Halo Infinite Performance Analysis

The return of Master Chief. After years of anticipation, Halo Infinite is finally out. We conducted our performance analysis to determine the system requirements.

Florian Glaser, 👁 Florian Glaser (translated by Stanislav Kokhanyuk), Published 12/14/2021 🇩🇪 🇳🇱 ...

Technology

The last few entries in the Halo series were not visually striking on PC. The game world always seemed empty and lifeless both outdoors and indoors. This was due in large part to the inherent limitations of the hardware of that time. Even though Halo Infinite does not boast breath-taking visuals, it manages quite an impressive presentation.

In addition to the highly detailed character models, the effects (lighting, muzzle flash, …) impress. The texture quality is also on a very high level. Outdoors, the view distance does not disappoint.

We did not have any true wow moments in the single-player campaign, which, unlike the free multi-player mode, costs 60 Euros (~$68). This was due to the repetitive nature of gameplay and missions. The good gunplay and motion fail to make up for this underlying flaw. This game loop consists of running from one room to another or from one area to another.

PC gamers will be pleased with the graphics settings menu. It contains over 20 visual settings and various display settings. There are also built-in presets. However, some settings changes require a restart to take effect.

There is also a VRAM gauge. Like many other modern titles, Halo Infinite requires a lot of video memory. For the ultra settings, you will need about 8 GB of VRAM.

Quite unusually, Halo Infinite does not have a true fullscreen mode (the borderless fullscreen mode is coupled with the resolution scaling). In order to use the classic resolution, PC gamers will have to work with the windowed mode. The game features a frame rate limiter, which we disabled for our performance analysis. Vertical synchronisation was also disabled.

Benchmark

Because the single-player campaign of Halo Infinite features a very idiosyncratic save system, we decided to use the tutorial mission, which takes place at the so-called Academy. The tutorial mission can be accessed from the main menu. As can be seen in the video below, our benchmark pass consists of a 20-second run along a specific route. Here, we run through outdoor and indoor areas.

We use CapFrameX to collect performance data. Our benchmark sequence reflects the most common type of load which the game is going to put on your system in the single-player mode. It is worth mentioning that we regularly encountered frame rate drops and unexplainable freezes in the single-player campaign.

Results

The benchmarks were conducted mainly using the laptops which our partners MSI and XMG (Schenker Technologies) lent us.

FHD (1920x1080)

Those who want to enjoy Halo Infinite at 1080p will need at least a mid-range GPU to do so. While the GeForce GTX 1650 (Ti) can handle Halo Infinite at low to medium settings, the GeForce RTX 3050 Ti or the GTX 1660 Ti will be required for high/ultra settings.

Halo Infinite
1920x1080 Low Preset 1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset 1920x1080 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X	179 (40^min, 64.1^P0.1, 115^P1) fps ∼30% 155 (47.5^min, 65.2^P0.1, 100^P1) fps ∼35% 148 (58.7^min, 76.5^P0.1, 103^P1) fps ∼26%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio	174 (39.5^min, 66.2^P0.1, 110^P1) fps ∼29% 151 (48^min, 68.7^P0.1, 101^P1) fps ∼34% 142 (48.7^min, 70.4^P0.1, 94.9^P1) fps ∼25%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X	149 (56.1^min, 81.1^P0.1, 99^P1) fps ∼25% 129 (45.3^min, 73.9^P0.1, 89.3^P1) fps ∼29% 121 (29.4^min, 51.5^P0.1, 84.5^P1) fps ∼21%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 15 @165 W TGP	133 (52.3^min, 71.3^P0.1, 92.6^P1) fps ∼22% 113 (45.6^min, 57.6^P0.1, 78.7^P1) fps ∼25% 106 (36.3^min, 57^P0.1, 76.8^P1) fps ∼19%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 17 @140 W TGP	126 (59^min, 81.3^P0.1, 97.8^P1) fps ∼21% 108 (54.2^min, 66.5^P0.1, 82.8^P1) fps ∼24% 102 (54.1^min, 64.4^P0.1, 81.9^P1) fps ∼18%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Core 15 @130 W TGP	109 (40.3^min, 56.8^P0.1, 80.9^P1) fps ∼18% 92.2 (38^min, 53.4^P0.1, 72.1^P1) fps ∼21% 85.3 (35.4^min, 41.1^P0.1, 65.4^P1) fps ∼15%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD	83.1 (47.1^min, 51.2^P0.1, 60.7^P1) fps ∼14% 70.3 (40.6^min, 43.1^P0.1, 50.7^P1) fps ∼16% 66.1 (24.4^min, 32.3^P0.1, 50.3^P1) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Focus 17 @75 W TGP	81.3 (43.3^min, 46.6^P0.1, 64.5^P1) fps ∼14% 61.7 (28.2^min, 34.9^P0.1, 43^P1) fps ∼14% 57 (29.7^min, 32.6^P0.1, 42.2^P1) fps ∼10%
AMD Radeon RX 5600M, R7 4800H Dell G5 15 SE	62.5 (24.5^min, 32.1^P0.1, 41.4^P1) fps ∼11% 50.1 (6.96^min, 19.1^P0.1, 34.5^P1) fps ∼11% 44.6 (5.98^min, 22.8^P0.1, 30.7^P1) fps ∼8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile, i7-10750H MSI GP75	70.4 (37.4^min, 41.6^P0.1, 52.3^P1) fps ∼15% 62.2 (31^min, 39.4^P0.1, 48.2^P1) fps ∼10% 48.5 (26.8^min, 29.8^P0.1, 37.2^P1) fps ∼11% 43 (29.9^min, 30.3^P0.1, 32.7^P1) fps ∼8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-10750H MSI GL75	64.5 (40.2^min, 41.8^P0.1, 49.9^P1) fps ∼14% 56.1 (37.7^min, 41.3^P0.1, 44.1^P1) fps ∼9% 40.6 (23.1^min, 23.7^P0.1, 28.7^P1) fps ∼9% 36 (16.3^min, 19^P0.1, 25^P1) fps ∼6%

