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Mirror's Edge Catalyst Notebook and Desktop Benchmarks

Tightrope walking. It took 7.5 years for EA and DICE to announce the successor to the Parkour-title Mirror's Edge. While the technology has improved drastically, content-wise, Catalyst hasn't made any progress. We vaulted around roof tops with the main character Faith to get an idea how the title performs on notebooks. Update: we've now tested more than 24 GPUs.

For the original German article, see here.

Graphics

Like most current Triple-A product from EA, Mirror's Edge Catalyst is based on the mighty Frostbite 3 engine, which also powers Battlefield 4Star Wars BattlefrontNeed for Speed and Dragon Age Inquisition. The engine is know for high quality, but also high demands on the hardware. According to the manufacturer, the 2017 iteration of the soccer game Fifa will make use of Frostbite 3 as well.  

Back to Mirror's Edge: compared to the predecessor from 2009, Catalyst appears more modern as far as graphics are concerned. Reflections as well as light and shadows are top notch. The game is characterized by outstanding animations, very compelling day/night transitions and a - similar to the first installment - very individual look with strong contrasts and single-color object areas, which at times look like abstract art. Occasionally, Catalyst looks a little too "clean" and sterile, however. 

Let's touch upon texture sharpness, which is - although not up to the standard of other Frostbite games - pretty decent overall. Unfortunately, there are still a few bugs and inconsistencies. When the graphics option "GPU Memory Restriction" is turned on, some of the objects suffer - independently of the other settings - from fairly undefined textures.  

Our assumption: once the GPU's VRAM becomes scarce, Mirror's Edge automatically loads lower-grade textures. Even though deactivating the "GPU Memory Restriction" supposedly threatens the stability, we would generally avoid having the option turned on. We didn't encounter any problems at all during our testing period.

We only experienced difficulties at the highest quality level - called hyper - which was announced shortly before launch. Yes, the shadows are even more defined, and yes, even more objects are visible at a distance. But the visual improvements stand in no relation to the loss in performance, as even potent desktop GPUs like the GeForce GTX 980 hit their limit already at Full-HD resolution. The frame rate during our NBC test sequence dropped from a fluent 76 to only 29 fps (ultra vs. hyper). Catalyst then was also prone to crashes and strange performance drops.

Otherwise, the engine looks good - minor graphics and clipping errors notwithstanding. The load times are OK with SSDs, but HDDs require more patience. The download isn't too large considering it's 2016 - many other games require substantially more room than 23 GB (Doom, for examples needs ~50 GB).

For PC gamers, the "base of operations" is the graphics menu, which contains an adequate number of options. In addition to the brightness, the field of view, and the picture mode, the overall quality is adjustable as well in several steps. A great feature: advanced users can select from nine different detail settings (Ambient Occlusion, Motion Blur, …).   

We are not completely satisfied with the options. One one hand, the user has to - depending on the resolution - resort to scrolling. We also consider it a nuisance that there's no anti-aliasing switch and that changes require a restart. We also would like to see explanations for some of the settings.

The main problem of Catalyst is the content itself. The gameplay and the sense of motion (aside from the boring fights) are well done, but other sources of amusement are rather standard-fare missions (hack x, steal y, deactivate y). EA seems to follow their competitor Ubisoft here - Assassin's CreedWatch DogsFar Cry, and The Division also suffer at times from uninspiring tasks designed to fill the humongous world.

The upgrade system seems contrived as well and the fair-to-middling story suffers as a result. We couldn't warm up to the characters at all during our during our initial gaming session, which lasted for several hours. To bad - the surveillance scenario in particular would have a lot to offer.

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Benchmark

Since Catalyst comes with only one profile and one savegame, it took us a while to find a suitable benchmark sequence. At the end, we chose the beginning of the second mission, called "Old Friends". We start the tool Fraps after Faith gets hold of a control chip and steps through the door on the opposite side (see video). What follows is a 20 second sprint, jump and sliding stunt over bright white rooftops. This sequence represents the gameplay very well and offers insight into what performance can be expected.

Since this is a brisk first-person title, the frame rate should be 35-40 fps on average. More than 200 frames per second are not possible because of an fps limit.

