The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Benchmarks

Editorial Team, 11/15/2011

In the following article we will present you benchmarks of the huge role playing game The Elder Scrolls 5: Skyrim.

How We Test

We benchmark the beginning sequence of the single player campaign. The recording with Fraps starts as soon as the Skyrim text disappears (do not move the mouse) and stops as soon as you drove through the gate.

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Analysis of the Benchmarks

Elder Scrolls 5 is quite demanding and needs a high end laptop graphics card for full detail settings. Fast desktop graphics cards as the HD 6870 are able to render more than 40 fps on average.

Reducing details allows mid range laptop graphics cards to achieve fluent framerates. However, the popular GeForce GT 540M for example is only able to render low-medium details fluently. Integrated graphics cards from Intel like the HD Graphics 3000 wont achieve playable framerates (altough you can adjust the settings a bit below the "low preset" for better performance).

Framerate of the benchmark sequence (i5-2400, HD 5850).

9 minute of actual gameplay (village, cage, open area)

An overview of the games we have tested can be found here.

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Model Codename Architecture Pixel Shaders Vertex Shaders Core speed Shader Speed Boost / Turbo Memory Speed Memory Bus Memory Type DirectX OpenGL Process (nm) Days old all, none

	Model	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (2011)
	Model	low 1280x720 Low Preset	med. 1366x768 Medium Preset 4xAA	high 1366x768 High Preset 8xAF 8xAA	ultra 1920x1080 Ultra Preset 16xAF 8xAA
65	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 (Laptop)				87
110	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680				79
111	AMD Radeon HD 7970		100.4	80.3	62.3
128	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 880M	176.2	165.2	95.1	64.3
132	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660 Ti			90	65
134	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 780M			94ⁿ²	67.15ⁿ⁴
140	AMD Radeon HD 7870		90.4	80.4	55.7
147	AMD Radeon HD 8970M			90.4	48.8ⁿ²
153	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680M		88	83.3ⁿ³	54.2ⁿ⁵
157	AMD Radeon HD 7970M	97	88.3	87ⁿ²	57.05ⁿ⁴
181	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 770M		97.3ⁿ²	76ⁿ³	49ⁿ³
185	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 860M			84.5	49.6
191	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675MX		95.4	74	44
196	AMD Radeon R9 M385X	57.3	49.8	43.2	35.5
198	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 850M	107.3	81.2	66.8ⁿ²	35.25ⁿ²
205	AMD Radeon HD 6870	71	66	53	43
206	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 470			63	44
207	NVIDIA GeForce 945M		50	48	40
208	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 765M		85.9ⁿ⁴	63.1ⁿ⁵	35.7ⁿ⁴
	Model	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
