The Finals review: Laptop and desktop benchmarks

Creative gaming concept. The Finals brings a breath of fresh air to the multiplayer shooter genre. We have taken a look at the tech and graphics requirements of this exciting game.

Florian Glaser (translated by Daisy Dickson), Published 12/20/2023 🇩🇪 🇸🇪 ...

Test systems

Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16 (RX 7600S & 780M)

be quiet! Silent Base 802 (RTX 4080 & RX 7900 XT)

Philips Evnia 8000 Series 41,5" UHD OLED gaming monitor

We currently carry out our gaming benchmarks using these devices. Clicking on the photos will take you to the respective manufacturer's website. More details on the specifications are listed at the end of the article.

Tech

Despite its colourful and contrast-rich visuals (reminiscent of Mirror's Edge amongst other games), The Finals offers very good graphics. The underlying Unreal Engine 5 comes up trumps with sharp textures and great effects (fire, foam, ...). We were particularly impressed by the first-class reflections, which are already very impressive without the dynamic RTX global illumination. The destructible environment turns out to be another highlight and tactical feature.

The Free2Play game also impresses in most other respects — be it the sound, movement or gunplay. In general, The Finals plays extremely smoothly and fluidly, unless you are plagued by lags or the like.

We also have hardly anything to complain about when it comes to its graphics menu. In addition to classics such as resolution, picture mode and VSync, there are also all kinds of modern features such as upscaling (DLSS, FSR, XeSS) and Frame Generation. At the bottom, there are almost 10 quality and detail controls, which can be changed via presets without having to restart the game. Unlike some other games, there are no sample images, but there are at least explanations of the individual settings.

From a tech standpoint, The Finals makes a mostly clean impression. Although the game takes a little too long to start for our taste, it only takes up around 17 GB on your hard drive.

Benchmark

We used the so-called Practice Range for our speed measurements, as this enables constant, reproducible sequences (see video). All-in-all, The Finals' hardware requirements are fairly moderate. Due to possible performance drops during intense scenes (explosions etc.) which can occur during normal gameplay, our benchmark sequence — as a buffer, so to speak — should result in at least 60 FPS.

Results

FHD (1,920 x 1,080)

While iGPUs were hopelessly overwhelmed in the Avatar Frontiers of Pandora test, a Radeon 780M is at least sufficient for 1,920 x 1,080 pixels and a mixture of low to medium details when running The Finals. With a mid-range GPU on the level of the GeForce RTX 4050, you are on the safe side when playing the game Full HD and can also enjoy maximum settings adequately.

The Finals
1920x1080 Low Preset 1920x1080 Medium Preset 1920x1080 High Preset 1920x1080 Epic Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	317 (109.6^min, 198.1^P0.1, 235^P1) fps ∼100% 309 (67.9^min, 195.9^P0.1, 236^P1) fps ∼100% 302 (149.3^min, 192.3^P0.1, 225^P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	295 (120.6^min, 186.6^P0.1, 220^P1) fps ∼93% 286 (59.7^min, 166.8^P0.1, 204^P1) fps ∼93% 258 (161.5^min, 168.1^P0.1, 186.1^P1) fps ∼85%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H Asus ROG Zephyrus M16	193 (52.1^min, 59.2^P0.1, 103.6^P1) fps ∼61% 175.1 (33.8^min, 40.2^P0.1, 63^P1) fps ∼57% 174.1 (31.4^min, 42.3^P0.1, 67.1^P1) fps ∼58%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX Razer Blade 16 Mid 23	175.5 (35.4^min, 48.6^P0.1, 94.8^P1) fps ∼55% 174.8 (28.8^min, 55.6^P0.1, 110.4^P1) fps ∼57% 171.4 (14.4^min, 57.6^P0.1, 104.1^P1) fps ∼57%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	186.6 (25.4^min, 97.2^P0.1, 131.9^P1) fps ∼59% 180.6 (53^min, 97.1^P0.1, 124.3^P1) fps ∼58% 156.7 (76.4^min, 100.5^P0.1, 114.6^P1) fps ∼52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	212 (57.1^min, 89.8^P0.1, 150.1^P1) fps ∼67% 190.1 (42.9^min, 83.8^P0.1, 133.2^P1) fps ∼62% 156.4 (45.7^min, 67.4^P0.1, 112.9^P1) fps ∼52%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, R9 7940HS Razer Blade 14 Mid 23	176 (72.3^min, 95.3^P0.1, 127.6^P1) fps ∼56% 157.7 (19.9^min, 60.1^P0.1, 115.6^P1) fps ∼51% 126 (38.9^min, 73.3^P0.1, 93.8^P1) fps ∼42%
AMD Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	155.9 (82.3^min, 102.8^P0.1, 114.9^P1) fps ∼49% 133.7 (89.2^min, 95^P0.1, 100^P1) fps ∼43% 100.8 (64.2^min, 69.5^P0.1, 75.1^P1) fps ∼33%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-13700H Medion Erazer Scout E20	154.7 (72.1^min, 84^P0.1, 111.7^P1) fps ∼49% 133.5 (67^min, 74.3^P0.1, 95.9^P1) fps ∼43% 99.2 (55.1^min, 63.8^P0.1, 71.7^P1) fps ∼33%
AMD Radeon 780M, R9 7940HS Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	70.2 (12.9^min, 26.8^P0.1, 49.6^P1) fps ∼100% 51.7 (10.4^min, 12.4^P0.1, 37.1^P1) fps ∼16% 46.8 (10.7^min, 13.5^P0.1, 34^P1) fps ∼15% 30.6 (19.8^min, 19.9^P0.1, 20.9^P1) fps ∼10%

