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Sons of the Forest review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

An unforgettable experience. Nearly five years after the debut of their surprise hit The Forest, the developers at Canadian studio Endnight Games have released the sequel to the title. Sons of the Forest once again offers an interesting game design that combines open-world exploration and survival horror. Read our benchmark check to find out whether its hardware requirements are just as terrifying.
Sons of the Forest

Technical aspects

Despite still being in Early Access, Sons of the Forest is already very popular. This is obvious when you look at the countless good reviews it has received on Steam as well as the great success it enjoys amongst the YouTube and Twitch community. We can definitely understand this positive reception. Like many Early Access titles, Sons of the Forest still struggles with various minor hiccups such as stuttering (regardless of how powerful your hardware is), clipping issues and other graphical glitches (e.g. flickering and objects popping in). Nonetheless, the game's graphics is mostly quite impressive.

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If you ignore the somewhat blurry clouds, Sons of the Forest features crisp textures, luscious vegetation, high draw distance and stylish effects (e.g. lighting) for the most part. In conjunction with various climate zones (green forests, snowy mountains, etc.), the day and night cycle and regular change in weather also lend the game a fantastic and rather unique atmosphere. Another highlight is the beautiful trails that the player character leaves in snow or wet beach. Overall, the developers have managed to get a lot out of the Unity Engine and don't have to be daunted by typical triple-A games from large studios.

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From a technical standpoint, the game is already relatively polished and runs quite well in its current state (provided you have at least a mid-range GPU). We'll discuss this later in the benchmark section. Load times are likewise acceptable. Whilst the game launches very quickly, the initial loading process takes a while to complete. That said, other load times are fairly reasonable. One more thing to mention is the small install size: Sons of the Forest is a 9 GB download and occupies 13 GB of storage – astonishingly little for a game in 2023.

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The options menu is likewise not too shabby. The graphics tab contains more than 20 options, which can be adjusted collectively by selecting one of the quality presets. One nice thing is that all the settings can be changed without restarting the game. Similar to many other current games, Sons of the Forest supports dynamic upscaling methods such as FSR and DLSS (which we disabled for our testing). The display tab doesn't have much to offer by comparison. Besides resolution, it only lets you adjust the display mode, VSync, gamma, brightness and frame rate limit (20 to 240 or unlocked).

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Benchmark

Because Sons of the Forest doesn't have a built-in benchmark, we used a standardised in-game sequence to help us measure frame rates. As shown in the video below, we made the player character walk up and down a predefined path on the beach (one of the spawn points at the start of the game) for roughly 40 seconds. Frame rates were captured using CapFrameX.

Results

FHD (1,920 x 1,080)

Whilst iGPUs such as the Radeon 680M and Iris Xe Graphics G7 already struggle to handle the game at Full HD and Low preset (<40 fps), mid-tier GPUs mostly have enough power to spare for high to max settings. However, as you can see in the table for FHD, the processor quickly ends up being a limiting factor when paired with a mid-range GPU or better. For example, at Ultra preset, our desktop RTX 3070 is hardly any slower than the otherwise much faster desktop RX 7900 XTX. Even more remarkable: our RX 6600M laptop managed to outperform the RX 6800M laptop thanks to better CPU utilisation.

