Ghost Recon Breakpoint Laptop and Desktop Benchmarks

A feast for the eyes.

While in terms of its content, Ghost Recon Breakpoint is gathering reviews that are rather critical, the technology of this tactical shooter turns out to be quite impressive. Using several notebooks and desktop PCs, we tested which graphics card is needed for what settings.

Florian Glaser, 👁 Florian Glaser (translated by Mark Riege), Published 10/16/2019 🇩🇪 🇷🇺

Technology

Considering a current press evaluation of 58 points and user score of 2.2 (metacritic.com), Ubisoft's new Tom Clancy sprout has not received a particularly good reception in the gaming scene so far. It is very unfortunate that the game remains behind expectations in terms of the content, since the graphics are to a large extent on a high quality level.

If you ignore several textures that could have been a bit sharper, there is almost nothing to complain about the visuals. This begins with the character models that are very detailed and mostly have elegant animations. Additional highlights include the open gaming world. Thanks to the ample distance views and the dense vegetation, Ghost Recon Breakpoint offers a fitting atmosphere. In addition, there are some neat details such as clothes getting dirty and ruts in the ground from crawling.

There is also some praise for the extensive setting options, which Ubisoft has gathered in a settings menu (see screenshots further below). Aside from the scrolling efforts, we really like the video menu. As typical for Ubisoft, there is an explanation for each of the settings, which particularly benefits beginners. The Advanced Settings area offers a total of 15 separate options that can easily be adjusted together using presets. With these, the palette ranges from Low up to Ultimate (the latter level is meant for future hardware generations).

Ubisoft could make some improvements in terms of the load times. For example, even with an SSD, it takes forever to start the game. On an HDD, the load processes also take a lot of time during the game. From time to time, there were also some crashes during the test. At 41 GB, the download size is average for a game from 2019.

As you can see in the images below, depending on the selected preset, the graphics quality differs widely. Besides the density of the vegetation, the illumination, shadows, and texture sharpness also suffer in lower settings. Starting at medium details, Breakpoint looks acceptable, and starting from high details we would speak about good visuals. At higher levels, the new Ghost Recon shows itself quite demanding in terms of the VRAM usage. At Ultra details when using 1920x1080 pixels, you need almost 5.4 GB. At 2560x1440 pixels, it is about 5.7 GB, and at 3840x2160 pixels, even about 6.8 GB is required.

Benchmark

Like almost all triple-A games from Ubisoft (Far Cry New Dawn, The Division 2, Assassin‘s Creed Odyssey, Rainbow Six Siege, etc.), Breakpoint also contains an integrated benchmark. This consists of a three-minute camera ride through several game and weather zones. Thanks to the built-in indicators, the benchmark offers a lot of analysis options, which include the load of the GPU and CPU (including separate cores) or the general FPS numbers. At the end of the measurement there is an additional evaluation, including a summary.

In our experience, the final result is slightly higher than the average in-game performance that can be expected. However, as long as a device can reach more than 45 FPS, the rest - meaning single-player and multi-player - should also be playable.

Results

HD (1280x720)

The integrated graphics chips from Intel and AMD that are built into the processor have a hard time at 1280x720 pixels and the Low preset. For example, the Radeon RX Vega 8 only reached 20 FPS in these settings, which corresponds to a stutter orgy. So without a dedicated graphics card, there is no point in buying the game.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint
1280x720 Low Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG, i9-9900K	161 (59^min) fps ∼60%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2060, i9-9900K	155 (59^min) fps ∼58%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2070, i9-9900K	151 (60^min) fps ∼56%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop) MSI GeForce GTX 1080, i9-9900K	150 (60^min) fps ∼56%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop) MSI GeForce RTX 2080, i9-9900K	148 (63^min) fps ∼55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop) MSI GeForce GTX 1070, i9-9900K	140 (61^min) fps ∼52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF, i7-9750H	122 (59^min) fps ∼46%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD, i7-9750H	119 (60^min) fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile MSI GE65 Raider 9SE, i7-9750H	115 (60^min) fps ∼43%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop) NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060, i9-9900K	113 (56^min) fps ∼42%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile Alienware 17 R4, i7-7820HK	109 (60^min) fps ∼41%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile Asus G752VS, 6820HK	98 (61^min) fps ∼37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile MSI GP75 Leopard 9SC, i7-9750H	94 (59^min) fps ∼35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile MSI GT62VR, 6820HK	89 (60^min) fps ∼33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile MSI GE72 7RE, i7-7700HQ	78 (58^min) fps ∼29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile Asus GL753VD, i7-7700HQ	59 (26^min) fps ∼22%
NVIDIA GeForce 940M MSI GP62 2QD, 5700HQ	22 (7^min) fps ∼8%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000) Honor Magicbook, R5 2500U	20 (12^min) fps ∼7%

FHD (1920x1080)