QHD (2,560 x 1,440)

QHD displays also do not (yet) require a high-end component. Starting with a Radeon RX 7600S, the 60 FPS mark is cracked at 2,560 x 1,440 pixels and the Epic preset.

The Finals
2560x1440 Epic Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	208 (120.6^min, 133.8^P0.1, 159.1^P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	172.4 (112.1^min, 124^P0.1, 133.3^P1) fps ∼83%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H Asus ROG Zephyrus M16	137.2 (37.2^min, 49.8^P0.1, 94.2^P1) fps ∼66%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX Razer Blade 16 Mid 23	125.5 (42^min, 48.9^P0.1, 80.6^P1) fps ∼60%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	100.7 (73^min, 73.8^P0.1, 77.4^P1) fps ∼48%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	94.6 (58.2^min, 65.2^P0.1, 71.9^P1) fps ∼45%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, R9 7940HS Razer Blade 14 Mid 23	77.7 (56^min, 56.9^P0.1, 61.2^P1) fps ∼37%
AMD Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	61.5 (43.5^min, 44.4^P0.1, 47.7^P1) fps ∼30%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-13700H Medion Erazer Scout E20	54.6 (35.2^min, 35.7^P0.1, 40.1^P1) fps ∼26%

UHD (3,840 x 2,160)

As is so often the case, it only gets really demanding when you hit 4K. A GeForce RTX 4080 or better should be installed in your computer to use the Epic preset.

The Finals
3840x2160 Epic Preset
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	100.3 (44.6^min, 73.7^P0.1, 78^P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	83 (30.3^min, 63.8^P0.1, 66.9^P1) fps ∼83%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H Asus ROG Zephyrus M16	67 (17.3^min, 37.3^P0.1, 50.3^P1) fps ∼67%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX Razer Blade 16 Mid 23	60.3 (34.2^min, 43.8^P0.1, 46.5^P1) fps ∼60%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	47.5 (34.7^min, 36^P0.1, 38.2^P1) fps ∼47%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	42.9 (12.3^min, 25^P0.1, 33^P1) fps ∼43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, R9 7940HS Razer Blade 14 Mid 23	35.6 (27.2^min, 27.4^P0.1, 28.1^P1) fps ∼35%
AMD Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	27.6 (21.2^min, 21.4^P0.1, 21.8^P1) fps ∼28%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-13700H Medion Erazer Scout E20	27.3 (19.7^min, 19.9^P0.1, 21.5^P1) fps ∼27%

Ray Tracing & DLSS

Active ray tracing in the form of dynamic global illumination costs surprisingly little performance, resulting in the same GPU recommendation applying in Full HD compared to without RTX. If you switch on Quality DLSS and Frame Generation on 4000-gen Nvidia chips, an RTX 4060 already hits 60 FPS in 4K.