Results

Users who can do without 3840 x 2160 pixels and the hyper setting, need a powerful, but not outrageously fast high-end notebook. A combination of 1920 x 1080 pixels and the ultra preset runs well on an GeForce GTX 970M on up (GTX 880M+ for High). Side note: analyzing the benchmarks clearly shows Nvidia's Maxwell architecture to be superior to the old Kepler technology. Owners of gaming notebooks costing between 1000 and 1500 Euro (~$1130 - 1690) are likely going to ask the FHD question: can I play Catalyst at full resolution with a GeForce GTX 960M? The answer is yes - but only at up to medium details. 

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Owners of multimedia notebooks with upper middle-class GPUs (GTX 950M etc.) can use the preset medium only at 1366 x 768 or 1600 x 900 pixels without encountering stutters. Inexpensive allrounder-notebooks (up to GeForce 940M) can use low settings at best. Notebooks without dedicated GPUs are out of the question: an Intel HD Graphics 4600 managed not even 25 fps at minimum details and at a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels.

The results were mixed for AMD APUs. We were unable to install the newest 16.6.1 beta driver on the desktop APU 7850K or an Asus notebook with Kaveri APU. Maybe that's why the Radeon R9 M280X (Kaveri-based Asus N551ZU) was too slow and couldn't produce playable frame rates. The 7850K APU stuttered initially, but subsequent runs showed higher frame rates. Conceivably we need to wait for a new driver here.

Mirror's Edge Catalyst
    3840x2160 High Preset AF:16x     1920x1080 Ultra Preset AF:16x     1920x1080 High Preset AF:16x     1920x1080 Medium Preset AF:4x     1366x768 Medium Preset AF:4x     1280x720 Low Preset AF:2x
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), 4790K
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
47 (44min) fps ∼69%
121 (108min) fps ∼74%
135 (123min) fps ∼84%
162 (146min) fps ∼91%
175 (149min) fps ∼91%
193 (177min) fps ∼96%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti, 4790K
Asus Strix GTX 980 Ti Desktop PC
38.3 (35min) fps ∼56%
95 (86min) fps ∼58%
105 (96min) fps ∼66%
AMD Radeon R9 Fury, 4790K
XFX Radeon R9 Fury Pro
31.5 (23min) fps ∼46%
81.3 (74min) fps ∼50%
92 (82min) fps ∼58%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980, 6700K
Desktop PC
28.3 (26min) fps ∼42%
76.4 (69min) fps ∼47%
83.4 (78min) fps ∼52%
108 (99min) fps ∼60%
156 (142min) fps ∼81%
198 (189min) fps ∼99%
AMD Radeon R9 290X, 4790K
Sapphire Radeon R9 290X Tri-X OC
28.6 (26min) fps ∼42%
65.9 (53min) fps ∼40%
80.5 (74min) fps ∼50%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
20.6 (17min) fps ∼30%
53.8 (48min) fps ∼33%
60.8 (56min) fps ∼38%
78.4 (74min) fps ∼44%
112 (98min) fps ∼58%
125 (114min) fps ∼62%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
16.4 (15min) fps ∼24%
42.1 (33min) fps ∼26%
47.3 (40min) fps ∼30%
64.2 (61min) fps ∼36%
97 (90min) fps ∼50%
125 (113min) fps ∼62%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950, 6700K
Desktop PC
4.8 (2min) fps ∼7%
34.3 (32min) fps ∼21%
42.1 (39min) fps ∼26%
58.1 (55min) fps ∼32%
93.1 (88min) fps ∼48%
151 (134min) fps ∼75%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
11.8 (10min) fps ∼17%
33.2 (29min) fps ∼20%
40 (37min) fps ∼25%
55.3 (52min) fps ∼31%
81.2 (75min) fps ∼42%
124 (114min) fps ∼62%
AMD Radeon R7 370, 4790K
MSI Gaming R7 370 2GB
9 (8min) fps ∼13%
33.4 (31min) fps ∼20%
41 (38min) fps ∼26%
87 (82min) fps ∼45%
129 (96min) fps ∼64%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M, 6700HQ
MSI GE72 965M Ti
3.6 (2min) fps ∼5%
33.5 (30min) fps ∼21%
41.7 (38min) fps ∼26%
58 (54min) fps ∼32%
87 (80min) fps ∼45%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
10.2 (9min) fps ∼15%
26.9 (24min) fps ∼17%
33.1 (29min) fps ∼21%
45.3 (43min) fps ∼25%
70.1 (65min) fps ∼36%
111 (96min) fps ∼55%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M, 4720HQ
Schenker XMG A505
26 (21min) fps ∼16%
31.1 (29min) fps ∼19%
41.1 (39min) fps ∼23%
63.4 (59min) fps ∼33%
104 (89min) fps ∼52%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M, 6700HQ
MSI PE60 2QD
20.7 (18min) fps ∼13%
25.4 (22min) fps ∼16%
34.9 (33min) fps ∼19%
56 (51min) fps ∼29%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
18.9 (16min) fps ∼12%
24.7 (23min) fps ∼15%
36.4 (34min) fps ∼20%
57.6 (53min) fps ∼30%
91.7 (80min) fps ∼46%
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 6700HQ
MSI CX72 6QD
9.4 (8min) fps ∼6%
12.1 (10min) fps ∼8%
28.3 (26min) fps ∼15%
47.3 (42min) fps ∼24%
NVIDIA GeForce 940M, 5700HQ
MSI GP62 2QD
12.2 (11min) fps ∼8%
17.8 (16min) fps ∼10%
28.6 (25min) fps ∼15%
48.3 (43min) fps ∼24%
AMD Radeon R9 M280X, FX-7600P
Asus N551ZU-CN007H
27.2 (14min) fps ∼14%
NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 2970M
MSI CX61 2QC 2970M MS-16GD
18.6 (15min) fps ∼10%
30.1 (25min) fps ∼15%
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M, 4200M
MSI CX61-i572M
13.7 fps ∼7%
24.7 fps ∼12%
Intel HD Graphics 4600, 4700MQ
Schenker W504
12.2 (11min) fps ∼6%
21.3 (19min) fps ∼11%

