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Lords of the Fallen review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

Demanding Souls-like game. Following Lies of P, Lords of the Fallen is the second game released in a short space of time that is hugely reminiscent of FromSoftware games. We have taken a closer look at how hardware-hungry the new release is.
Lords of the Fallen

Test laptops

XMG Neo 17 E23 (RTX 4090)
XMG Neo 17 E23 (RTX 4090)
Schenker Key 17 Pro E23 (RTX 4080)
Schenker Key 17 Pro E23 (RTX 4080)
XMG Pro 15 E23 (RTX 4070 & RTX 4060)
XMG Pro 15 E23 (RTX 4070 & RTX 4060)
XMG Focus 15 E23 (RTX 4050)
XMG Focus 15 E23 (RTX 4050)
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 (RTX 3080 Ti)
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 (RTX 3080 Ti)
Acer Predator Helios 300 (RTX 3070 Ti)
Acer Predator Helios 300 (RTX 3070 Ti)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (RX 6800S & 680M)
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 (RX 6800S & 680M)
 

We currently run our gaming benchmarks with these laptops. Clicking on the photos will take you to the respective manufacturer's website. All other test systems (tower PCs, mini PCs, ...) are listed at the end of the article.

Tech

Similar to Lies of P, Lords of the Fallen is also based on Unreal Engine. Even from medium detail levels onwards, the action role-playing game magics great (but not outstanding) visuals onto your screen, whether it be through textures, effects or levels of detail. As well-known from Souls-like games, this release features quite a dense and rather gloomy atmosphere, too. Stylistically, the developers have also taken a leaf out of FromSoftware's book - although Lords of the Fallen clearly features its own accents, such as its switchable parallel or second world.

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Its movement and combat system also needn't hide behind the competition, even though some keys are assigned a little unfortunately if you are playing the game using a mouse and keyboard. With regard to its menu, we actually like Lords of The Fallen's one more at times than, for example, Elden Ring's.

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From a technical standpoint, the game benefits from quite a few modern features. Aside from AMD's FSR, Nvidia's DLSS is also supported, however, the developers have taken Frame Generation out of the game for the time being due to (crashing) issues. Apart from that, the display menu contains controls for resolution/resolution scaling, picture mode, V-Sync, FPS limit (with an unlimited option) and display calibration. Should you wish to do so, you can additionally activate V-Sync and HDR.

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The graphics menu isn't bad, either. Here, you can find four presets that have an effect on about 10 detail settings. Thankfully, changes are put into place without having to restart the game. Aside from the time it takes for the game to boot up, its loading times are okay. We "only" suffered two crashes during the course of our test, which is still acceptable. Its size of around 32 GB is actually very moderate for a game released in 2023.

Benchmarks

We used the area after the first boss flight for our speed measurements. We recorded a set route for about 30 seconds using the tool CapFrameX. With an average frame rate of 40 FPS, we would definitely class Lords of the Fallen as playable.

Results


FHD (1,920 x 1,080)

As mentioned at the start, this game is very demanding when it comes to the graphics card. You can completely forget trying to play the game using iGPUs. Even the Radeon 680M fails at 1,280 x 720 pixels and minimum details. For Full HD, you will need at least a mid-range component. High details are provided much better by a Radeon RX 6800S onwards (even better GeForce RTX 4050) and maximum details can be achieved by a GeForce RTX 4060 or RTX 3070 Ti onwards (even better RTX 4070 or RTX 3080 Ti).