The Finals
1920x1080 Epic Preset + Epic RTX Global Illumination 3840x2160 Epic Preset + Epic RTX Global Illumination + Quality DLSS + FG
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	267 (119.2^min, 169.8^P0.1, 204^P1) fps ∼100% 162.8 (76.6^min, 93.8^P0.1, 143^P1) fps ∼100%
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT, i9-13900K Desktop-PC Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	236 (57.6^min, 144.6^P0.1, 172.2^P1) fps ∼88%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU, i9-13900H Asus ROG Zephyrus M16	159.8 (40.5^min, 63.6^P0.1, 107.8^P1) fps ∼60% 109.2 (29^min, 40.7^P0.1, 64^P1) fps ∼67%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU, i9-13950HX Razer Blade 16 Mid 23	158.9 (36.3^min, 53.2^P0.1, 95^P1) fps ∼60% 102.5 (25.7^min, 40^P0.1, 77.5^P1) fps ∼63%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU, i9-12900H Asus ROG Strix Scar 17 G733ZX	143.2 (32.6^min, 62^P0.1, 103.4^P1) fps ∼54%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU, i9-13900HX XMG Pro 15 E23	142.2 (59.3^min, 88.9^P0.1, 106.5^P1) fps ∼53% 70.5 (53^min, 54.7^P0.1, 57.8^P1) fps ∼43%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU, R9 7940HS Razer Blade 14 Mid 23	121.1 (60.6^min, 76.7^P0.1, 91^P1) fps ∼45% 60.1 (26^min, 34.8^P0.1, 47.9^P1) fps ∼37%
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU, i7-13700H Medion Erazer Scout E20	96.8 (48.4^min, 60.1^P0.1, 68.5^P1) fps ∼36% 40.6 (29.1^min, 30.8^P0.1, 33.5^P1) fps ∼25%
AMD Radeon RX 7600S, R9 7940HS Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	95 (44.4^min, 64.4^P0.1, 70^P1) fps ∼36%

Overview

Test system details

Laptop	Graphics card	Processor	RAM
Asus ROG Zephyrus M16	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4090 @150 W TGP (16 GB GDDR6X)	Intel Core i9-13900H	2 x 16 GB DDR5
Razer Blade 16 Mid 23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 @175 W TGP (12 GB GDDR6X)	Intel Core i9-13950HX	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
Razer Blade 14 Mid 23	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4060 @140 W TGP (8 GB GDDR6)	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2 x 8 GB DDR5
Medion Erazer Scout E20	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4050 @100 W TGP (6 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i7-13700H	2 x 8 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
Asus TUF Gaming Advantage A16	AMD Radeon RX 7600S (8 GB GDDR6) & AMD Radeon 780M	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS	2 x 8 GB DDR5

Tower PC	Graphics card	Processor	RAM
Asus ROG Strix Z790-F	Nvidia GeForce RTX 4080 (16 GB GDDR6X) AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT (20 GB GDDR6)	Intel Core i9-13900K	2 x 24 GB DDR5 G.Skill

4K monitor	Operating system	Nvidia driver	AMD driver
Philips Evnia 42M2N8900	Windows 11	ForceWare 546.33	Adrenalin 23.12.1

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Florian Glaser, 2023-12-20 (Update: 2023-12-20)