Overview

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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
159
146
59.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
131n4
121n4
47.4n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
131
120
45.5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
121n3
113n3
47.9n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
110
99.7
37.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
106
97.8
38.8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
101
92.4
33.7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
176
137.6
100.3n4
92.05n4
35.8n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
97.8
91.1
35.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
197.4
165.5
90
81.9
31
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
86.85n2
79.4n2
31.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
63.6
71.25n4
64.85n4
24.8
AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
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88.9
72.6
63.3
23.3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
68.6
61.1
21.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
130
66.4
59.6
20.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
125
112
60.8
53.8
20.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
54.7
49.9
17.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
49.3n3
44.9n3
16.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
125
97
47.3
42.1
16.4
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
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83.6n3
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
124
81.2
40
33.2
11.8
AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
87.6
65
37.3
32.8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
110.3
83.7
40.4
32.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
111
70.1
33.1
26.9
10.2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
96.2n3
61.8n3
30n3
24.3n3
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
81.4
54.5
39.5
23.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
69.3
53.8n2
24.5n2
19.5n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
91.7
57.6
24.7
18.9
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
81.5
60.3
33.4
15
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
47.3n5
26.2n5
11.75n4
9.9n3
NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
42.1
25.6
11.3
8.7
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
45.1
28.1
12.6
8.1
NVIDIA GeForce 910M
22.6
13.8
6.5
3.9
AMD Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L)
ATI Mobility Radeon X800
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750
SIS Mirage 2 M760
AMD Radeon RX 6450M
ATI Radeon HD 4270
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NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
AMD Radeon HD 7630M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
AMD Radeon 610M
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
AMD Radeon 540X
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon X800XT
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
AMD Radeon HD 6830M
NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100)
AMD Radeon RX 6650M
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Intel UHD Graphics 600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
AMD Radeon HD 8610G
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
NVIDIA T600 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6250
Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 4 440 Go
Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Intel Arc A730M
Intel HD Graphics P530
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake)
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AMD Radeon RX 7700S
ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
AMD Radeon Pro 5300M
ATI Radeon HD 4100
NVIDIA GeForce 710M
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 950
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M
AMD Radeon RX 540X
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
Intel HD Graphics (Skylake)
AMD Radeon R5 M255
23.8
18.1
7.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
NVIDIA GeForce 7190M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
AMD Radeon HD 8310G
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD Radeon R7 M460
27.7
19.6
7.9
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SIS Mirage 3+ 672MX
AMD Radeon HD 7570M
AMD Radeon HD 6870M
AMD Radeon HD 6350M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
AMD Radeon HD 6570M
ATI Mobility Radeon M6
AMD Radeon HD 6250
AMD Radeon R7 (Kaveri)
24.6
AMD Radeon 760M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Intel UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 32 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell)
AMD Radeon 680M
Apple M3 8-Core GPU
AMD Radeon 740M
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce 705M
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)
AMD Radeon HD 7430M
NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
AMD Radeon RX 7600M
AMD Radeon HD 6330M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
AMD Radeon RX 640
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
AMD Radeon RX 570X (Laptop)
VIA Chrome9 HC
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
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AMD Radeon R7 M270
AMD Radeon HD 7950M
AMD Radeon R7 M265
NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)
AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
AMD Radeon R9 M375
AMD Radeon R7 M340
NVIDIA GeForce 945M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
AMD Radeon RX 7900M
NVIDIA GeForce MX110
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
Intel HD Graphics 5500
21.5
12.6
AMD Radeon R5 M420
ATI Radeon IGP 320M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
VIA Chrome9HD
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
ATI Radeon Xpress 1250
AMD Radeon HD 7490M
Intel HD Graphics 5000
AMD Radeon HD 7690M
AMD Radeon R7 M465
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
AMD Radeon HD 7660G
NVIDIA GeForce 405M
Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
24.7
13.7
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 8590M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
AMD Radeon R5 M430
27
16.3
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce G 205M
Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
AMD Radeon HD 6320
Qualcomm Adreno 690
AMD Radeon Pro 460
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
ATI Radeon HD 3200
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
AMD Radeon R9 M470
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200
NVIDIA GeForce MX330
