidia Titan RTX (24 GB GDDR6) Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super (8 GB GDDR6) Nvidia 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 (4 GB GDDR5) AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900X	2 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 Ti (4 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-10750H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GL75	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-10750H	2 x 8 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
MSI GL62	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-7700HQ	2 x 4 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI Prestige 14	Nvidia GeForce MX350 (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-10710U	1 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI Prestige 14	Nvidia GeForce MX330 (2 GB GDDR5)	Intel Core i7-10510U	1 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Dell G5 15 SE	AMD Radeon RX5600M (6 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 7 4800H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI Alpha 15	AMD Radeon RX5500M (4 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 7 3750H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit

4K monitors	Nvidia driver	AMD driver
Asus PB287Q, Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Acer Predator XB321HK	ForceWare	Adrenalin

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Klaus Hinum, 2021-01-11 (Update: 2021-01-11)

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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.
	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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