Pos	Model	< Prev Next > The Finals (2023)
Pos	Model	low 1920x1080 Low Preset	med. 1920x1080 Medium Preset	high 1920x1080 High Preset	ultra 1920x1080 Epic Preset	QHD 2560x1440 Epic Preset	4K 3840x2160 Epic Preset	3840x2160 Epic Preset + Epic RTX Global Illumination + Quality DLSS + FG
2	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090	317ⁿ²	288.5ⁿ²	278ⁿ²	285ⁿ²	256.5ⁿ²	139.8ⁿ²	216ⁿ²
3	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX	398	390	384	319	215	109.1
4	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super	425.5ⁿ²	387ⁿ²	384ⁿ²	320.5ⁿ²	213ⁿ²	102.65ⁿ²	167.25ⁿ²
5	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080		317	309	302	208	100.3	162.8
8	AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT		295	286	258	172.4	83
11	AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT	357	332	306	236	148.5	70.8
12	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU	228	204.5ⁿ²	194.55ⁿ²	192.55ⁿ²	142.3ⁿ²	67	109.2
14	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090	383.5ⁿ²	330.5ⁿ²	296.5ⁿ²	237ⁿ²	155.1ⁿ²	77.4ⁿ²
22	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU	188.9	177.4ⁿ²	172.75ⁿ²	171.4ⁿ³	125.5ⁿ³	60.3	102.5
24	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB		323	279	218	144.7	72.1
30	AMD Radeon RX 6800	350	261	232	171.7	107.2	49.7
31	AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT	347	286	253	189.3	118.9	54.7
32	NVIDIA Titan RTX	324	250	225	171.5	111.6	55.1
33	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti	346	271	238	184.8	118.7	57.8
36	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU		212	190.1	156.4	100.7	47.5
37	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU		186.6	174.3ⁿ²	143.45ⁿ²	88.7ⁿ²	42.9	70.5
40	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070		269	228	174.1	112	53.9
41	AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT	318	229	200	147	88.8	39.3
43	AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT	298	215	188.9	137.4	84	37.2
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >The Finals
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
44	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU				141.3	88.1	42.3
45	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti	318	234	206	154.8	96.7	46.3
46	Intel Arc A770	204	161.7	146.2	121.5	83	40.5
48	AMD Radeon RX 7600	291	210	186.4	135.6	81.9	35.3
53	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU		176	157.7	126	77.7	35.6	60.1
58	AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT	269	195	169.6	122.9	73.7	33.4
59	AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT				113	69.1	31.3
62	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU	222	181.7	160.6	127.2	80.2	37.6
65*	AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT			147.5	115.3		69.2
66	Intel Arc A750	189.5	148.8	134.6	109.3	72.1	35.1
76	NVIDIA Titan X Pascal	200	145.2	128.2	97.4	61.4	29.2
80	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)	252	183.9	160.6	122.6	75.7	35.1
84	AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)	212	158.2	136.9	98.9	62.2	30.1
91	AMD Radeon RX 7600S		155.9	133.7	100.8	61.5	27.6
97	Intel Arc A580	183.8	142.4	128.4	101.3	64.4	30.3
98	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)	220	158.3	139.7	106.9	65.4	30.1
100	AMD Radeon RX 6600	208	150	130.3	94.3	55.9	24.9
104	AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)	187.3	135.2	119.5	87.7	54	26.1
134	AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)	164.9	107.7	129	80.4	54.2	25.3
142	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)	165.4	116.3	101.7	75.3	44.1	18.1
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >The Finals
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
143	AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT	107.8	75.2	65.8	48.6	28.2	6
144	AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)	135.1	99.7	82.6	62.6	36.7	16.7
145	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU		142.45ⁿ²	123.6ⁿ²	95.5ⁿ²	54.6	27.3	40.6
148*	Intel Arc A730M	144.7	109.2	97	77.4	48.9	22.7
152	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile	136.3	112.2	98.6	72.3
158	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop)	153.7	109.7	95.8	70.1	42	16.3
161	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)	142.1	98.9	85.9	61.3	35.9	11.1
167	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU	110.1	80.3	71.4	51.3
173	AMD Radeon RX 6500M	94	84.4	77.1	56.7
187	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile	101.7	77.9	68.4	49.5
198	NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile	107.7	76.4	67.8	50.9
202	NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile	100.2	70.4	60.4	43.3
203	Intel Arc A380	86	62.4	53.8	40.5
222*	Intel Arc A310	75	53.1	46.6	34.6
223*	Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU	99.5	68.9	60.5	46.4
225*	Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU	70	47.7	39.7	34.6
241*	AMD Radeon 780M	73.2ⁿ²	55.1ⁿ²	49.55ⁿ²	33.8ⁿ²	22.1	9.7
317	NVIDIA GeForce MX350	31.5	22.4	17	12.8
334	NVIDIA GeForce MX250	31	21.8	18.5	11
419	Intel UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake)	16.9	11.9	10.4	7.74
Pos	Model	< Prev Next >The Finals
Pos	Model	low	med.	high	ultra	QHD	4K
420*	Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)	24.3	16.8	12.8
511*	AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)	21.4	16.2	14.2	10.2
587*	Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H)	9.88

Legend
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.
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