Sons of the Forest
    1920x1080 Low Preset     1920x1080 Medium Preset AA:T     1920x1080 High Preset AA:T     1920x1080 Ultra Preset AA:T
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
122.7 (55.5min, 94.4P0.1, 99.7P1) fps ∼50%
119.3 (50min, 88.5P0.1, 95.9P1) fps ∼48%
113.6 (57.5min, 79.6P0.1, 92.6P1) fps ∼47%
113.4 (53.3min, 84.3P0.1, 93.9P1) fps ∼48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
120.9 (79.2min, 89.9P0.1, 98.1P1) fps ∼49%
116.5 (83.7min, 87.3P0.1, 95P1) fps ∼47%
114 (70.5min, 84.7P0.1, 90.8P1) fps ∼48%
112.4 (41.3min, 73.5P0.1, 86.8P1) fps ∼48%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
122.1 (39.8min, 52.2P0.1, 97.2P1) fps ∼49%
116.8 (56.6min, 91.6P0.1, 97.8P1) fps ∼47%
113.3 (44.8min, 87.4P0.1, 93.3P1) fps ∼47%
111.6 (40.5min, 83P0.1, 92.3P1) fps ∼48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
114.7 (47min, 57.8P0.1, 85.7P1) fps ∼46%
104.4 (51.6min, 63.1P0.1, 75.9P1) fps ∼42%
103.3 (47min, 69.7P0.1, 76.1P1) fps ∼43%
102 (37.4min, 57.8P0.1, 70.5P1) fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HX
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS
91.7 (58.7min, 69.4P0.1, 74.9P1) fps ∼37%
87.8 (58.9min, 63.5P0.1, 71.4P1) fps ∼36%
85.7 (53.5min, 64.8P0.1, 69.4P1) fps ∼36%
84.6 (33.6min, 63.5P0.1, 68.9P1) fps ∼36%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro
83.8 (46.1min, 53.8P0.1, 65.9P1) fps ∼34%
70.5 (39.8min, 43.6P0.1, 48.9P1) fps ∼29%
65.9 (30.7min, 36.9P0.1, 46.8P1) fps ∼27%
65.4 (36.4min, 40.1P0.1, 46.7P1) fps ∼28%
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H
Lenovo Legion 5
71.6 (49.3min, 57.4P0.1, 60.1P1) fps ∼29%
68.4 (51.2min, 53.5P0.1, 57.1P1) fps ∼28%
65.6 (36.4min, 48.4P0.1, 54.4P1) fps ∼27%
64.7 (26.4min, 43.3P0.1, 50.3P1) fps ∼28%
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX
Asus ROG Strix G15
59.2 (40.9min, 47.8P0.1, 49.8P1) fps ∼24%
56.5 (43.9min, 46P0.1, 48.2P1) fps ∼23%
54.6 (43.9min, 44.5P0.1, 46P1) fps ∼23%
53.1 (33.3min, 35.2P0.1, 39P1) fps ∼23%
AMD Radeon 680M, R9 6900HS
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14
33.7 (19.4min, 19.8P0.1, 22.2P1) fps ∼14%
24.9 (12.6min, 15P0.1, 16.8P1) fps ∼10%
23.6 (12.9min, 13.5P0.1, 15.5P1) fps ∼10%
23.3 (11.2min, 13.6P0.1, 15.8P1) fps ∼10%
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs, i7-1165G7
Zotac ZBOX CI665 Nano
9.53 (2.15min, 2.15P0.1, 2.6P1) fps ∼4%
7.73 (2.32min, 2.38P0.1, 2.58P1) fps ∼3%
7.35 (2.42min, 2.43P0.1, 2.61P1) fps ∼3%
7.24 (2.22min, 2.22P0.1, 2.34P1) fps ∼3%

QHD (2,560 x 1,440)

You should use an upper mid-range to high-end graphics card if you want to play the game on a QHD display. Based on our testing, a GeForce RTX 3060 or higher is required to achieve an average of more than 50 fps at 2,560 x 1,440 and Ultra preset.

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    2560x1440 Ultra Preset AA:T
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
108.5 (5.81min, 44P0.1, 88.2P1) fps ∼49%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
108.3 (72.3min, 86P0.1, 91.1P1) fps ∼49%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
98.5 (52.2min, 55.7P0.1, 62.4P1) fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
82.3 (45.7min, 54.5P0.1, 61.1P1) fps ∼37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HX
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS
74 (27.1min, 27.4P0.1, 35.4P1) fps ∼33%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro
51.1 (24.8min, 28.6P0.1, 37.5P1) fps ∼23%
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX
Asus ROG Strix G15
49.9 (30.8min, 32.4P0.1, 34.6P1) fps ∼22%
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H
Lenovo Legion 5
47.5 (33.7min, 36.1P0.1, 39.2P1) fps ∼21%

UHD (3,840 x 2,160)

In general, there's no getting around using an absolute top-end graphics card if you wish to play the game at 4K (3,840 x 2,160) and Ultra preset. For a portable system, only a GeForce RTX 3080 Ti or better can break the 50 fps mark.