215*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 10	58.8	47.5	35.4	23.1
218	ATI Radeon HD 5850	64.4	60.5	51.1	40.8
219	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 675M	89.45ⁿ²	91.9ⁿ³	71.4ⁿ³	41ⁿ³
220	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 580M	61.1	56.1	47.1	32.9
221	AMD Radeon HD 6990M	56.1	52.3	43.7	34.3
225	AMD Radeon HD 7770		88.2	63.7	36.1
226	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M SLI		90.4	73.4	45.4
236	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670MX		81.8	58.65ⁿ²	33.05ⁿ²
238	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760M		78	57	33
240	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 670M	97	76.65ⁿ²	58.65ⁿ⁴	32.8ⁿ⁴
244	AMD Radeon HD 6970M	51.5	48.4	40.8	30.6
246	AMD Radeon HD 8870M	74.9	66ⁿ²	52.1ⁿ²	31.7ⁿ²
249	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 570M	66.3ⁿ²	62.05ⁿ²	47.25ⁿ²	25.75ⁿ²
260	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 660M	74.86ⁿ²	60.67ⁿ⁴	48.55ⁿ⁶	28.2ⁿ⁵
262	AMD Radeon HD 8850M		48.8	37.5	23.6
264	AMD Radeon R9 M265X	94.8	69.5ⁿ²	47.05ⁿ²	26.2ⁿ²
274	NVIDIA GeForce GT 750M	72.8ⁿ²	49.2ⁿ³	37.05ⁿ⁴	20.85ⁿ⁴
280	AMD Radeon RX Vega 8	60	49.1	35.8	21
281	NVIDIA GeForce 940M	41ⁿ³	38ⁿ³	33ⁿ³	17ⁿ³
292	NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M	75ⁿ³	56.8ⁿ³	41.9ⁿ⁶	24.1ⁿ⁵
	Model	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
295	NVIDIA GeForce 840M	70.7	44.5	32.7	17.3
297	NVIDIA GeForce GT 745M	62.24ⁿ²	47.76ⁿ³	34.18ⁿ³	19.12ⁿ³
299	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 560M	59	55.4	40.8	21.3
300	AMD Radeon R7 512 Cores (Kaveri Desktop)	68	45.4	33.1	18.9
301	Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200	70	36.6	21.4	12.1
303	NVIDIA GeForce GT 740M	52ⁿ⁹	36.68ⁿ⁹	27.62ⁿ⁹	13.89ⁿ⁴
307	AMD Radeon 530	52.45ⁿ²	36.7ⁿ²	27.15ⁿ²	17.8
309	NVIDIA GeForce 830M	64.95ⁿ²	41.9ⁿ²	31.4ⁿ²	17.1ⁿ²
312	NVIDIA GeForce 920MX	81.2	57	43.1	23.3
318	NVIDIA GeForce GTS 450			42	22
320	NVIDIA GeForce GT 735M	42.3ⁿ²	31.72ⁿ²	21.22ⁿ²	12.22
322	NVIDIA GeForce 825M	57.2	38.3	27.1
334	NVIDIA GeForce GT 730M	49.5ⁿ²	37.86ⁿ²	28.74ⁿ²	15.89ⁿ²
335	NVIDIA GeForce GT 645M	62.9	45.9	34.1	18.7
338	AMD Radeon HD 8750M	62.85ⁿ²	42.65ⁿ²	30.4ⁿ²	18.1
340	AMD Radeon R7 M270	67.1	43.3	31.6	19.1
341	AMD Radeon R7 M265	55.14	38.51	28.67	16.65
345*	AMD Radeon R7 (Bristol Ridge)	28	19	13
346	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M	57.6ⁿ⁷	42.3ⁿ⁷	31.3ⁿ⁷	17.15ⁿ⁶
347	AMD Radeon R7 (Carrizo)	32.6	24.2	16.7	9.1
	Model	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
348	AMD Radeon R7 (Kaveri)	36	29.1	21.4
351	AMD Radeon HD 7730M	63	42		16
355	NVIDIA GeForce 920M	54.8ⁿ²	35.55ⁿ²	23.4ⁿ²	13.95ⁿ²
365	AMD Radeon R7 M260	44.65ⁿ²	33.75ⁿ²	23.45ⁿ²	16
367	AMD Radeon 520	44.8	29.4	19.8	10.6
371	Intel UHD Graphics 630	63.3	31.9	18.5	9.7
373	Intel HD Graphics 630	61.7	32.7	20
378	AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)	36.2	25.9	18.8
379	Intel UHD Graphics 620	52.1	29.5	17.3	9