Lords of the Fallen
    1920x1080 Low Preset     1920x1080 Medium Preset     1920x1080 High Preset     1920x1080 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K
Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F
169.5 (89min, 102.2P0.1, 126.8P1) fps ∼100%
129.1 (26.2min, 91.1P0.1, 108.8P1) fps ∼100%
94.7 (68.6min, 73.2P0.1, 83.4P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K
Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F
154.4 (71.9min, 88.9P0.1, 113.6P1) fps ∼91%
112.6 (48.6min, 65.7P0.1, 88.8P1) fps ∼87%
79.9 (50.8min, 57P0.1, 67.2P1) fps ∼84%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Neo 17 E23
144.7 (27.5min, 67.8P0.1, 103.9P1) fps ∼85%
106.3 (30min, 48.1P0.1, 82.2P1) fps ∼82%
75.9 (26min, 32.9P0.1, 59.6P1) fps ∼80%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
Schenker Key 17 Pro E23
121.6 (54.2min, 64.8P0.1, 85.8P1) fps ∼72%
91.2 (28.1min, 30.6P0.1, 69.2P1) fps ∼71%
65.8 (25.1min, 28.7P0.1, 53.7P1) fps ∼69%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX
89.5 (19.4min, 52.6P0.1, 64.4P1) fps ∼53%
64.2 (47.8min, 48.5P0.1, 53.5P1) fps ∼50%
45 (27.4min, 28.6P0.1, 38.3P1) fps ∼48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Pro 15 E23
85.1 (29.5min, 44.1P0.1, 67.9P1) fps ∼50%
62.6 (32.7min, 35.7P0.1, 51.2P1) fps ∼48%
44.3 (23min, 24.5P0.1, 37.8P1) fps ∼47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H
Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55
76.6 (32.9min, 39.2P0.1, 51.5P1) fps ∼45%
56.4 (30.4min, 35P0.1, 41.1P1) fps ∼44%
39.4 (19.3min, 23.5P0.1, 26.6P1) fps ∼42%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Pro 15 E23
73.9 (49.8min, 51.4P0.1, 57.9P1) fps ∼44%
53.9 (38.7min, 41.3P0.1, 45.1P1) fps ∼42%
38.1 (29.9min, 30.3P0.1, 32.6P1) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Focus 15 E23
62.9 (46.3min, 48.5P0.1, 52.6P1) fps ∼37%
45.9 (35.9min, 36.2P0.1, 38P1) fps ∼36%
32.1 (20.6min, 21P0.1, 27P1) fps ∼34%
AMD Radeon RX 6800S, R9 6900HS
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
70.8 (44.3min, 51.7P0.1, 55.2P1) fps ∼100%
55.6 (38.2min, 41.5P0.1, 44.7P1) fps ∼33%
38.1 (29.8min, 30.1P0.1, 31.7P1) fps ∼30%
26.8 (22.8min, 22.9P0.1, 23.5P1) fps ∼28%
AMD Radeon 780M, R9 7940HS
Minisforum Venus Series UM790 Pro
33.6 (12.6min, 15.6P0.1, 27.8P1) fps ∼47%
26.5 (9.23min, 10.9P0.1, 22.4P1) fps ∼16%
17.2 (10.5min, 12.3P0.1, 14.8P1) fps ∼13%
11.7 (6.99min, 7.43P0.1, 10.1P1) fps ∼12%
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
24.3 (15.9min, 17.1P0.1, 18.7P1) fps ∼34%
18.3 (14.3min, 14.4P0.1, 14.8P1) fps ∼11%
12.3 (10min, 10.1P0.1, 10.5P1) fps ∼10%
8.65 (7.52min, 7.52P0.1, 7.67P1) fps ∼9%

QHD (2,560 x 1,440)

You will need a current high-end model in order to play the game on a QHD display using the ultra preset. Only a GeForce RTX 4080 (Mobile) or better manages over 40 FPS.

Lords of the Fallen
    2560x1440 Ultra Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K
Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F
67.5 (52.3min, 55.2P0.1, 60.1P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K
Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F
56.1 (42.4min, 43P0.1, 48.5P1) fps ∼83%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Neo 17 E23
51.9 (21.8min, 24.2P0.1, 35.3P1) fps ∼77%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
Schenker Key 17 Pro E23
45.9 (24.3min, 31.1P0.1, 39.5P1) fps ∼68%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX
31.5 (23.3min, 25.4P0.1, 27.2P1) fps ∼47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Pro 15 E23
29.8 (19.3min, 20.3P0.1, 25P1) fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H
Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55
27 (20.8min, 21.9P0.1, 23.2P1) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Pro 15 E23
25.7 (13.9min, 17.8P0.1, 22.7P1) fps ∼38%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Focus 15 E23
21.2 (10.2min, 11.6P0.1, 18.1P1) fps ∼31%
AMD Radeon 780M, R9 7940HS
Minisforum Venus Series UM790 Pro
7.28 (6.08min, 6.12P0.1, 6.35P1) fps ∼11%

UHD (3,840 x 2,160)

All available laptop chips currently have a hard time running the game with a mixture of 3,840 x 2,160 pixels and maximum detail settings. Even the GeForce RTX 4090 can't even come close to achieving playable frame rates. When it comes to desktop systems, an RTX 4080 or better would do a decent job. Its laptop counterpart at least produces solid results when DLSS is enabled (our benchmarks were run using the quality setting). In general, we can say that DLSS makes a very good impression in Lords of the Fallen when it comes to performance gains.