With Full HD panels, even mid-range representatives such as the GeForce GTX 1050 (Ti) hit their limits. For the Medium or High preset, we recommend at least a GeForce GTX 1650, and for the Ultra preset, a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti or better is needed.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint
1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset AA:T 1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2080	132 (60^min) fps ∼56% 117 (57^min) fps ∼54% 90 (54^min) fps ∼56%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG	118 (58^min) fps ∼50% 108 (58^min) fps ∼50% 81 (58^min) fps ∼51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2070	116 (60^min) fps ∼49% 106 (58^min) fps ∼49% 78 (55^min) fps ∼49%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2060	106 (60^min) fps ∼45% 96 (58^min) fps ∼44% 71 (54^min) fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF	106 (58^min) fps ∼45% 98 (58^min) fps ∼45% 71 (54^min) fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce GTX 1080	105 (60^min) fps ∼44% 95 (60^min) fps ∼44% 71 (54^min) fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK Alienware 17 R4	93 (59^min) fps ∼39% 86 (56^min) fps ∼39% 66 (51^min) fps ∼41%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GE65 Raider 9SE	91 (58^min) fps ∼39% 82 (57^min) fps ∼38% 59 (45^min) fps ∼37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce GTX 1070	91 (60^min) fps ∼39% 82 (59^min) fps ∼38% 61 (46^min) fps ∼38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD	84 (52^min) fps ∼36% 76 (44^min) fps ∼35% 55 (30^min) fps ∼34%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK Asus G752VS	80 (59^min) fps ∼34% 74 (56^min) fps ∼34% 56 (42^min) fps ∼35%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), i9-9900K NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	66 (53^min) fps ∼28% 60 (49^min) fps ∼28% 43 (32^min) fps ∼27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK MSI GT62VR	61 (47^min) fps ∼26% 55 (43^min) fps ∼25% 40 (31^min) fps ∼25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP75 Leopard 9SC	54 (40^min) fps ∼23% 49 (35^min) fps ∼22% 37 (24^min) fps ∼23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ MSI GE72 7RE	40 (32^min) fps ∼17% 35 (29^min) fps ∼16% 24 (19^min) fps ∼15%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ Asus GL753VD	34 (24^min) fps ∼14% 31 (16^min) fps ∼14% 21 (16^min) fps ∼13%
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000), R5 2500U Honor Magicbook	11 (7^min) fps ∼5% 10 (3^min) fps ∼5% 7 (2^min) fps ∼4%
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ MSI GP62 2QD	10 (1^min) fps ∼4%

QHD (2560x1440) and UHD (3840x2160)

In the QHD range, you will not get around a high-end model on the level of the GeForce GTX 1080 if it has to be Ultra settings. Using UHD monitors, all current laptop chips prove to be overtaxed, even Nvidia's top model, the GeForce RTX 2080.

Ghost Recon Breakpoint
2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:T 3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:T
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2080	69 (53^min) fps ∼58% 38 (31^min) fps ∼54%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG	61 (48^min) fps ∼52% 36 (29^min) fps ∼51%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2070	58 (46^min) fps ∼49% 33 (27^min) fps ∼46%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF	52 (41^min) fps ∼44% 29 (23^min) fps ∼41%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 2060	51 (40^min) fps ∼43% 28 (23^min) fps ∼39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce GTX 1080	51 (40^min) fps ∼43% 29 (23^min) fps ∼41%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK Alienware 17 R4	49 (38^min) fps ∼42% 27 (21^min) fps ∼38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), i9-9900K MSI GeForce GTX 1070	43 (34^min) fps ∼36% 24 (19^min) fps ∼34%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GE65 Raider 9SE	42 (33^min) fps ∼36% 20 (12^min) fps ∼28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK Asus G752VS	41 (33^min) fps ∼35% 22 (17^min) fps ∼31%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD	38 (29^min) fps ∼32% 19 (15^min) fps ∼27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Desktop), i9-9900K NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060	30 (21^min) fps ∼25% 14 (11^min) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile, 6820HK MSI GT62VR	27 (21^min) fps ∼23% 13 (10^min) fps ∼18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile, i7-7700HQ Asus GL753VD	13 (10^min) fps ∼11% 6 (5^min) fps ∼8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ MSI GE72 7RE	11 (6^min) fps ∼9% 4 (3^min) fps ∼6%

Note

Since gaming tests are very time-consuming and often hindered by installation or activation limitations, we are only able to deliver some of the benchmarks to you at the time of publishing the article. Additional graphics cards will be inserted in the following days and weeks.

Overview

Test Systems

Device	Graphics Card	Processor	Working Memory	Operating System
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 7 2700X	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 Driver	AMD Driver
Asus PB287Q, Philips Momentum 436M6VBPAB	ForceWare 436.48	Adrenalin 19.9.3

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Editor of the original article: Florian Glaser - Managing Editor Gaming Laptops - 716 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.

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Pos	Model	< Prev Next > Ghost Recon Breakpoint (2019)
		low 1280x720 Low Preset	med. 1920x1080 Medium Preset	high 1920x1080 High Preset TAA	ultra 1920x1080 Ultra Preset TAA	QHD 2560x1440 Ultra Preset TAA	4K 3840x2160 Ultra Preset TAA

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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.
The value in the fields displays the average frame rate of all values in the database. Move your cursor over the value to see individual results.

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HD (1280x720)

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QHD (2560x1440) and UHD (3840x2160)

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