390	AMD Radeon HD 8670D	64	39.8	30.1	15.9
391	AMD Radeon HD 7690M XT	66.6ⁿ²	44.7	30	18
393	NVIDIA GeForce GT 640M LE	47ⁿ⁵	34.65ⁿ⁵	26.32ⁿ⁵	14.49ⁿ³
394	AMD Radeon R6 (Kaveri)	32.4	27.1	18.4
396	AMD Radeon HD 8730M	58	44	30
397	AMD Radeon HD 6770M	59	41.4ⁿ²	29.7ⁿ²	15ⁿ²
398	NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M	45.81ⁿ⁵	32.65ⁿ⁵	23.79ⁿ⁵	12.83ⁿ³
399	NVIDIA GeForce GT 555M	44.5ⁿ²	35.5ⁿ²	25.5ⁿ²	13.4
412	AMD Radeon HD 7690M	45	38	28	15
419	AMD Radeon HD 8670M	39.8	26.2	17.4
439	AMD Radeon HD 8650G	38ⁿ²	27.8ⁿ²	20.45ⁿ²	11.9
	Model	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
443	AMD Radeon HD 7670M	49.6ⁿ⁷	35ⁿ⁷	23.4ⁿ⁷	12ⁿ³
444	NVIDIA GeForce GT 630M	43ⁿ¹²	31ⁿ¹³	23ⁿ¹³	13.07ⁿ⁴
448	AMD Radeon R5 M330	41.7	27.6	18.2
450	AMD Radeon R5 M255		31.9	23.4	13.9
451*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 3	51.5	32.7	23.5	13.6
454	NVIDIA GeForce 820M	47.1ⁿ²	31.75ⁿ²	22.55ⁿ²
455	Intel HD Graphics 520	36.3	20.1	12.3	6.1
456	Intel Iris Graphics 6100	41.4	23.9	15.2	8.3
457	NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M	46.3ⁿ³	32ⁿ³	22.9ⁿ³
459	AMD Radeon R5 M240	35.5	28.9	19.6
461	AMD Radeon R5 M230	38	25.2	17.1
464	AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)	32.7	22.2	15.4
472	AMD Radeon HD 8550M	20.9	19	15.9
473	Intel Iris Graphics 5100	38.2	19.1	11.7	6.3
474	NVIDIA GeForce GT 540M	41.15ⁿ²	28.45ⁿ²	19ⁿ²	12
476	AMD Radeon HD 6650M	26.7	24.8	20.1	11.1
477	Intel HD Graphics 4600	33ⁿ⁵	15.5ⁿ⁵	10.72ⁿ⁴	5.65ⁿ²
479	Intel HD Graphics 5500	28.35ⁿ⁴	14.4ⁿ⁴	8.5ⁿ³	4.4ⁿ³
490*	Intel UHD Graphics 615	41.7	23.3
491*	Intel HD Graphics 615	35.1	18	7.9
	Model	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
493	AMD Radeon R5 (Kaveri)	27.4	18.5	12.9
496	NVIDIA GeForce 710M	40.2	28.5
497	AMD Radeon HD 7660G	38	29	20	10
500	Intel HD Graphics 5000	29.5	18.4	11.6
507	AMD Radeon HD 6630M	50.45ⁿ²	32.4ⁿ²	19.55ⁿ²	10
508	AMD Radeon HD 7650M	45.91ⁿ³	31.96ⁿ³	21.4ⁿ³	11.16ⁿ²
513	ATI Mobility Radeon HD 5650	34	29.2	19.2	10
516	AMD Radeon HD 8550G	42	29.4	19.7
519	NVIDIA GeForce GT 620M	37.4ⁿ³	27.1ⁿ³	19.5ⁿ³
523	AMD Radeon HD 7610M	40	27	17
525	AMD Radeon HD 8470D	43	30.4	21	10.7
526	AMD Radeon HD 7640G	28.36	16.66	11.59
532	Intel HD Graphics 515	31.1	18.7	11.6	7.1
533	Intel HD Graphics 4400	31.69ⁿ⁷	17.2ⁿ⁷	10.6ⁿ⁵
534*	Intel HD Graphics 610	27.8	18.6	13.6
535*	AMD Radeon HD 8610G	24.7	16.9	10.5
539	AMD Radeon HD 7550M	33.35ⁿ²	21.85ⁿ²	14.65ⁿ²
547	AMD Radeon HD 7600G	19.9	12.4	8.6
565	Intel UHD Graphics 605	19.9	12.3	7.5
566	Intel HD Graphics 505	21.1	11.6	7.1
	Model	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
567	Intel HD Graphics 5300	19.5	9.2	5.8	3.2
575	AMD Radeon HD 7480D	34.5	24.2	16.1
576	Intel HD Graphics 4000	27.1ⁿ²⁴	13.4ⁿ²³	8.8ⁿ¹⁶	5.5ⁿ³
579	AMD Radeon HD 6620G	23.35ⁿ²	16ⁿ²	10.95ⁿ²
580	AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)	25.7	16.5	11.3
582	AMD Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)	28.7	13.2	10.2	4.7