AMD Radeon HD 7770M
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ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)
NVIDIA GeForce G210M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
AMD Radeon 610
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8
Intel HD Graphics 2000
AMD Radeon RX Vega Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
ATI Radeon HD 4200
NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
AMD Radeon RX 7600S
ATI Mobility Radeon X600
Intel HD Graphics 5600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
AMD Radeon 780M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
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Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530
AMD Radeon RX 5300M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
AMD Radeon R5 M240
AMD Radeon RX 540
AMD Radeon HD 6430M
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
Intel HD Graphics 520
27.4
13.7
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
AMD Radeon Pro 450
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
NVIDIA GeForce 610M
AMD Radeon HD 6470M
AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
AMD Radeon HD 7550M
AMD Radeon R7 M370
Intel Arc A350M
AMD Radeon R9 M270
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
Intel HD Graphics 4200
AMD Radeon HD 7640G
Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
10.5
6.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
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NVIDIA GeForce 4 420 Go
AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon R7 M260X
AMD Radeon HD 7730M
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
ATI Mobility Radeon X700
unknown
AMD Radeon R9 M265X
AMD Radeon HD 7400G
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
48.3
28.6
12.2
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
AMD Radeon HD 6770M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
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ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
NVIDIA GeForce 7150M
NVIDIA ION 2
Intel HD Graphics 530
25.3
14
Intel Arc A770M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
AMD Radeon HD 8830M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350
AMD Radeon R9 M275
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Intel Arc A530M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
Intel UHD Graphics 770
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
34
18.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
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Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
NVIDIA GeForce 825M
AMD Radeon 625
Intel HD Graphics 5300
12.2
6.9
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
AMD Radeon HD 8570M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
Intel HD Graphics 505
NVIDIA GeForce 410M
AMD Radeon HD 8450G
AMD Radeon R5 M330
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce G 107M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600
Intel Iris Graphics 6100
24.6
16
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AMD Radeon RX 570 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon R7 M260
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Adreno GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
Apple M1 8-Core GPU
AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
VIA S3G UniChrome Pro
AMD Radeon R5 M335
AMD Radeon HD 8180
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost
AMD Radeon RX 6550M
NVIDIA GeForce 315M
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AMD Radeon HD 7590M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M
ATI Radeon Xpress X1250
AMD Radeon HD 7510M
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
NVIDIA GeForce 840M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
Intel HD Graphics 620
28.8
17
7.1
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AMD Radeon RX 6700S
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
AMD Radeon RX 490M
AMD Radeon R7 M445
Intel HD Graphics 615
15.5
9
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
34.9
20.5
AMD Radeon HD 8280
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 565v
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
AMD Radeon R9 M385
AMD Radeon Pro 560X
AMD Radeon HD 8330
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
AMD Radeon R4 (Beema)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900
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NVIDIA GeForce 4 488 Go
AMD Radeon 530
30.3
18.3
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
Intel UHD Graphics P630
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
Intel UHD Graphics 620
22.3
15.2
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
ATI Mobility 128 M3
Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
NVIDIA GeForce MX570
Intel UHD Graphics 630
19.8
13.7
ATI Mobility Radeon X1350
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
AMD Radeon HD 8510G
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon Pro 555X
AMD Radeon HD 8350G
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Intel UHD Graphics 615
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
AMD Radeon HD 7340
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6380G
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP
AMD Radeon R7 M360
25.8
18.3
7.4
NVIDIA GeForce G 102M
Intel Arc A570M
AMD Radeon HD 8250
NVIDIA GeForce 830M
AMD Radeon HD 7450M
Intel UHD Graphics 617
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NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
AMD Radeon HD 6370M
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
16.9
11.7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon R9 M370X
Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell)
12.4
7.1
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)
Intel UHD Graphics 605
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
Qualcomm Adreno 685
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
AMD Radeon HD 8400
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NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon HD 7650M
AMD Radeon HD 6490M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
AMD Radeon Pro 455
AMD Radeon HD 8670M
AMD Radeon 630
NVIDIA GeForce MX350
SIS Mirage M661FX
NVIDIA GeForce 845M
AMD Radeon R7 M380
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800XT
ATI Radeon HD 3100
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
AMD Radeon HD 8770M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 530v
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AMD Radeon HD 7600G
Intel UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU)
Intel Arc A310
ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
Qualcomm Adreno 630
AMD Radeon R5 (Kaveri)
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
ATI Radeon HD 4250
Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 7530M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
AMD Radeon R9 M365X
NVIDIA GeForce MX250
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 550v
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GS
AMD Radeon HD 7500G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 755M
AMD Radeon HD 8730M
AMD Radeon R6 (Mullins)
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AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT
AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT
NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
NVIDIA GeForce 320M
AMD Radeon R5 M230
Intel Iris Graphics 5100
AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
SIS Mirage 3 671MX
AMD Radeon HD 6310
AMD Radeon HD 8550G
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
AMD Radeon R5 M320
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Intel HD Graphics 6000
20.8
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
AMD Radeon HD 6290
AMD Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)
Intel HD Graphics 630
27.4
15.9
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
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AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
21.2
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2700
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
AMD Radeon 520
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon 620
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M
VIA Castle Rock
AMD Radeon R9 M390
AMD Radeon RX 580X (Laptop)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3410
Intel HD Graphics 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
AMD Radeon Pro 560
Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
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ATI Radeon Xpress X1270
Intel Iris Graphics 550
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
NVIDIA GeForce 3 Go
AMD Radeon R7 M440
AMD Radeon RX 6600S
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
AMD Radeon RX 5600M
AMD Radeon HD 6450M
AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
6
2.3
NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R9 M380
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ATI Mobility Radeon X300
AMD Radeon Pro 555
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
AMD Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
10.5
NVIDIA GeForce 4 460 Go
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Intel HD Graphics P630
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
Intel UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 16 EU)
AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
NVIDIA RTX A4000 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
Silicon Motion SM502
AMD Radeon HD 7620G
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
AMD Radeon RX 6300M
AMD Radeon HD 8650G
15.1
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
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AMD Radeon HD 6530M
Intel HD Graphics 610
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Intel Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc)
AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
21.1
13.6
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
Intel HD Graphics 515
11.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce MX130
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 7350M
NVIDIA GeForce G 105M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5770
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
ATI Mobility Radeon M7
Intel HD Graphics 4400
20.7
10.3
AMD Radeon 660M
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
39
23.6
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Intel Arc A550M
Intel UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430
AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo)
AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
30.1
18.6
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Radeon R9 M395
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 560v
Intel UHD Graphics 610
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
Intel HD Graphics 510
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
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NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N)
AMD Radeon HD 8240
Qualcomm Adreno 680
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
Apple M2 10-Core GPU
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100
AMD Radeon HD 6730M
Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce G 110M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
AMD Radeon R9 M470X
AMD Radeon HD 8750M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
AMD Radeon HD 8410G
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
AMD Radeon HD 6620G
NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
AMD Radeon HD 6850M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
Intel Iris Graphics 540
35
20.5
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
AMD Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
AMD Radeon HD 7750M
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon HD 6630M
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200
AMD Radeon R5 M315
ATI Radeon IGP 340M
AMD Radeon RX 6550S
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M
NVIDIA GeForce MX550
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
AMD Radeon RX 6800S
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Intel HD Graphics 4600
18.5n2
11.05n2
AMD Radeon HD 7310
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
ATI Radeon HD 4225
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
ATI Radeon Xpress X1200
AMD Radeon HD 7420G
AMD Radeon HD 7290
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 8650M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
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AMD Radeon RX 5700M
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
AMD Radeon HD 8210
Intel HD Graphics 2500
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 Max-Q
ATI Radeon Xpress 1100
AMD Radeon HD 8690M
Intel Iris Pro Graphics P580
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4570
ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v
Intel Arc A370M
AMD Radeon HD 7370M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
27.2
Apple M3 10-Core GPU
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AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
(-) * 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.

