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X-Plane 11 Benchmarks

Advanced flight simulation. The X-Plane series is a stalwart in the commercial flight simulation market, and X-Plane 11 marks the latest iteration. It uses an advanced physics engine that mixes hard-coded data with aerodynamics to simulate realistic flight. When cranking up the settings the engine is heavily taxing on the graphics card and processor, which is particularly notable for its reliance on single-threaded CPU performance. The scope and scale of the game make it an ideal candidate for assessing system performance.

Introduction

The simple but customisable graphics tweaks. No relation to our benchmark presets. (Source: Own)
The simple but customisable graphics tweaks. No relation to our benchmark presets. (Source: Own)

X-Plane 11 is the 2018 sequel to 2012’s popular X-Plane 10 and is a competing product to Microsoft's Flight Simulator in the consumer market. However, the 32-bit engine in Microsoft's product is showing its age, and this has allowed the more advanced 64-bit X-Plane engine to surpass it in technical prowess and scalability.

Developed by Laminar Research in South Carolina, USA, X-Plane 11 runs on Windows, MacOS, and Linux (X-Plane 10 also had a mobile version for Android and iOS). The base version of the game comes with a set of 19 stock aircraft at varying levels of detail and immersion and a set of global scenery that covers most of the earth from 74 degrees north to 60 degrees south latitude. There are runway locations for over 34,000 airports around the world, including small grass strips in rural bush areas, and community developers are creating and submitting free airport layouts (buildings, vehicles, etc.) for inclusion in the game. Those who want more detail and immersion can choose between a multitude of high-quality payware aircraft and extremely detailed airports. Alternatively, there are a considerable number of freely available airport layouts online to install to add some life to the places from which you take off and land.

As a highly detailed open-world flight simulator, the plane models, environment, and objects place a significant toll on systems. The highly advanced physics engine that accurately simulates factors such as airflow based off of the angles, lines, and engineering data of the plane models also places a heavy strain on the system. X-Plane is a good game for benchmarking because of a multitude of options for increasing visual detail, shadow quality, object count, and view distance which mean that the game scales well over a range of hardware (although graphics options have been simplified in the newest version). There is also an inbuilt testing system that allows us to run scenarios in a consistent environment.

Default X-Plane 11 Boeing 747 overhead panel. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 Boeing 747 overhead panel. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 Cessna 172SP cockpit at night. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 Cessna 172SP cockpit at night. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 KingAir C90B cockpit. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 KingAir C90B cockpit. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 Vancouver airport. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 Vancouver airport. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 Miami airport. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 Miami airport. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 Olaya Herrera Airport airport. (Source: Laminar Research)
Default X-Plane 11 Olaya Herrera Airport airport. (Source: Laminar Research)

Graphics

Most of the games we benchmark on Windows use the Microsoft DirectX graphical API due to its dominance on the platform. Since Microsoft Flight Simulator was a Windows product, X-Plane captured early market share on MacOS and used OpenGL due to good compatibility with the operating system. Laminar Research still uses OpenGL and its cross-platform nature is well suited to producing versions for Windows, MacOS, and Linux without having to rewrite huge parts of the code base from scratch. Having some OpenGL games in the test line up is essential to show performance over different graphical APIs since there are some differences between the level of GPU manufacturers support for non-DirectX APIs. For much of the last decade, Nvidia’s drivers gave better OpenGL performance on Windows, although this has improved in the last couple of years with AMD’s OpenGL support closing the gap with Nvidia. Unfortunately, AMD drivers do still perform comparatively worse on OpenGL than on DirectX when in Windows. 

The X-Plane 11 landscape is made of ground textures laid over a detailed terrain mesh, but the world itself is full of 3D objects such as trees, houses, cars, and street lamps in towns, or terminals, fuel pumps, and support vehicles on airports. With a view distance that can be set to show several kilometers around the player, there is an opportunity for thousands of objects on screen at any one time, and these can place a heavy load on the system  the processor is a particular bottleneck. The airplanes themselves are equally as taxing (if not more so), due to high-poly models with detailed curves and 3D cockpits that have numerous knobs and dials to manipulate and a real depth to the instrument panel when viewed off center. Shadows place a heavy load on GPUs, and while X-Plane 11 has a more traditional descriptions in the setting menu, older versions of the game called the highest shadow setting “melt your GPU” as an example of how taxing shadows can be. 