583	AMD Radeon R4 (Beema)	26.1	17.2	11.8	5.5
585	AMD Radeon R3 (Mullins/Beema)	17	11.3	7.2
586	AMD Radeon R2 (Stoney Ridge)	24.7	16.3	10.8
588	Intel HD Graphics 4200	24.4	10.2	5.7	2.9
590	AMD Radeon HD 6450 GDDR5	32	22	15
594	AMD Radeon HD 7500G	21	18	13
597	AMD Radeon HD 8450G	21.6	15.8	11.6
598	AMD Radeon HD 7470M	24.25ⁿ²	16.65ⁿ²	11.3
601	AMD Radeon HD 8400	15.7ⁿ²	10.6
604	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520MX	31.35ⁿ²	21.9ⁿ²	15.4ⁿ²
605	AMD Radeon HD 7520G	27.2ⁿ³	22.35ⁿ²	15.25ⁿ²
614	AMD Radeon HD 8350G	33.2	24	16.1	8
615	AMD Radeon HD 8330	18.2ⁿ⁵	13.4ⁿ⁴	8.4ⁿ²
616	Intel UHD Graphics 600	19.2	12.9	9.6
	Model	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
617	Intel HD Graphics 500	11.2	7.6
632	AMD Radeon HD 7450M	29.5	20.2	13.1
633	NVIDIA GeForce 610M	25.5	16.9	11.1
637	Intel HD Graphics 405 (Braswell)	21.8	10.4	6.5
638	Intel HD Graphics (Braswell)	16.5	8.2	5
639	Intel HD Graphics 400 (Braswell)	19.8	9.5
640	AMD Radeon HD 6470M	17.9
642	NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M	26.35ⁿ²	17.6ⁿ²	11.45ⁿ²
643	AMD Radeon HD 7420G	23.65ⁿ²	15.15ⁿ²	10.5ⁿ²
648	Intel HD Graphics (Haswell)	21.95ⁿ²	11.25ⁿ²	6.8
661	AMD Radeon HD 7400G	19	13
662*	AMD Radeon HD 6480G	21.8	12.2	8.9
673	AMD Radeon HD 8280	18.1	12.9
681	AMD Radeon HD 8240	14.8	11.1
683	AMD Radeon HD 8250	14.4	9.2	5.9
684	Intel HD Graphics (Cherry Trail)	17.2ⁿ²	7.85ⁿ²
690	Intel HD Graphics 3000	18.7ⁿ¹³	9.4ⁿ¹²	7.75ⁿ²
708	AMD Radeon HD 8210	10.05ⁿ²	9	6.1
712	Intel HD Graphics (Ivy Bridge)	17.15ⁿ⁴	9.4ⁿ³	4.55
738	Intel HD Graphics 2000	14
	Model	The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
	Model	low	med.	high	ultra
746*	Intel HD Graphics (Sandy Bridge)	14.45ⁿ⁴	7.7ⁿ³
754	Intel HD Graphics (Bay Trail)	11.4ⁿ²	10
758	AMD Radeon HD 7340	14.81ⁿ²	9.43ⁿ²	7.52
759*	AMD Radeon HD 6320	11.4	8.3
760	AMD Radeon HD 7310	9.3
762	AMD Radeon HD 8180	8.9
772	AMD Radeon HD 7290	8.7
773	AMD Radeon HD 6290	8	5.6	4.4	2.1

^(-) * Smaller values are better. / ⁿ¹²³ Number of benchmarks for this median value / * Approximate position

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

Cns

# initialized values +0.0007s ... 0.0007s

#1 cached gamecheck data found for bench uid 112 +0.0025s ... 0.0032s

#2 Cache table found, checking fields. +0.0006s ... 0.0038s

#3 Cache table for values found, checking fields. +0.0019s ... 0.0057s

#4 Cache table found with all needed fields in it! +0s ... 0.0057s

#5 Loaded cached specs data from 15 Aug 2019 10:00:28 = 50.2h +0.0405s ... 0.0462s

#6 found 3748 cached benchmark values +0.0099s ... 0.0561s

#7 Loaded cached benchmark data tx_nbc2_gpugame_cache_values +0.0095s ... 0.0656s

#8 Created sortOrder for cached benchmark data +0s ... 0.0656s

#9 added benchmark program data +0.0012s ... 0.0668s

#10 did output the form +0.0001s ... 0.0669s

#11 did compose the header +0.0021s ... 0.069s

#12 did output the list +0.0072s ... 0.0762s

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