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Immortals Fenyx Rising Performance Analysis

Assassin's Creed with a comic book look.

Ubisoft is known for its open-world games. Immortals Fenyx Rising is the latest addition to this genre. We take a close look at the system requirements (on the GPU side) and examine the technology behind the game.
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Technology

Even though Fenyx Rising relies on Ubisoft’s AnvilNext 2.0 engine, which we already saw in Assassin's Creed Valhalla and Ghost Recon Breakpoint, it does not look as stunning as other Ubisoft games based on this engine.

However, this might not be entirely unwanted in some quarters, because poorer visuals mean lower system requirements. Moreover, thanks to the comic book style, the game does not need high-end visuals to look good. Saturated colours, pretty effects, and strong contours make Fenyx Rising appear impressive, despite the fact that some textures in the game look quite muddy.

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All in all, gamers will be pleased with the expansive graphics settings menu. Howbeit, users will have to do a decent amount of scrolling when changing settings, because the setting boxes are quite large. Users can change the resolution, display mode, aspect ratio, refresh rate and the resolution scale in the Display tab. Here they can also enable/disable vertical synchronisation and cap the frame rate. The Graphics tab offers a wide variety of settings, all of which can be changed in one fell swoop thanks to the included presets.

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There is also a VRAM gauge. For a 2020 title, Immortals Fenyx Rising does not require a lot of video memory. At 1080p on the very high preset, the title only needs about 3 GB of VRAM (about 4.6 GB at 2160p). Positive: the game—just like other Ubisoft titles—explains what each setting does with the help of images and text. The fact that some settings require a restart to take effect is not too annoying, because introductory videos can be skipped. However, the bit where the game is checking for additional content can take a while.

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We enjoyed playing Fenyx Rising during our short gaming session. The tight controls, fluid movements and the cool combat system make for a satisfying gaming experience. The title resembles a mix of Borderlands 3 (humour) and Darksiders games (mythological story).

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Benchmark

Just like other Ubisoft games, Fenyx Rising comes with a built-in benchmark. In the 40-second benchmark sequence, the camera flies over one of the islands in the game world. There is an overlay, which provides information about the hardware, graphics settings and performance (FPS counter). At the end of the benchmark, users are presented with a detailed performance analysis (minimum, average and maximum frame rates).

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Because this is not a first-person shooter, the game does not need to hit 60 FPS to be playable. We think 35 FPS or higher should be enough for an enjoyable gaming experience.

Results

FHD (1920x1080)

Fenyx Rising does not need a monster GPU to run smoothly. Entry-level video cards such as the GeForce MX330 can handle the title at 720p on the low preset. The game is playable at 1080p on a mid-range graphics card. The GeForce GTX 1650 and the Radeon RX 5500M can maintain playable frame rates in Immortals Fenyx Rising on high settings.

Immortals Fenyx Rising
    1920x1080 Medium Preset     1920x1080 High Preset     1920x1080 Very High Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti, i9-9900K
113 (37min) fps ∼49%
102 (37min) fps ∼46%
93 (44min) fps ∼45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG, i9-9900K
106 (24min) fps ∼46%
88 (20min) fps ∼39%
82 (25min) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080, i9-9900K
104 (40min) fps ∼45%
91 (35min) fps ∼41%
83 (44min) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070, i9-9900K
94 (40min) fps ∼41%
79 (41min) fps ∼35%
72 (39min) fps ∼35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF, i7-9750H
82 (39min) fps ∼36%
72 (31min) fps ∼32%
67 (28min) fps ∼33%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
Alienware 17 R4, i7-7820HK
80 (36min) fps ∼35%
69 (27min) fps ∼31%
64 (23min) fps ∼31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
MSI GE65 Raider 9SE, i7-9750H
74 (24min) fps ∼32%
63 (26min) fps ∼28%
58 (26min) fps ∼28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD, i7-9750H
73 (33min) fps ∼32%
59 (26min) fps ∼26%
55 (26min) fps ∼27%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
Asus G752VS, 6820HK
68 (18min) fps ∼30%
56 (20min) fps ∼25%
53 (19min) fps ∼26%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
MSI GP75, i7-10750H
64 (22min) fps ∼28%
46 (23min) fps ∼21%
45 (15min) fps ∼22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
MSI GL75, i7-10750H
60 (19min) fps ∼26%
37 (17min) fps ∼17%
36 (12min) fps ∼17%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
MSI GT62VR, 6820HK
56 (29min) fps ∼24%
44 (22min) fps ∼20%
41 (21min) fps ∼20%
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
MSI Alpha 15, R7 3750H
52 (12min) fps ∼23%
45 (11min) fps ∼20%
42 (11min) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
MSI GL62M 7RD, i7-7700HQ
44 (19min) fps ∼19%
27 (12min) fps ∼12%
24 (13min) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
MSI GE72 7RE, i7-7700HQ
33 (14min) fps ∼14%
23 (15min) fps ∼10%
22 (12min) fps ∼11%
NVIDIA GeForce MX350
MSI Prestige 14, i7-10710U
17 (11min) fps ∼7%
10 (6min) fps ∼4%
9 (2min) fps ∼4%
NVIDIA GeForce MX330
MSI Prestige 14, i7-10510U
15 (9min) fps ∼7%
9 (6min) fps ∼4%
8 (3min) fps ∼4%