The advanced weather model simulates stratus or cumulus clouds at varying degrees of thickness and heights above sea level. The clouds aren’t solid objects and rendering them on screen is taxing, since they are a collection of smaller particles. Raindrops and the streaking they cause on windshields are beautiful, but again these also add an additional load to the system.

XPlane 11 Boeing 737-800 night. (Source: Own)
XPlane 11 Boeing 737-800 night. (Source: Own)
XPlane 11 Boeing 737-800 day. (Source: Own)
XPlane 11 Boeing 737-800 nose cone. (Source: Own)
XPlane 11 KSEA airport. (Source: Own)
XPlane 11 Boeing 737-800 cockpit. (Source: Own)

Benchmark

To run the benchmark using the same settings as us, navigate to your X-Plane install folder and copy the input command. (Source: Own)
To run the benchmark using the same settings as us, navigate to your X-Plane install folder and copy the input command. (Source: Own)

The benchmark isn’t available via the in-game menu, but X-Plane 11 has benchmark functionality that allows us to load a consistent set of tests on each system with the results outputting to a log file. It loads the test in the demo area with default scenery, making it the same for every user. While X-Plane 11 is a full retail game available via Steam or standalone via the developer’s website, there is a free demo which includes the KSEA airport and surrounding area, and this includes the benchmark location so readers can compare their system without having to purchase the game. Do note that the KSEA area is one of the more resource intensive parts of the game, but that the default aircraft are generally lighter on frame rates than third party models.

We use X-Plane version 11.11 and classify our tests as follows:

  1. X Plane 11 high UHD – Resolution: 3840 x 2160, Settings: High (fps_test=3).
  2. X Plane 11 high 1080p – Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Settings: High (fps_test=3).
  3. X Plane 11 med 1080p – Resolution: 1920 x 1080, Settings: Med (fps_test=2).
  4. X Plane 11 low 720p – Resolution: 1280 x 720, Settings: Low (fps_test=1).

While we will detail the process for windows here, the procedure can be followed by users running Mac OS and Linux by using the Terminal and replacing ‘xplane.exe’ with ‘./X-Plane-i686’ or similar. Benchmarks are run from the command line, and you need to have navigated to the X-Plane 11 install folder before proceeding.

To perform each benchmark, we run the following strings via the command line:

  1. X-Plane 11 high UHD - X-Plane.exe --fps_test=3 --load_smo=Output/replays/test_flight_c4.fdr  --pref:_is_full_ALL=1 --pref:_x_res_full_ALL=3840 --pref:_y_res_full_ALL=2160 --pref:_bpp_full_ALL=32
  2. X-Plane 11 high 1080p - X-Plane.exe --fps_test=3 --load_smo=Output/replays/test_flight_c4.fdr --pref:_is_full_ALL=1 --pref:_x_res_full_ALL=1920 --pref:_y_res_full_ALL=1080 --pref:_bpp_full_ALL=32
  3. X-Plane 11 med 1080p - X-Plane.exe --fps_test=2 --load_smo=Output/replays/test_flight_c4.fdr --pref:_is_full_ALL=1 --pref:_x_res_full_ALL=1920 --pref:_y_res_full_ALL=1080 --pref:_bpp_full_ALL=32
  4. X-Plane 11 low 720p - X-Plane.exe --fps_test=1 --load_smo=Output/replays/test_flight_c4.fdr --pref:_is_full_ALL=1 --pref:_x_res_full_ALL=1280 --pref:_y_res_full_ALL=720 --pref:_bpp_full_ALL=32

X-Plane.exe’ starts the software. ‘--fps_test=N’ is used to specify which benchmark you want to run, where N is replaced with the test number (1 = low, 2 = medium, 3 = high). These numbers can be further modified with more digits to control other effects such as weather or day/night, but we ignore these for the benchmark to reduce the number of variables. The astute will notice that we use fps_test=3 in two of the benchmark strings above. This is because we use the high preset for both our highest fidelity 1080p benchmark and for our UHD/4K benchmark.