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    3840x2160 Ultra Preset     3840x2160 Ultra Preset + DLSS Quality
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K
Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F
37 (28.5min, 29P0.1, 32.1P1) fps ∼100%
67.3 (55.1min, 56.5P0.1, 60.4P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K
Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F
29.7 (24.5min, 24.7P0.1, 26.3P1) fps ∼80%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Neo 17 E23
29.1 (15.4min, 15.8P0.1, 21P1) fps ∼79%
49.9 (0.878min, 1.651P0.1, 23.2P1) fps ∼74%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
Schenker Key 17 Pro E23
23.9 (19.3min, 19.9P0.1, 21.2P1) fps ∼65%
44.6 (30.5min, 31.8P0.1, 37.9P1) fps ∼66%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX
16.5 (13.5min, 13.6P0.1, 14.6P1) fps ∼45%
30.8 (18.9min, 19.9P0.1, 25.9P1) fps ∼46%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Pro 15 E23
14.6 (5.26min, 6.37P0.1, 11.3P1) fps ∼39%
29.1 (17min, 21P0.1, 24.4P1) fps ∼43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Pro 15 E23
11.7 (6.39min, 6.77P0.1, 9.95P1) fps ∼32%
25.2 (21.6min, 21.6P0.1, 22.1P1) fps ∼37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU, i7-12700H
Acer Predator Helios 300 PH315-55
10.9 (5.48min, 6.13P0.1, 8.73P1) fps ∼29%
26.8 (16.9min, 17.1P0.1, 21.4P1) fps ∼40%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX
XMG Focus 15 E23
8.9 (6.87min, 6.89P0.1, 7.67P1) fps ∼24%
20.4 (14.8min, 15.8P0.1, 17.6P1) fps ∼30%
AMD Radeon 780M, R9 7940HS
Minisforum Venus Series UM790 Pro
3.4 (2.21min, 2.26P0.1, 2.79P1) fps ∼9%

Please note

Since gaming tests are very time-consuming and often restricted by installation or activation limits, we can only provide you with a part of the benchmarks upon publication of the articles. Further graphics cards will be added later.

Overview

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1920x1080
Low Preset
med.
1920x1080
Medium Preset
high
1920x1080
High Preset
ultra
1920x1080
Ultra Preset
QHD
2560x1440
Ultra Preset
4K
3840x2160
Ultra Preset