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    3840x2160 Ultra Preset AA:T
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
98.4 (34.2min, 40.3P0.1, 71.7P1) fps ∼41%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
86 (48.2min, 62.8P0.1, 66.8P1) fps ∼36%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
69.5 (40.2min, 48P0.1, 51.4P1) fps ∼29%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900HX
MSI Titan GT77 12UHS
53.8 (6.45min, 30.1P0.1, 41.2P1) fps ∼23%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070, i9-12900K
Desktop-PC
50.5 (33.1min, 35.4P0.1, 40.7P1) fps ∼21%
AMD Radeon RX 6800M, R9 5900HX
Asus ROG Strix G15
39.9 (19.7min, 24.1P0.1, 30.4P1) fps ∼17%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU, i7-12700H
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro
31.9 (11.9min, 15.3P0.1, 22.9P1) fps ∼13%
AMD Radeon RX 6600M, R7 5800H
Lenovo Legion 5
27.7 (21.4min, 21.5P0.1, 22.3P1) fps ∼12%

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

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1920x1080
Low Preset
med.
1920x1080
Medium Preset
TAA
high
1920x1080
High Preset
TAA
ultra
1920x1080
Ultra Preset
TAA
QHD
2560x1440
Ultra Preset
TAA
4K
3840x2160
Ultra Preset
TAA
AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT
111.6
101.1
93.1
92.1
64.7
35.3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
99.65n2
93.75n2
90.9n2
89.8n2
87.4n2
72.5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU
91.7
87.8
85.7
84.6
74
53.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
98.3
87.45n4
84.55n4
83.85n4
65.25n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
85
82.8
81.7
65.5
44.2
AMD Radeon RX 7600S
93.2
81.4
78
76.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
81.9
80.5
76.7
72.45n2
63.25n2
44.85n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
80.1n2
79.1n3
73.3n3
71.8n3
64.2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
80.4
75.8
72.8
67.15n2
53.8n2
34.8n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
78.1
75
74.6
69.7
66.8
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
78.2n3
74.2n3
70.1n3
69.7n3
50.3n3
27.7n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
73.85n2
74.75n4
71.5n4
49.2n2
24.5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
83.8
70.5
65.9
65.4
51.1
31.9
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
59.2
56.5
54.6
53.1
49.9
39.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
72.9
55.8
55
54
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
54.9
38.8
35.4
33.3
25.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
58.3
38.3
35.9
34.1
Intel Arc A730M
53.8n2
37.25n2
35.35n2
32.65n2
15.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
35.9
34.1
33
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AMD Radeon RX 5500M
44.4
35.9
35.4
34.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
48.2
35
34.5
33.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
53
32.3
31.5
30.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
50.1
31.5
30.8
28.9
AMD Radeon 680M
33.7
24.9
23.6
23.3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
35.8
22.2
20.8
AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
34.7
21.5
20.3
20.2
AMD Radeon 780M
32.8
21.1
19.8
19.4
Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU
29.8
21
19.4
18.7
AMD Radeon 760M
32
19.6
19
Intel Arc A310
29.9
18.9
17.4
17.1
Intel Arc A370M
27.6
17.4
11.5
11.4
Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU
24.9
17.3
15.5
15.2
AMD Radeon 660M
24.7
16.7
15.3
14.8
NVIDIA GeForce MX350
26.2
13.8
12.8
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
18.7
11.7
NVIDIA GeForce MX250
20
10.7
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10
16
10.5
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
16.1
9.3
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
12.1
8.73
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Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
9.53
8.29n2
7.91n2
7.66n2
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs
10.2
7.74
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
12.1
7.57
AMD Radeon 740M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3430
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5600 / 5650
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470 Hybrid X2
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
NVIDIA GeForce 705M
Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N)
NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
AMD Radeon HD 7430M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4860
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE
AMD Radeon HD 7670M
AMD Radeon RX 7600M
AMD Radeon HD 6330M
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
ATI Mobility Radeon X1600
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
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NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GT
AMD Radeon RX 570X (Laptop)
VIA Chrome9 HC
AMD Radeon R5 M430
NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M
AMD Radeon R7 M270
AMD Radeon R5 M255
7.37
AMD Radeon HD 7950M
AMD Radeon R7 M265
NVIDIA GeForce4 4200 Go
NVIDIA GeForce 945M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5850
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800 Ultra
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4870
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
AMD Radeon R5 M420
ATI Radeon IGP 320M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 480M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