--load_smo=PATH’ will take a replay file and perform a 102-second live run to record fps, instead of using the default 90-second benchmark. We do this to obtain a result that is more representative of the in-game performance since the default benchmark simply spends 30 seconds showing the forward view with cockpit panel, 30 seconds of forward view without 3D cockpit panel, and 30 seconds of forward view without cockpit panel while the simulation is paused. The replay file is a default one that comes with the game and shows the CirrusJet cockpit panel as it flies over KSEA airport while systems are in use.

The pref setting allows us to specify a set of preferences which we use to ensure the benchmark resolution is fixed regardless of the screen resolution of the test device. ‘--pref:_is_full_ALL=1’ specifies that we want the benchmark to be run at full screen to help protect against differences in how drivers handle windowed or full-screen software. Laminar Research says that due to the way X-Plane handles resolutions this setting won’t cause any difference in result, but we use it anyway for consistency. ‘--pref:_x_res_full_ALL=HORIZONTAL --pref:_y_res_full_ALL=VERTICAL’ provides a fixed resolution where horizontal and vertical are replaced with pixel numbers. If you look closely at the strings written above you will see that we use 3840 x 2160 (UHD/4K), 1920 x 1080 (FullHD), and 1280 x 720 (HD) to be consistent with the resolutions we use for our other game benchmarks. ‘--pref:_bpp_full_ALL=32’  forces a resolution change even if it doesn’t match one supported by the driver based on the resolution of any connected displays. It won't show a resolution higher than the monitor can show and an external 3840 x 2160 UHD/4K display was used for benchmarking.

Results can be found on the ‘fps=’ line in the log.txt file created in the X-Plane 11 directory.

Benchmark: Low 720p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: Low 720p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: Low 720p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: Low 720p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: Low 720p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: Low 720p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: Low 720p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: Low 720p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: med 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: med 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: med 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: med 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: med 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: med 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: med 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: med 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: high 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: high 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: high 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: high 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: high 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: high 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: high 1080p. (Source: Own)
Benchmark: high 1080p. (Source: Own)

Results

X-Plane 10 had a reputation of bogging down powerful systems with top-of-the-line processors and graphics cards, especially once the user had loaded their favorite third-party aircraft, weather plugins, and scenery mods. But the stock game itself scaled reasonably well to low-performance hardware, and this shows true in X-Plane 11 as well.

If we take the entry-level Maxwell-based Nvidia GT 940MX — which was most frequently used on ultrabook models with dedicated GPUs and on more bulky consumer notebooks which wanted to be able to claim “Dedicated Nvidia graphics!” or “Play games with incredible detail!” — then we see that it hit 56 fps on 720p low, or 36 fps on 1080p medium. Of course the downside is that those low settings don’t look very good, and the medium option can have some more substantial frame rate drops near airports or cities, but if you can’t afford to upgrade (or don’t want to) then you can still get your flight sim fix… even if it is the ‘Zero Sugar’ version.

Stepping up to the replacement for the GT 940MX, the newer Pascal-based Nvidia MX150, we find that the base game without addons is playable at 1080p high with 47 fps average. When looking at the results graph, please keep in mind that at the time of writing we have only tested X Plane 11 with two MX150 devices, one running the original full-fat 25-watt version, and the other with the reduced 10-watt TDP variant (approx. 36% slower clock speed) so that 47 fps average is split between two results of 41.8 fps and 52.3 fps.

Our benchmarks show that those wanting to view their high-resolution cockpit panels at 4K/UHD can do so with an Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti (notebook) or AMD RX 470 (desktop). But the reality is that these cards will struggle with the higher-polygon count in third-party aircraft, and the benefits of a more expensive GPU will become apparent. In our experience getting good quality third-party aircraft with fully functional flight and navigation systems and bulking up the game with paid or free scenery/airports is one of the most rewarding and addicting aspects of a simulation game such as this.