QHD (2560x1440)

At 1440p, the game becomes quite a bit more demanding. Here, gamers will need at least a GeForce GTX 1660 Ti to hit decent frame rates on very high settings.

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    2560x1440 Very High Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
81 (40min) fps ∼41%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce RTX 2080
70 (40min) fps ∼35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K
MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG
61 (31min) fps ∼31%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce RTX 2070
60 (34min) fps ∼30%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H
MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF
55 (24min) fps ∼28%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK
Alienware 17 R4
52 (21min) fps ∼26%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H
MSI GE65 Raider 9SE
46 (25min) fps ∼23%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H
MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD
43 (22min) fps ∼22%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK
Asus G752VS
42 (19min) fps ∼21%
AMD Radeon RX 5500M, R7 3750H
MSI Alpha 15
32 (8min) fps ∼16%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile, i7-10750H
MSI GP75
27 (14min) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-10750H
MSI GL75
23 (12min) fps ∼12%

UHD (3840x2160)

The Ubisoft title needs a veritable high-end graphics card such as the GeForce RTX 2070 to be playable at 4K on the highest settings.

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti
59 (33min) fps ∼29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce RTX 2080
48 (26min) fps ∼23%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile, i9-9900K
MSI GT76 Titan DT 9SG
42 (24min) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop), i9-9900K
MSI GeForce RTX 2070
41 (22min) fps ∼20%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile, i7-9750H
MSI GP65 Leopard 9SF
36 (22min) fps ∼18%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile, i7-7820HK
Alienware 17 R4
34 (18min) fps ∼17%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile, i7-9750H
MSI GE65 Raider 9SE
28 (17min) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile, 6820HK
Asus G752VS
27 (15min) fps ∼13%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile, i7-9750H
MSI GP65 Leopard 9SD
25 (14min) fps ∼12%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile, i7-10750H
MSI GP75
16 (11min) fps ∼8%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile, i7-10750H
MSI GL75
14 (8min) fps ∼7%
AMD Radeon RX 5500M, R7 3750H
MSI Alpha 15
9 (4min) 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 Immortals Fenyx Rising. Other graphics cards will be added in the coming days and weeks.