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AMD Radeon R7 M340
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980M
VIA Chrome9HD
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5730
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 130M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7600 GT
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 650
NVIDIA GeForce MX550
ATI Radeon Xpress 1250
AMD Radeon HD 7490M
Intel HD Graphics 5000
AMD Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
AMD Radeon 540X
12.5
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 640
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
AMD Radeon HD 7690M
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
AMD Radeon R7 M465
NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
NVIDIA GeForce 405M
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake)
AMD Radeon HD 8590M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce G 205M
ATI Radeon Xpress 200M
AMD Radeon HD 6320
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTS
ATI Radeon HD 3200
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GS
AMD Radeon R9 M470
ATI Mobility Radeon X1400
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7200
AMD Radeon HD 7770M
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ATI Mobility Radeon 9000
Intel HD Graphics 520
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
8.66
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5145
AMD Radeon 610
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3870
VIA S3 Graphics ProSavage8
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
Intel HD Graphics 2000
AMD Radeon RX Vega Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M
ATI Radeon HD 4200
NVIDIA GeForce GT 445M
ATI Mobility Radeon X600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600 XT
NVIDIA GeForce G210M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7300
NVIDIA GeForce GT 420M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4530
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Intel UHD Graphics 605
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M
AMD Radeon HD 7660G
Qualcomm Adreno 690
AMD Radeon R5 M240
AMD Radeon HD 6430M
AMD Radeon HD 7610M
Intel UHD Graphics 615
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5830
ATI Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP
Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)
AMD Radeon Pro 5600M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M
NVIDIA GeForce 310M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 540v
Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)
AMD Radeon R9 M485X
NVIDIA GeForce 610M
AMD Radeon HD 6470M
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AMD Radeon HD 7550M
AMD Radeon R7 M370
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 950M
NVIDIA GeForce MX110
AMD Radeon R9 M270
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
8.54
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6200
Intel HD Graphics 4200
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 870M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
AMD Radeon HD 7640G
NVIDIA GeForce GT 220M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M
NVIDIA GeForce 4 420 Go
AMD Radeon HD 7520G
AMD Radeon R7 M260X
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
AMD Radeon HD 7730M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GTS
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Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 500
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Max-Q
ATI Mobility Radeon X700
unknown
AMD Radeon R9 M265X
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500MHD
AMD Radeon HD 7400G
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5450
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M (G) / ION (LE)
AMD Radeon RX 7900M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4830
NVIDIA GeForce GT 625M
AMD Radeon HD 6770M
ATI Mobility Radeon 9700
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M
AMD Radeon HD 6550M
NVIDIA GeForce 7150M
Intel UHD Graphics 610
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Intel HD Graphics 5300
NVIDIA ION 2
NVIDIA GeForce GT 320M
AMD Radeon Pro 460
AMD Radeon HD 8830M
Apple M3 Pro 14-Core GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4350
NVIDIA GeForce MX130
7.88
AMD Radeon R9 M275
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 150M
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)
4.7
Intel Extreme Graphics 2
Intel HD Graphics 4400
Intel Arc A530M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470M
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M G
AMD Radeon R9 M375
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3650
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
8.35
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3150
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3670
AMD Radeon HD 6950M
AMD Radeon RX 6650M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS
NVIDIA GeForce 825M
AMD Radeon 625
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTX
AMD Radeon HD 8570M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 435M
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Laptop)
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
AMD Radeon RX 570 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon R7 M260
AMD Radeon Pro 5500M