With 75 fps on '1080p high,' the Nvidia GTX 1070 appears to be a good sweet-spot compromise between price and performance. The GTX 1080 only gained one additional frame per second when using the same processor, likely due to the games tendency to suffer CPU bottlenecks.

X-Plane 11 Cessna 172SP external on approach. (Source: Own)
X-Plane 11 Cessna 172SP window reflections. (Source: Own)
X-Plane 11 Cessna 172SP cockpit on approach. (Source: Own)
X-Plane 11.11
    3840x2160 high (fps_test=3)     1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)     1920x1080 med (fps_test=2)     1280x720 low (fps_test=1)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop), i7-7740X
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti Founders Edition
75.6 fps ∼47%
86.8 fps ∼46%
104 fps ∼45%
117 fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop), 4790K
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Founders Edition
66.1 fps ∼41%
75.3 fps ∼40%
88 fps ∼38%
102 fps ∼39%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop), 4790K
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 Founders Edition
66.4 fps ∼41%
74.6 fps ∼40%
90 fps ∼39%
98 fps ∼37%
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop), 4790K
AMD Radeon RX 480 8 GB Reference
38.7 fps ∼24%
51.3 fps ∼27%
58.7 fps ∼26%
61.3 fps ∼23%
AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop), 4790K
MSI RX 470 Gaming X 4GB
38.5 fps ∼24%
52.1 fps ∼28%
60.5 fps ∼26%
66.3 fps ∼25%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile, i7-7700HQ
MSI GE72 7RE-046
45.3 fps ∼28%
61.2 fps ∼33%
69.9 fps ∼31%
77.3 fps ∼29%
AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop), 4790K
XFX RX-460P4DFG5 Double Dissipation 4 GB
22.1 fps ∼14%
43.8 fps ∼23%
49.6 fps ∼22%
61.8 fps ∼23%
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX, 6700HQ
MSI CX72 6QD
33.4 fps ∼18%
35.9 fps ∼16%
56.5 fps ∼21%
NVIDIA GeForce 920M, 2970M
MSI CX61 2QC 2970M MS-16GD
9 fps ∼6%
23.3 fps ∼12%
24.8 fps ∼11%
23.2 fps ∼9%

CPU Scaling

To test if X-Plane 11 still exhibited the heavy reliance on CPU power that its predecessor showed we performed some benchmarks using four different processors paired with the Nvidia GTX 1080 Ti. For AMD these were the budget-range Ryzen 3 1200 (4C/4T), and their previous consumer flagship, the Ryzen 7 1800X (8C/16T). In the Intel camp, we have the i7-7740X (4C/8T) and the i7-4790K (4C/8T), the latter of which was arguably the most highly recommended CPU in PCs built for X-Plane 10 due to a mixture of favorable single core performance and a release year that fitted well within the games lifespan.

The Ryzen 3 1200 showing the lowest fps isn’t surprising given that it has the slowest clock speeds and the fewest threads. What is interesting is how the Ryzen 7 1800X gets beaten by the Kaby Lake i7-7740X and the much older (2014) Haswell i7-4790K. This is because the rendering process is all loaded on a single core (OpenGL shows threading and object handling problems here), and these two Intel CPUs both have high clock speeds on architectures with good IPC levels. There isn't much separating the clock speeds of the two Intel chips, so we are attributing most of the difference in frame rates to the generational IPC improvements made over time.

Laminar research says that X-Plane is multithreaded and they split out what they can onto additional threads to try and free up processing time for the main thread. We tested this using the Ryzen 7 1800X by limiting cores. We saw increasing performance for each additional core up to six active cores, but there was no additional gain for activating the seventh and eighth cores. This improved FPS was showing that extra cores allowed tasks not associated with the primary rendering thread to be offloaded. X-Plane 11 is currently being ported from OpenGL to Vulkan, which has several features that allow for significantly improved multithread performance. Frame rates on processors such as the 1800X will likely increase after this happens.