3840x2160
Ultra Preset + DLSS Quality
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
171.25n2
164.5n2
151.4n2
119.05n2
91.25n2
54.3n2
90.9n2
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
222
190.5
143.1
103.4
72.5
39.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super
202.5n2
173.1n2
135.9n2
102.85n2
73.8n2
40.3n2
72.9n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
169.5
129.1
94.7
67.5
37
67.3
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
154.4
112.6
79.9
56.1
29.7
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
172.2
143.6
100.8
71.6
50
25.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
144.7
96.8n2
70.05n2
47.45n2
29.1
49.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
148.9
124.3
96.6
66.8
51.4
28.4
51.5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
121.6
91.2
65.8
45.9
23.9
44.6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
117.6
87.9
63.9
45.8
25.7
AMD Radeon RX 6800
128.2
108.8
75.5
50.2
35
18.1
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
135
113.8
79.4
56
37.1
19.2
NVIDIA Titan RTX
110.7
98.7
71.8
51.1
35.3
18.9
35.5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
129.2
108.9
83.2
57.2
40
20.7
39.3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU
89.5
64.2
45
31.5
16.5
30.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
96.9
84.6n2
63n2
45.1n2
29.45n2
14.6
29.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
97.4
71.5
50.3
35
18.9
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
114
94.5
66.7
46.8
30.9
15.6
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
109.6
89.4
63
43.8
29.3
14.7
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
92.3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
109.6
91.9
67.7
46.7
31.8
16.8
31.9
Intel Arc A770
100.4
89.8
73.1
59.4
50.4
35.1
AMD Radeon RX 7600
98
80.8
55
38.1
25.1
12.3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
76.6
56.4
39.4
27
10.9
26.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
80
66.4n3
48.2n3
33.2n3
24.95n2
11.7
25.2
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
86.8
72
50.6
33.8
22.3
11
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
68
68.1
65.2
53.9
54.6
34
26.1
AMD Radeon RX 6800S
70.8
55.6
38.1
26.8
AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT
83.3
69.5
53.7n2
38.75n2
26.35n2
4.6
Intel Arc A750
63.2
55.4
46.4
35.2
25.7
10.1
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
65.4
55.5
42.2
29.7
20.5
10.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)
83.2
69.6
51.5
35.7
24.1
11
24.2
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)
77
63.6
43.4
30.7
20.4
10.2
AMD Radeon RX 7600S
61.3
41.3
28.6
18.8
9.74
Intel Arc A580
59.4
57.2
51.3
43.9
31.2
17.2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)
73.9
62.3
44.9
30.7
20.6
10.4
20.7
AMD Radeon RX 6600
68.8
56.6
39.6
26.9
17.5
8.6
AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)
67.5
56.3
38.6
26.8
17.6
8.7
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
66.4
56
38.7
26.5
17
7.64
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AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
62.2
52.5
35.6
25
16.3
7.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)
55.4
44.8
21.3
13.1
5.3
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
29
21.1
14.4
9.8
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
45.9
37.8
24.9
17.1
11.3
4.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
58.5n2
42.25n2
29.7n2
21.2
8.9
20.4
Intel Arc A730M
46.2n2
40.35n2
34.4n2
29.6n2
3.51
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
51
41.3
30.3
20.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop)
50.8
40.7
29.5
19.7
13
4.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)
45.6
34.4
24.1
15.8
8.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
44.7
37.2
30.2
26.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
34.7
28.7
20.6
11.1
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
37.6
30.3
18.6
12.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
19.2
15.4
10.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
31
25.4
18.3
12
Intel Arc A380
24.9
25.1
21.5
17.5
Intel Arc A310
22.7
22.2
18.4
14
Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU
20.2
18
16.3
14.2
Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU
17.1
11.7
11.4
10.8
AMD Radeon 780M
28.8n2
23.45n2
15.45n2
11.7
8.32n2
3.4
AMD Radeon 680M
24.3
18.3
12.3
8.65
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NVIDIA GeForce MX350
7.68
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
19
12
9.73
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
8.97
(-) * 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.

All test systems

Laptop Graphics card Processor RAM
XMG Neo 17 E23 Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 @175 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6X) Intel Core i9-13900HX 2 x 16 GB DDR5
Schenker Key 17 Pro E23 Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 @175 W TGP (12 GB GDDR6X) Intel Core i9-13900HX 2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Pro 15 E23 Nvidia GeForce RTX 4070 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) Intel Core i9-13900HX 2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Pro 15 E23 Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) Intel Core i9-13900HX 2 x 16 GB DDR5
XMG Focus 15 E23 Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 @140 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6) Intel Core i9-13900HX 2 x 16 GB DDR5
Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti @150 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6) Intel Core i9-12900H 2 x 16 GB DDR5
Acer Predator Helios 300 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 Ti @150 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) Intel Core i7-12700H 2 x 8 GB DDR5
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 AMD Radeon RX 6800S (8 GB GDDR6) & AMD Radeon 680M AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS 2 x 16 GB DDR5
Mini PC Graphics card Processor RAM
Minisforum NUCXi7 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @125 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) Intel Core i7-11800H 2 x 8 GB DDR4
Minisforum HX99G AMD Radeon RX 6600M @100 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 2 x 16 GB DDR5
Minisforum Neptune Series HN2673 Intel Arc A730M Intel Core i7-12650H 2 x 8 GB DDR4
Minisforum UM790 Pro AMD Radeon 780M AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS 2 x 32 GB DDR5
4K monitors Operating system Nvidia driver AMD driver
Gigabyte M32U Windows 11 ForceWare 537.58 Adrenalin 23.10.1
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Florian Glaser, 2023-10-17 (Update: 2023-10-17)