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX
Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)
Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Adreno GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon 9600
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 600
ATI Mobility Radeon 9200
NVIDIA GeForce 920MX
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3450
AMD Radeon Pro 555
Apple M1 7-Core GPU
AMD Radeon RX 6700S
Intel Iris Graphics 6100
ATI Mobility Radeon X2500
NVIDIA T600 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon Steam Deck 8CU
AMD Radeon RX Vega 2
VIA S3G UniChrome Pro
AMD Radeon R5 M335
AMD Radeon HD 8180
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NVIDIA GeForce 9400M GeForceBoost
NVIDIA GeForce 315M
AMD Radeon HD 7590M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7950 GTX
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 775M
ATI Radeon Xpress X1250
AMD Radeon HD 7510M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 285M
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680MX
NVIDIA GeForce 840M
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6800
NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 260M
Intel HD Graphics 530
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) HD Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M
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ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3400
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GS
AMD Radeon HD 8280
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5870
AMD Radeon HD 6990M
AMD Radeon RX 580 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon RX 490M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 565v
AMD Radeon R9 M290X
AMD Radeon R9 M385
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6400
Intel HD Graphics 5600
AMD Radeon R4 (Beema)
AMD Radeon RX 640
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 900
NVIDIA GeForce 4 488 Go
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M
Apple M1 8-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce MX330
Intel UHD Graphics P630
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Intel Iris Pro Graphics 580
Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)
AMD Radeon HD 8330
AMD Radeon R9 M295X
ATI Mobility Radeon 9800
ATI Mobility 128 M3
AMD Radeon RX 560 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon HD 8850M
NVIDIA GeForce MX570
ATI Mobility Radeon X1350
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3650
AMD Radeon HD 8510G
Apple M1 Max 32-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M
AMD Radeon Pro 555X
NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX
NVIDIA Maxwell GPU Surface Book
AMD Radeon HD 7340
AMD Radeon 530
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
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ATI Mobility Radeon 7500
AMD Radeon HD 8350G
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7400
AMD Radeon HD 6380G
AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)
ATI Mobility Radeon 9000 IGP
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
NVIDIA GeForce G 102M
AMD Radeon Pro 450
Intel Arc A570M
AMD Radeon HD 8250
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce 830M
Intel HD Graphics 6000
AMD Radeon HD 7450M
NVIDIA GeForce 8200M G
AMD Radeon HD 6370M
AMD Radeon R9 M390X
AMD Radeon HD 7870M
AMD Radeon RX 6550M
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NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5700
AMD Radeon R9 M370X
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 3600
NVIDIA GeForce GT 120M
NVIDIA Quadro NVS 320M
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M G
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
Intel Iris Graphics 550
5.37
Qualcomm Adreno 685
Apple M2 Pro 19-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GT
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GTX
Intel UHD Graphics 617
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Laptop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
AMD Radeon HD 7650M
AMD Radeon HD 6490M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 425M
AMD Radeon HD 8670M
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AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
AMD Radeon 630
SIS Mirage M661FX
NVIDIA GeForce 845M
AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)
AMD Radeon R7 M380
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6100
AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT
Apple M2 Max 38-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6750M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800XT
ATI Radeon HD 3100
AMD Radeon HD 8550M
AMD Radeon R7 M445
AMD Radeon HD 8770M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 530v
AMD Radeon HD 8400
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
Intel UHD Graphics 600
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AMD Radeon HD 7600G
Intel UHD Graphics G4 (Lakefield GT1 48 EU)
ATI Mobility Radeon 7000 IGP
AMD Radeon R5 (Kaveri)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 415M
ATI Radeon HD 4250
AMD Radeon HD 7530M
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GS
AMD Radeon R9 M365X
Qualcomm Adreno 630
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)
AMD Radeon RX 6650M XT
NVIDIA GeForce G 103M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1700
NVIDIA GeForce 320M