X-Plane 11.11
    3840x2160 high (fps_test=3)     1920x1080 high (fps_test=3)     1920x1080 med (fps_test=2)     1280x720 low (fps_test=1)
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop),
Intel Core i7-7740X
75.6 fps ∼47%
86.8 fps ∼46%
104 fps ∼45%
117 fps ∼44%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop),
Intel Core i7-4790K
67.6 fps ∼42%
74.5 fps ∼40%
90 fps ∼39%
101 fps ∼38%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop),
AMD Ryzen 7 1800X
61.7 fps ∼38%
71 fps ∼38%
88 fps ∼38%
98 fps ∼37%
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop),
AMD Ryzen 3 1200
45.7 fps ∼28%
52.2 fps ∼28%
61.6 fps ∼27%
68.4 fps ∼26%

Summary

X-Plane 11 is a powerful flight simulator which can push high-end computers to their limits, and this makes it well suited to benchmarking. It nicely complements our standard test suite of games since it runs in Windows on OpenGL, rather than the more common DirectX. The reliance on strong single-core CPU performance also makes it stand out from many other games and helps to highlight the importance of a balanced system when running simulators.

Performance scales well when resolution, graphical quality, and objects are dialed down, showing that those without a top-end PC can still get some enjoyment out of exploring the digital world. If you are building a PC to play X-Plane 11, the advice from previous iterations of picking a CPU based on single core performance still holds strong. This means that Intel’s i5 and i7 models stand out above the competition (e.g., i5-8600K and i7-8700K), although an overclocked Ryzen CPU should still hold up well here. Meanwhile, the port to Vulkan later this year will likely reduce the reliance on using a single thread for rendering and improve frame rates on multi-core processors. This would make AMD's Ryzen or Intel's enthusiast CPUs based on the X-series chipset more appealing.