QHD (2560x1440)

PC gamers will need to have a true high-end GPU such as the GeForce RTX 3060 to achieve playable frame rates in Halo Infinite at 1440p and ultra settings.

Halo Infinite
2560x1440 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X	121 (37.3^min, 72.5^P0.1, 87.5^P1) fps ∼25%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio	114 (45.4^min, 64.5^P0.1, 82.1^P1) fps ∼24%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X	92.3 (38.7^min, 52.4^P0.1, 69.7^P1) fps ∼19%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 15 @165 W TGP	79.5 (44.8^min, 48.7^P0.1, 60.1^P1) fps ∼17%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 17 @140 W TGP	73 (48.6^min, 49.8^P0.1, 57.9^P1) fps ∼15%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Core 15 @130 W TGP	58.4 (28.9^min, 36.9^P0.1, 47.7^P1) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD	43.4 (27.6^min, 30.1^P0.1, 33^P1) fps ∼9%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Focus 17 @75 W TGP	37.5 (26.1^min, 26.4^P0.1, 28.5^P1) fps ∼8%
AMD Radeon RX 5600M, R7 4800H Dell G5 15 SE	21.2 (12.5^min, 13.6^P0.1, 16.1^P1) fps ∼4%

UHD (3840x2160)

At 4K and ultra settings, even the top-tier laptop GPUs such as the GeForce RTX 3080 struggle to achieve decent frame rates. Desktop GPUs do better here, because of the much higher TGPs.

Halo Infinite
3840x2160 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090, i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 3090 Suprim X	76.9 (33.3^min, 39.2^P0.1, 58^P1) fps ∼27%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 3080 Gaming X Trio	70.1 (33.2^min, 37.4^P0.1, 55.3^P1) fps ∼25%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-9900K MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Ventus 3X	52.9 (32.7^min, 35.2^P0.1, 43^P1) fps ∼18%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 15 @165 W TGP	46.2 (20.7^min, 27.6^P0.1, 37.5^P1) fps ∼16%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Neo 17 @140 W TGP	41.2 (30.3^min, 32.8^P0.1, 35.4^P1) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Core 15 @130 W TGP	27.8 (17.5^min, 19.1^P0.1, 21.9^P1) fps ∼10%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD	19.7 (14.3^min, 14.7^P0.1, 15.7^P1) fps ∼7%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-11800H XMG Focus 17 @75 W TGP	14.9 (10.9^min, 11.2^P0.1, 12.2^P1) fps ∼5%
AMD Radeon RX 5600M, R7 4800H Dell G5 15 SE	10.4 (5.62^min, 5.95^P0.1, 7.66^P1) fps ∼4%

Note

Because benchmarking video games is very time consuming and is often constrained by installation/activation limits, at the time of publishing, we were able to provide only a part of our performance analysis of Halo Infinite. Other graphics cards will be added in the coming days and weeks.

Overview

Test Systems

Device	GPU	CPU	RAM	OS
XMG Neo 15	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 @165 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
XMG Neo 17	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
XMG Core 15	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 @130 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
XMG Focus 17	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Ti @75 W TGP (4 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-11800H	2 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP65	Nvidia GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-9750H	2 x 8 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
Dell G5 15 SE	AMD Radeon RX 5600M (6 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 7 4800H	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI Prestige 14 Evo	Intel Iris Xe (96 CUs)	Intel Core i7-1185G7	1 x 16 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus ROG Strix G15	AMD Radeon RX 6800M (12 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop PC I	MSI GeForce RTX 3090 (24 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-9900K	4 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop PC II	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 (12 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia Titan RTX (24 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 Super (4 GB GDDR6) KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6600 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 5900X	2 x 32 GB DDR4	Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop-PC III	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super FE	Intel Core i9-11900K	2 x 8 GB DDR4	Windows 11