Testsysteme

Desktop PCs Custom Nvidia Custom AMD
Mainboard Asus Z170-A Asus Z97-Deluxe
Processor Intel Core i7-6700K (Skylake) Intel Core i7-4790K (Haswell)
GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 (4 GB GDDR5)
PNY GeForce GTX 950 (2 GB GDDR5)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 (8 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)
RAM 2x 8 GB DDR4-2133 2x 4 GB DDR3-1600
Storage Crucial MX100 SSD (256 GB)
Crucial M500 SSD (480 GB)
OCZ Trion 100 SSD (480 GB)
OCZ Trion 150 SSD (960 GB)
Intel SSD 530 (240 GB)
OCZ Trion 100 SSD (480 GB)
OS Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Schenker Notebooks Schenker W504 Schenker XMG A505 Schenker S413
Mainboard Intel HM87 Intel HM87 Intel HM87
Processor Intel Core i7-4700MQ (Haswell) Intel Core i7-4720HQ (Haswell) Intel Core i7-4750HQ (Haswell)
GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M (8 GB GDDR5)
GTX 970M (6 GB GDDR5)
GTX 880M (8 GB GDDR5)
GTX 870M (6 GB GDDR5)
GTX 860M Kepler (4 GB GDDR5)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
RAM 2x 4 GB DDR3-1600 2x 4 GB DDR3-1600 2x 8 GB DDR3-1600
Storage Samsung SSD 840 EVO (250 GB)
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD (500 GB)
Micron M600 SSD (128 GB)
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 HDD (1.000 GB)
Intel SSD
OS Windows 10 Pro 64 Bit Windows 10 Home 64 Bit Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
MSI Notebooks MSI GE72 MSI PE60 MSI GP62 MSI CX61 MSI CX61
Mainboard Intel HM170 Intel HM170 Intel HM86 Intel HM86 Intel HM86
Processor Intel Core i7-6700HQ (Skylake) Intel Core i7-6700HQ (Skylake) Intel Core i7-5700HQ (Broadwell) Intel Celeron 2970M (Haswell) Intel Core i5-4200M (Haswell)
GPU Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M 2016 (2 GB GDDR5) Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M (2 GB GDDR5) Nvidia GeForce 940M (2 GB DDR3) Nvidia GeForce 920M (2 GB DDR3) Nvidia GeForce GT 720M (2 GB DDR3)
RAM 1x 8 GB DDR4-2133 2x 4 GB DDR4-2133 1x 8 GB DDR3-1600 1x 8 GB DDR3-1600 1x 8 GB DDR3-1600
Storage Toshiba THNSNJ128G8NU SSD (128 GB)
WDC WD10JPVX HDD (1.000 GB)
OCZ Trion 100 SSD (480 GB)
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 HDD (500 GB) WDC Scorpio Blue HDD (1.000 GB)
OS Windows 10 Home 64 Bit Windows 10 Windows 10 Windows 10 Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
Other Notebooks Asus N551ZU
Mainboard AMD K15.1
Processor AMD FX-7600P (Kaveri)
GPU AMD Radeon R9 M280X (4 GB GDDR5)
RAM 2x 4 GB DDR3-1600
Storage Samsung SSD 830 256 GB
OS Windows 10 64 Bit
4K Monitor Nvidia driver AMD driver Intel driver
2x Asus PB287Q ForceWare 368.39 Crimson 16.6.1 Hotfix 15.40.22.4424
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Florian Glaser, 2016-06-19 (Update: 2016-06-19)