Appendix I. Graphics Cards

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PosModel< PrevNext >X-Plane 11.11
 X-Plane 11.11 (2018)
low
1280x720
low (fps_test=1)
med.
1920x1080
med (fps_test=2)
high
1920x1080
high (fps_test=3)
4K
3840x2160
high (fps_test=3)
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090
223n21
196.3n21
147.8n21
125.8n21
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XTX
202.65n2
163.05n2
122.75n2
94.6n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Super
255
223
167.2
141.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080
219n3
193.6n3
156.8n3
132.3n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090 Ti
169.1n2
158.1n2
135.9n2
115.7n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
224
196.7
150
127.8
AMD Radeon RX 7900 XT
179.2
140.4
109.8
81.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
213.45n2
192.6n2
152.45n2
129.8n2
AMD Radeon RX 7900 GRE
159.7n2
130.55n2
100.45n2
75.7n2
AMD Radeon RX 6950 XT
151.1n2
123.1n2
99n2
78.9n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4090 Laptop GPU
201n38
177.65n38
135.7n39
117.15n20
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3090
216n15
189.1n15
145.9n15
121.5n14
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
216n3
182.8n3
140.1n3
118n3
AMD Radeon RX 7800 XT
164.7
133
101.6
72.4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 SUPER
229.5n2
196.35n2
152.15n2
130.4n2
NVIDIA RTX A6000
109
97
78.1
67.2
AMD Radeon RX 7900M
83.7
64.3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Laptop GPU
173.25n16
156.2n17
125.15n18
102.65n10
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 12 GB
159.4
143.2
114.7
98.7
PosModel< PrevNext >X-Plane 11.11
low med. high 4K
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080
164n2
153n2
122.75n2
104.9n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070
233.5n2
201.55n2
156.45n2
130.1n2
AMD Radeon RX 6800 XT
83.5
67.5
57.8
40.1
AMD Radeon RX 6800
155.3n3
126.7n3
104n3
73.1n3
AMD Radeon RX 7700 XT
162.8
129.7
100.2
69.3
NVIDIA Titan RTX
140n30
126n30
103.5n30
89.9n30
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
219
192
149.6
126.9
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16G
206
189.3
138.5
114.1
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8G
219n3
196.2n3
149.1n3
126.2n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Laptop GPU
146n43
130.8n43
103.1n45
85.9n20
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4070 Laptop GPU
154.6n37
135.75n38
109.95n40
94.25n18
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070
132.5n6
113.5n6
93.2n6
82.7n4
AMD Radeon RX 6750 XT
72.4n3
55.8n3
49.3n3
35.8n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Ti (Desktop)
128n3
115n3
92n4
79n4
AMD Radeon RX 6700 XT
104.8n3
76.2n3
60.7n3
47.9n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Laptop GPU
117.5n44
103n43
82.9n43
63.35n16
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
144.65n6
127.1n6
102.6n6
88.5n6
Intel Arc A770
101.6
90.4
70.7
58.3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060
211
194.5
148.6
125.5
AMD Radeon RX 6850M XT
65.1n2
51.1n2
43.7n2
27.5
PosModel< PrevNext >X-Plane 11.11
low med. high 4K
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Laptop GPU
139.05n36
122.3n36
100n37
91.7n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 Laptop GPU
154.15n30
132.05n30
104.7n32
99.9n10
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super (Desktop)
125.6n2
113.6n2
93.6n2
69.5n2
AMD Radeon RX 6800M
65.45n2
56.05n2
47.85n2
28.8
AMD Radeon RX 6650 XT
118.9n3
82.6n3
68.8n3
48.9n3
AMD Radeon RX 6600 XT
95.45n2
72.75n2
65n2
39.5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Mobile
133n4
118n4
95.9n4
86.2n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 Laptop GPU
110n61
97.1n61
79.3n61
66n13
AMD Radeon RX 6800S
75.2n3
60.9n3
51n3
AMD Radeon RX 7600M XT
94n5
70.4n5
52.8n5
39.2n5
Intel Arc A750
98.8
87.1
68.4
56.6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060
151n5
133n5
105n5
88.5n4
AMD Radeon RX 7700S
97.6
79.3
65
46.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Mobile
102n3
89n3
75n3
73
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (Desktop)
110.5n10
103n10
85.5n10
72n10
NVIDIA Titan X Pascal
195.4n2
180.6n2
146.2n2
123.9n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super (Desktop)
124.5n6
112n6
91.5n6
79.6n5
AMD Radeon VII
149
133
103
88.1
AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT (Desktop)
80n5
68n5
57.1n5
44.4n5
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Desktop)
127
115
92.7
82.2
PosModel< PrevNext >X-Plane 11.11
low med. high 4K
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
112.65n48
98.85n48
79.55n48
67.6n12
AMD Radeon RX 7600S
85.1
70.1n2
56.15n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Mobile
115n4
100.8n4
84.3n4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 (Desktop)
102
88
75.3
67.55n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Super Max-Q
111n6
96.7n6
81.8n6
