Resident Evil 4 Remake review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

Scary enough to crash your PC. In-game enemies are not the only things frightening about Resident Evil 4 Remake. Some of the hardware requirements can also be quite intimidating. Read on to find out what kind of graphical power you need to run the game properly.

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Technical aspects

Around two years ago, Capcom already demonstrated with the launch of RE Village that, apart from a few hitches, a Resident Evil game can run well and look great on PC. Now in 2023, the developer and publisher has released a remake of the wildly successful fourth mainline entry in the RE franchise.

Unfortunately, the survival horror game still struggles with a few technical issues at the moment. One of the biggest problems is the combination of ray tracing and the general VRAM requirement at higher quality settings. When running at Max preset, the game frequently crashes on graphics cards with 8 GB of VRAM or less. Even though RE Village likewise uses a hefty amount of video memory according to the built-in indicator, we didn't encounter similar issues whilst testing the game back then. Capcom really needs to work on releasing a patch to iron out these problems.

If you ignore this issue, RE4 Remake is a solid game. Much like in Village, the atmospheric environments are filled with a huge amount of details, excellent characters and fairly crisp textures for the most part. What's more, load times are surprisingly short. The graphics menu is also pretty good for a PC game. Although navigating it involves a lot of scrolling due to the sheer number of options available (more than 30 individual settings), you can adjust the visual settings at one go by selecting one of the presets provided. But some of these presets have once again been given slightly odd labels such as "Prioritize Performance" and "Prioritize Graphics".

Because ray tracing is fully enabled at Max settings (unlike in RE Village), the Ray Tracing preset feels rather unnecessary and wasn't used during our testing. One very nice thing is that all settings can be modified without having to restart the game. We also like the fact that the game provides written explanations and, in some cases, comparison images to help you understand what each setting does. Fans of upscaling will be pleased to find FSR 1 and 2 in the game, but DLSS is unfortunately not supported. It is also worth mentioning the game is designed to work better with a controller. Camera movement, for example, is too slow with a mouse and keyboard at standard settings.

Benchmark

Because Resident Evil 4 doesn't have a built-in benchmark or quick save feature, we used the first section of the game for our frame rate measurements. As you can see in the video below, we made the main character Leon walk for about 30 seconds through a narrow forested path until he reaches the entrance of an old house. As usual, frame rates were captured using CapFrameX.

Results

FHD (1,920 x 1,080)

As expected, systems without a dedicated GPU have a tough time with the game. Even the Radeon 680M, one of the best iGPUs on the market right now, only managed to reach above 40 fps at 720p. At Full HD (1080p), the game is only sort of playable (slightly below 30 fps) at the lowest settings. By contrast, you are in a fairly good position to enjoy RE4 Remake if you have a mid-range GPU or better. For instance, a Radeon RX 6600M is able to handle the game very well at Full HD and mid to high settings (as mentioned earlier, the game is prone to crashing at max settings because of VRAM-related issues).

Resident Evil 4 Remake
1920x1080 Prioritize Performance Preset 1920x1080 Balanced Preset 1920x1080 Prioritize Graphics Preset 1920x1080 Max Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	291 (33.5^min, 125.3^P0.1, 209^P1) fps ∼69% 254 (23.4^min, 98.3^P0.1, 193.3^P1) fps ∼70% 250 (32.1^min, 104.5^P0.1, 195.1^P1) fps ∼80% 183.1 (34.2^min, 67.6^P0.1, 137.3^P1) fps ∼76%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	314 (23.5^min, 114^P0.1, 229^P1) fps ∼74% 277 (24.8^min, 99.1^P0.1, 218^P1) fps ∼77% 250 (25^min, 94.2^P0.1, 201^P1) fps ∼80% 169.2 (16.9^min, 38.6^P0.1, 108.8^P1) fps ∼70%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	307 (21.9^min, 111.2^P0.1, 230^P1) fps ∼72% 249 (22.3^min, 92.7^P0.1, 204^P1) fps ∼69% 221 (23.3^min, 108.3^P0.1, 190.4^P1) fps ∼71% 155.9 (21.6^min, 41.8^P0.1, 117.3^P1) fps ∼65%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	253 (35.5^min, 118.9^P0.1, 202^P1) fps ∼60% 188.8 (39^min, 112^P0.1, 162.4^P1) fps ∼52% 173 (35.4^min, 110.5^P0.1, 149.9^P1) fps ∼55% 127.3 (36.4^min, 60.1^P0.1, 100.8^P1) fps ∼53%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	197.8 (35.6^min, 120.2^P0.1, 170.5^P1) fps ∼47% 138.9 (36.1^min, 95.6^P0.1, 118^P1) fps ∼38% 129.4 (40.7^min, 82.1^P0.1, 109.6^P1) fps ∼41% 95 (33.5^min, 50.2^P0.1, 70.5^P1) fps ∼39%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HX MSI Titan GT77 12UHS	171.8 (22.4^min, 63.5^P0.1, 130.7^P1) fps ∼41% 129.4 (29.8^min, 73.5^P0.1, 110.2^P1) fps ∼36% 119.3 (31.9^min, 70^P0.1, 101.1^P1) fps ∼38% 89.7 (34.2^min, 39.8^P0.1, 66.9^P1) fps ∼37%
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX Asus ROG Strix G15	127.5 (13.4^min, 51^P0.1, 91.9^P1) fps ∼30% 102.1 (12.2^min, 38^P0.1, 66.2^P1) fps ∼28% 92.9 (37.6^min, 41.1^P0.1, 67.4^P1) fps ∼30% 68.8 (12.1^min, 20.3^P0.1, 45.4^P1) fps ∼29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H Lenovo Legion 5 Pro	124.4 (2.76^min, 11.8^P0.1, 88.8^P1) fps ∼29% 95.7 (22.5^min, 35^P0.1, 79.2^P1) fps ∼26% 88.3 (19.7^min, 39.8^P0.1, 73^P1) fps ∼28%
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H Lenovo Legion 5	104.8 (4^min, 7.11^P0.1, 68.7^P1) fps ∼25% 88.9 (16.3^min, 39.1^P0.1, 72.6^P1) fps ∼25% 77.4 (15.8^min, 42.8^P0.1, 63.6^P1) fps ∼25% 49.5 (17.7^min, 22.1^P0.1, 37.5^P1) fps ∼21%
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	31.6 (9.4^min, 14.4^P0.1, 23.1^P1) fps ∼7% 25.6 (13^min, 14.4^P0.1, 20.1^P1) fps ∼7% 21.8 (11.6^min, 13.3^P0.1, 17.6^P1) fps ∼7% 13.6 (4.73^min, 5.23^P0.1, 9.04^P1) fps ∼6%
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, i7-1165G7 Zotac ZBOX CI665 Nano	19.9 (6.74^min, 7.92^P0.1, 15.4^P1) fps ∼5% 15.8 (9.54^min, 9.88^P0.1, 11.3^P1) fps ∼4% 14.6 (10.4^min, 10.5^P0.1, 10.9^P1) fps ∼5%