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AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
AMD Radeon R5 M230
AMD Radeon R7 M360
AMD Radeon RX 470 (Laptop)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
SIS Mirage 3 671MX
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon HD 6310
AMD Radeon HD 8550G
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 160M
AMD Radeon R5 M320
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 965M
Intel HD Graphics 515
NVIDIA GeForce 8700M GT
AMD Radeon HD 6290
AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2700
Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) X3100
AMD Radeon 620
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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
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 350M
AMD Radeon Pro 560
ATI Radeon Xpress X1270
Intel Iris Graphics 5100
NVIDIA GeForce 820M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M
NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 260M
NVIDIA GeForce 3 Go
AMD Radeon RX 6600S
Intel HD Graphics 5500
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
Apple M2 8-Core GPU
Intel Iris Graphics 540
AMD Radeon HD 6450M
AMD Radeon Pro 560X
Apple M1 Pro 14-Core GPU
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)
NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R9 M380
ATI Mobility Radeon X300
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4650
Intel HD Graphics 4600
Intel HD Graphics 4000
NVIDIA GeForce 4 460 Go
AMD Radeon Pro 455
NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M
Intel HD Graphics P630
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)
AMD Radeon HD 6650M
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NVIDIA RTX A4000 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6600
Silicon Motion SM502
AMD Radeon HD 7620G
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon RX 6300M
AMD Radeon HD 8970M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 970M
AMD Radeon RX 6700M
AMD Radeon HD 6530M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280M
Intel HD Graphics 610
Intel Graphics 4-Cores iGPU (Arc)
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
NVIDIA GeForce 8800M GTX
AMD Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
9.56
AMD Radeon HD 7350M
NVIDIA GeForce G 105M
NVIDIA GeForce 910M
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NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5770
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3470
ATI Mobility Radeon M7
Intel Arc A550M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2600
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5430
AMD Radeon R5 (Carrizo)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon HD 7470M
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4500M
Apple M1 Pro 16-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6150
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator (GMA) 4700MHD
AMD Radeon R4 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon R9 M385X
AMD Radeon R9 M395
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 560v
AMD Radeon HD 8790M
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Intel UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 16 EU)
Intel HD Graphics 505
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
12.3
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7900 GS
NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M
AMD Radeon HD 8240
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell)
Qualcomm Adreno 680
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT
Apple M3 Pro 18-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 6730M
Intel UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU)
Apple M3 Max 30-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce G 110M
AMD Radeon Pro WX Vega M GL
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 3850
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4330
VIA S3G UniChrome Pro II
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4670
AMD Radeon R9 M280X
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AMD Radeon R9 M470X
AMD Radeon HD 8750M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1300
AMD Radeon HD 8410G
AMD Radeon HD 6520G
AMD Radeon HD 6620G
NVIDIA GeForce 7000M
Intel UHD Graphics 620
4.44
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 (Laptop)
AMD Radeon HD 6850M
AMD Radeon RX 6800S
Apple M3 Max 40-Core GPU
ATI Mobility Radeon X1800
NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
AMD Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M
AMD Radeon HD 7750M
NVIDIA GeForce 305M
Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 230M
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AMD Radeon HD 6630M
AMD Radeon R5 M315
ATI Radeon IGP 340M
AMD Radeon R7 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon RX 6550S
Intel HD Graphics 630
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M
Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)
Apple M1 Max 24-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
AMD Radeon HD 7850M
Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)
12.4
Intel HD Graphics 510
AMD Radeon RX Vega 9
AMD Radeon HD 7310
AMD Radeon HD 7970M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 325M
ATI Radeon HD 4225
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M G
ATI Radeon Xpress X1200
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Apple M2 10-Core GPU
AMD Radeon HD 7290
NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI
AMD Radeon HD 8650M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5165
AMD Radeon HD 6480G
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650
AMD Radeon RX 5700M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
NVIDIA GeForce 9500M GE
AMD Radeon 520
Intel Arc A350M
Intel UHD Graphics 630
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
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ATI Mobility Radeon 9550
NVIDIA GeForce 9650M GT
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
NVIDIA GeForce FX Go 5200
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 545v
AMD Radeon HD 7370M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 460M
NVIDIA GeForce 9100M G
AMD Radeon RX 5300M
AMD Radeon HD 7420G
AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)
AMD Radeon R2 (Mullins/Beema/Carrizo-L)
ATI Mobility Radeon X800
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5750
AMD Radeon R7 M440
AMD Radeon HD 8650G
SIS Mirage 2 M760
AMD Radeon HD 8210
AMD Radeon RX 6450M
Intel UHD Graphics 770
9.64
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ATI Radeon HD 4270
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 360M
AMD Radeon HD 7630M
ATI Mobility Radeon X1900
NVIDIA GeForce 9700M GT
ATI Mobility Radeon X2300
ATI Mobility Radeon X800XT
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
AMD Radeon HD 8870M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 550M
AMD Radeon HD 6830M
NVIDIA GeForce 2 Go (200 / 100)
Intel Arc A770M
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4850
AMD Radeon HD 8610G
AMD Radeon RX 5600M
AMD Radeon R9 M395X
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3100
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AMD Radeon 610M
NVIDIA GeForce GTS 250M
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
AMD Radeon R6 (Carrizo)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 6250
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7800 GTX
NVIDIA GeForce 4 440 Go
Apple M3 10-Core GPU
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M
AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
NVIDIA GeForce GT 335M
Intel HD Graphics 500
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 485M
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)
Intel HD Graphics P530
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 4550
AMD Radeon RX 7700S
ATI Mobility Radeon X1450
AMD Radeon Pro 5300M
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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
Intel HD Graphics 615
Apple M2 Max 30-Core GPU
AMD Radeon RX 540X
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 2300
Intel HD Graphics (Skylake)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
AMD Radeon HD 6970M
NVIDIA GeForce 7190M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
AMD Radeon HD 8310G
Intel HD Graphics 3000
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GT
AMD Radeon HD 7570M
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AMD Radeon HD 6870M
NVIDIA GeForce 940M
SIS Mirage 3+ 672MX
AMD Radeon HD 6350M
NVIDIA GeForce GT 240M
AMD Radeon HD 6570M
ATI Mobility Radeon M6
AMD Radeon HD 6250
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200
ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5470
NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M
NVIDIA GeForce 8600M GT
Intel UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 32 EU)
NVIDIA GeForce Go 7700
AMD Radeon R7 M460
ATI Radeon Xpress 1150
AMD Radeon RX 540
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell)
Apple M3 8-Core GPU
Intel HD Graphics 620
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Apple M2 Pro 16-Core GPU
(-) * 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 Graphics card Processor RAM Operating system
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 Windows 11
Lenovo Legion 5 Pro Nvidia GeForce RTX 3060 @140 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6) Intel Core i7-12700H 2 x 8 GB DDR5 Windows 11
Asus ROG Strix G15 AMD Radeon RX 6800M (12 GB GDDR6) AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 11
Lenovo Legion 5 AMD Radeon RX 6600M (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Ryzen 7 5800H 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 11
Asus ROG Zephyrus G14 AMD Radeon 680M AMD Ryzen 9 6900HS 2 x 16 GB DDR5 Windows 11
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 Windows 11
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 Windows 11
Custom III Nvidia GeForce RTX 2080 Super FE Intel Core i9-11900K 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 11
Mini-PCs
Zotac ZBOX CI665 Nano Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96 CUs) Intel Core i7-1165G7 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 11
Morefine S500+ AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX 2 x 16 GB DDR4 Windows 11
Minisforum NUCXi7 Nvidia GeForce RTX 3070 @125 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) Intel Core i7-11800H 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 11
Minisforum HX99G AMD Radeon RX 6600M @100 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6) AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX 2 x 16 GB DDR5 Windows 11
4K monitors Nvidia driver AMD driver
Philips Brilliance 329P9H, Gigabyte M32U ForceWare 528.49 Adrenalin 23.2.2
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Florian Glaser, 2023-03-15 (Update: 2023-03-15)