Overview

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low
1280x720
Very Low Preset
med.
1920x1080
Medium Preset
high
1920x1080
High Preset
ultra
1920x1080
Very High Preset
QHD
2560x1440
Very High Preset
4K
3840x2160
Very High Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
164
144
138
130
114
83
AMD Radeon RX 6900 XT
139
126
127
122
121
83
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
142
140
136
129
112
78
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
143
121
109
80
74
57
AMD Radeon RX 6800
122
108
106
106
104
70
NVIDIA Titan RTX
136
106
93
71
64
48
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
131.5n2
100.5n2
89.5n2
84.5n2
72n2
52n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop)
113
102
93
81
59
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
129
119
116
86
73
48
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
144.5n2
115n2
96n4
90.5n4
70n2
47n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
166
119
110
101
84
57
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
89
78
76
76
75
56
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
130
116
113
79
55
33
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 (Desktop)
104
91
83
70
48
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
115.5n2
100.5n2
94n4
77.5n4
57n3
38n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
142
100
99
91
71
45
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
106
88
82
61
42
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
83
81
78
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
108
79
70
63
55
39
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)
112
86
76
71
60
42
AMD Radeon VII
103
92
85
79
67
46
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)
112
102
97
92
73
45
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop)
94
79
72
60
41
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
123.5n2
88.5n2
82n3
77n3
64n3
41
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)
124
87
75
56.5n2
49n2
39
AMD Radeon RX 6600
123
108
102
93
68
36
AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)
105
91
84
79
64
39
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
82
72
67
55
36
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
97
81
77
73
57
38
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
80
69
64
52
34
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
120.5n2
81n2
71n2
65.5n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
74
58.5n2
54.5n2
46
28
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
137
86
78
70
55
34
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
107
92
84
76
57
36
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
58
48
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
68
56
53
42
27
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)
99
67
54
51
41
25
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
128
68
58
46
35
10
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
110
74
65
60
45
26
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
171
112
101
93
AMD Radeon RX 5600M
69
66
45
37
20
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
73
59
55
43
25
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
89
73n2
58.5n2
54n2
43
20
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop)
96
58
49
45
36
21
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)
116
82
67
59
48
34
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
106
70n2
53.5n2
49n2
34n2
15
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
89
68
47
41
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
89
56
44
41
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
92
59n2
42n2
39n2
27
16
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
52
45
42
32
9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Desktop)
80
46
37
30
24
13
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
72.5n2
50n3
37n3
36n3
23
14
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
73.5n2
46.5n2
36n3
28.5n2
24
14
NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU
84
55
44
40
26
NVIDIA T600 Laptop GPU
72
45
36
31
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
79
33
23
22
NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU
65
35
29
24
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
47n3
18n3
12n3
11n3
12
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
89
44
27
24
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AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
53
33
28
23
Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
22
8
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
33n2
21.5n2
18.5n2
21
NVIDIA GeForce MX350
39.5n4
17n3
10n3
11n2
NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (Desktop)
55
23
16
NVIDIA GeForce MX330
36
15
9
8
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
32
14
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs
36
22
19
17
NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
19
9
5
AMD Radeon 540X
30
13
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10
25
13
12
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
20
12
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
18
12
10
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
44n2
21.5n2
19n2
17n2
14
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
37n2
20n2
NVIDIA GeForce MX130
16
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
27
13
12
NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
21
9
Intel Iris Graphics 550
15
10
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
22.5n2
15
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low med. high ultra QHD 4K
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
18
9
8
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)
13
7
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
13
Intel UHD Graphics 620
11
AMD Radeon R5 M255
15
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
17
7
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
8
(-) * Smaller values are better. / n123 Number of benchmarks for this median value / * Approximate position

 

Legend
5Stutters – 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.
30Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 25fps
40Fluent – Based on all known benchmarks using the specified graphical settings, this game should run at or above 35fps
60Fluent – 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.

Test Systems

Device GPU CPU RAM OS
Desktop PC I MSI GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (11 GB GDDR6)
MSI GeForce RTX 2080 (8 GB GDDR6)
MSI GeForce RTX 2070 (8 GB GDDR6)
MSI GeForce RTX 2060 (6 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)
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 i7-8086K, 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)
Nvidia Titan X (Pascal) (12 GB GDDR5X)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1660 Super (6 GB GDDR6)
PNY GeForce GTX 1660 (6 GB GDDR5)
KFA2 GeForce GTX 1650 (4 GB GDDR5)
Zotac GeForce GT 1030 (2 GB GDDR5)
Asus GeForce GT 710
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (8 GB GDDR6)
AMD Radeon RX 5700 (8 GB GDDR6)
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (8 GB GDDR6))
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 (8 GB HBM2)
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
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
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
MSI Alpha 15 AMD Radeon RX5500M (4 GB GDDR6) AMD Ryzen 7 3750H 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
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Florian Glaser, 2020-12-16 (Update: 2024-08-15)