QHD (2,560 x 1,440)

To run the game at QHD or higher, you'll need a high-end graphics card with at least 10 GB of VRAM. In our testing, it took no less than a Radeon RX 6800M to ensure absolutely smooth gameplay at 1440p and max settings.

Resident Evil 4 Remake
2560x1440 Max Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	147.1 (35.1^min, 63.4^P0.1, 120.6^P1) fps ∼73%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	140.6 (17.3^min, 35.7^P0.1, 106.8^P1) fps ∼70%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	126.9 (22.3^min, 37.1^P0.1, 99.1^P1) fps ∼63%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	97.6 (35.6^min, 51.3^P0.1, 77.4^P1) fps ∼48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	71.4 (21.5^min, 43^P0.1, 55.1^P1) fps ∼35%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HX MSI Titan GT77 12UHS	70.3 (35.3^min, 42.8^P0.1, 54.5^P1) fps ∼35%
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX Asus ROG Strix G15	54.5 (3.89^min, 16.6^P0.1, 42.3^P1) fps ∼27%
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H Lenovo Legion 5	37.5 (13.1^min, 15.6^P0.1, 26.1^P1) fps ∼19%

UHD (3,840 x 2,160)

As is often the case, things get really challenging at 4K. A combination of Max preset and 4K resolution pushed even the RTX 3080 Ti, previously the most powerful laptop GPU, to its limits.

Resident Evil 4 Remake
3840x2160 Max Preset
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	94.6 (22^min, 36.6^P0.1, 77.5^P1) fps ∼75%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	86.3 (19.1^min, 50.7^P0.1, 75.5^P1) fps ∼69%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	79.7 (23.4^min, 33.4^P0.1, 65.2^P1) fps ∼63%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K Desktop-PC	59.3 (32.8^min, 41^P0.1, 48.9^P1) fps ∼47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HX MSI Titan GT77 12UHS	40.6 (4.55^min, 6.72^P0.1, 34.4^P1) fps ∼32%
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX Asus ROG Strix G15	32.1 (1.874^min, 3.72^P0.1, 21.6^P1) fps ∼25%

Note

Because gaming tests are very time-consuming and are often constrained by installation or activation limits, we are only able to provide you with part of the benchmark results at the time of publishing this article. We will be adding more graphics cards over the coming days and weeks.

Overview

Test systems

We currently use these laptops to perform our gaming benchmarks. You can visit the official websites of the respective manufacturers by clicking the photos above. All other test systems (tower PCs, mini PCs, etc.) are listed below.

Device	Graphics card	Processor	RAM
Notebooks
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 Ti @175 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-12900	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro	Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 @140 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-12700H	2 x 8 GB DDR5
Asus ROG Strix G15	AMD Radeon RX 6800M (12 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	2 x 8 GB DDR4
Lenovo Legion 5	AMD Radeon RX 6600M (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 7 5800H	2 x 8 GB DDR4
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14	AMD Radeon 680M	AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Tower PCs
Custom I	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX (24 GB GDDR6) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (20 GB GDDR6) MSI GeForce RTX 3080 (10 GB GDDR6X) MSI GeForce RTX 3070 (8 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-12900K	2 x 16 GB DDR4
Custom II	Palit GeForce RTX 4090 GameRock OC (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 FE (24 GB GDDR6X) Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 Ti (8 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) AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT (16 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6800 (16 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT (12 GB DDR6) AMD Radeon RX 6650 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 7950X	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Custom III	Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super FE	Intel Core i9-11900K	2 x 8 GB DDR4
Mini-PCs
Zotac ZBOX CI665 Nano	Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96 CUs)	Intel Core i7-1165G7	2 x 8 GB DDR4
Morefine S500+	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX	2 x 16 GB DDR4
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

4K monitors	Nvidia driver	AMD driver
Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Gigabyte M32U	ForceWare 528.49	Adrenalin 23.2.2

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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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After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in environmental engineering, I moved from Singapore to Cologne in 2014 and began pursuing a career as a freelance translator. Much of my translation work focuses on science, engineering and technology. My fascination with computers and mobile electronics began when I was young. And I have fond memories reading countless tech and gaming magazines. Working with Notebookcheck gives me the opportunity to incorporate my personal interests into my professional work.

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	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
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