4K monitors	Nvidia drivers	AMD drivers
Asus PB287Q, Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Acer Predator XB321HK	ForceWare 497.09	Adrenalin 21.12.1

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Editor of the original article: Florian Glaser - Managing Editor Gaming Laptops - 615 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 > Halo Infinite (2021)
Pos	Model	low 1280x720 Low Preset	med. 1920x1080 Medium Preset	high 1920x1080 High Preset	ultra 1920x1080 Ultra Preset	QHD 2560x1440 Ultra Preset	4K 3840x2160 Ultra Preset
12	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU				128.9	77	57.3
14	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090		172ⁿ²	148.5ⁿ²	146ⁿ²	115.5ⁿ²	75.25ⁿ²
15	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti		229	198	188	142	83.1
22	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU		239	209	197.5	150.7	88.6
25	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080		174	151	142	114	70.1
30	AMD Radeon RX 6800		155	121	116	90.4	67.4
32	NVIDIA Titan RTX		144	125	119	95.5	68.8
36	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU	260.3	168.35ⁿ²	146.85ⁿ²	139.15ⁿ²	100.15ⁿ²	59
37	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU		172.7	149.1	140.6	102.5	57.5
40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070		149	129	121	92.3	52.9
43	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT		133	108	103		74.25ⁿ²
44	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU		125.5ⁿ²	107ⁿ²	101.05ⁿ²	74.95ⁿ²	43.2ⁿ²
50	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU		124.95ⁿ²	107.15ⁿ²	101.1ⁿ²	65.5	34.6
53	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU		144.9	123.6	114.2
55	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super (Desktop)				108	81.2	47.2
57	AMD Radeon RX 6800M		52.2	52.6	48.1
59	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT		113	92.5	88.4	78.7	42.9
62	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU		116ⁿ²	100.95ⁿ²	96.05ⁿ²	73	41.2
64	AMD Radeon RX 6800S		114	93.5	88.3	61.4	30.4
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Halo Infinite
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
67	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060		104	87.7	82.5	69.7	67.2
76	NVIDIA Titan X Pascal		95	83.3	79.2	67.2	67
80	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)		115	99.9	100	77.7	68.2
84	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)		87.8	71.3	67.5	67.1	36.7
89	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU		109	92.2	85.3	58.4	27.8
91	AMD Radeon RX 7600S		101.3	83.7	79.6	59.5	34.1
98	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)		112	88.2	85.65ⁿ²	65.7ⁿ²	51.75ⁿ²
100	AMD Radeon RX 6600		99.8	82.8	78.2	68.6	42.5
104	AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)		77.6	67.3	68.7	64.2	32.4
106	AMD Radeon RX 6600M		60.7	55.6	53.9
107	AMD Radeon RX 6700S		97.9	80.8	75.9	53.9
132	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050		90.9	78.5	73.8	70.4	64.5
134	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)		84	70.3	70.8	58.9	29.1
141	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Desktop)	156.9	88.6	75.4	60.2	44.2	25.9
142	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)		80.3	71.7	68.3	68.6	54.5
143	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT		74.8	73	64.5	56	11.1
144	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)		69.9	65.6	64.2	55.3	23.8
145	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU		122.8	104.6	85.9
148*	Intel Arc A730M		67.2	59.8	56.2	42.3
150	AMD Radeon RX 5600M		62.5	50.1	44.6	21.2	10.4
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Halo Infinite
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
152	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile		83.1	70.3	66.1	43.4	19.7
153	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU		85.2ⁿ²	60.35ⁿ²	54.25ⁿ²	37.5	14.9
158	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop)		74.6	67.7	68	69.6	49.3
161	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)		73.4	71.3	68.9	63.6	36.3
167	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU		73.1	46.2	44.6
173	AMD Radeon RX 6500M		62.4	43.6	42.4
186	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile		52.1	45.8	42.7
187	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile	111	62.2	48.5	43
198	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile	72.5	54.8	40.7	37.5
202	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile	101	56.1	40.6	36
247	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile		60.9		41.6
248	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)	65			23.3	15.8	7.72
249	AMD Radeon 680M	75.3	37.8	31.1	29.3
255*	NVIDIA GeForce MX450		8.6
270	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile		33.35ⁿ²	28.9ⁿ²	28.65ⁿ²
283	AMD Radeon 660M	39.6	20.3	17.1
294	AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)		21.2	15.7	10.5
332	NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)		27.1	18.8	16.6
380	Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)		12.1
382*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10	8.37	3.7
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >Halo Infinite
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
431*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)		11.6ⁿ³	9.66ⁿ²	9.05ⁿ²
440	AMD Radeon RX Vega 7	22.7

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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