67
Intel Arc A580
104.1
63.5
63.3
46.8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Super (Desktop)
175.5n4
156.3n4
122.45n4
103.85n4
Intel Arc A770M
67.5
59.4
55.5
38.5
AMD Radeon RX 6600
112.1n3
81.3n3
61.8n3
35.2n3
AMD Radeon RX 5700 (Desktop)
134.3n3
98n3
76.7n3
54.1n3
AMD Radeon RX 6650M
66.4
52.7
46.4
AMD Radeon RX 6600M
67.8n7
54.3n7
46n8
29n3
AMD Radeon RX 6700S
65.4
51.7
45.2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Mobile
106n8
92n8
78.55n8
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q
96.45n4
84.85n4
71n4
44.15n2
AMD Radeon RX Vega 64
83n2
73n2
61.5n2
47.75n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Mobile
83.1
77.3
67.2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Super Max-Q
120n6
105n6
87.85n6
71.6n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Ti (Desktop)
101
89
74.5
66.7
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q
110n11
99n11
83n11
62.4n2
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Mobile
95.25n18
83.75n18
70.45n18
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050
189n2
164.85n2
129.6n2
102.75n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (Desktop)
98
90
74.6
66.4
AMD Radeon RX 5600 XT (Desktop)
113.2n3
84.8n3
66n3
51n3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q
85.9n2
79.6n2
67.85n2
59.55n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Mobile
93
79.6
68
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060 Max-Q
102.5n4
90.35n4
76.5n4
61.5n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti (Desktop)
164
147.3
117.8
99.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Super (Desktop)
225n3
197.3n3
147.4n3
108.9n3
AMD Radeon RX 6500 XT
76.75n2
62.5n2
43.4n2
42.4n2
AMD Radeon RX 5500 XT (Desktop)
77.9n3
51n3
43.2n3
25.1n3
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 Laptop GPU
142.6n32
122.65n32
98n34
97.9n3
Intel Arc A730M
57.3n3
47.1n3
38.6n3
11.3
AMD Radeon RX 5600M
49n2
37.35n2
33.5n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile
101n11
89n11
75.2n11
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Ti Laptop GPU
106n27
90.2n27
75.2n27
52.7n6
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 6GB Laptop GPU
140.6n3
116.2n3
97.1n3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 (Desktop)
211n3
180.5n3
144.9n3
106.5n3
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 Max-Q
109
96.5
81.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Super (Desktop)
224n3
196.4n3
150.6n3
95.4n3
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NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 4GB Laptop GPU
103.5n20
89.15n20
74.2n20
66.1n5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Max-Q
81.25n4
71.65n4
61.6n4
AMD Radeon RX 6550M
53.7
41.2
33
AMD Radeon RX 6500M
47.7
40.7
36.8
AMD Radeon RX 480 (Desktop)
61.3
58.7
51.3
38.7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile
96
82.1
70.4
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Mobile
97.25n8
81.4n8
70.3n8
45.8
Intel Arc A370M
36.9n3
27.8n3
24n3
22.2
AMD Radeon RX 5500M
52.4n2
39.9n2
35.3n2
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2050 Mobile
98.25n8
82.75n8
68.85n8
55.3n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 (Desktop)
123
110
89.6
66.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile
83.8n18
70.6n18
61.95n18
76.1
AMD Radeon RX 5300M
51.5
39.5
34.9
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Ti Max-Q
91.2n11
79.2n11
66.7n11
49.2n3
AMD Radeon RX 470 (Desktop)
66.3
60.5
52.1
38.5
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 Max-Q
83.5n3
62n3
52.1n3
NVIDIA T1200 Laptop GPU
105n3
85.3n3
66.8n3
52.4
NVIDIA Quadro T1000 (Laptop)
91n3
78n3
69n3
Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU
52.2n15
41n15
33.6n15
Intel Arc A350M
38.9n2
30.8n2
26.85n2
19.6
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Intel Arc 7-Cores iGPU
47.1
38.3
31.3
NVIDIA T600 Laptop GPU
107.9
92.4
77
NVIDIA T550 Laptop GPU
68.1n3
64.1n3
57n3
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GH
61.8
52.8
45.5
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 20
72.3
58
49.4
AMD Radeon 780M
48.8n31
37n31
29.8n30
26.45n2
NVIDIA GeForce MX550
105.5n2
88.35n2
70.2n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile
77.3n3
69.9n3
61.2n3
39.55n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (Desktop)
98n2
89n2
76.5n2
41.7
AMD Radeon 680M
55.3n33
43.7n33
35.5n33
31.1n2
NVIDIA T500 Laptop GPU
75.85n4
66.6n4
58.2n4
29.4
NVIDIA GeForce MX450
78.3n21
63.5n21
57.55n20
40.8n2
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Max-Q
92.7
80.3
69.4
39.5
AMD Radeon Pro Vega 16
65
50.8
43.5
AMD Radeon RX Vega M GL / 870
50.4
42.2
36.9
23.6
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Desktop)
72.6
65.2
56.1
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile
77n2
64.85n2
55.65n2
35.7
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 Max-Q
88.8
80.9
65.1
30.3
AMD Radeon 760M
46.95n2
34.9n2
28.75n2
AMD Radeon 660M
43.8n6
31n6
27.35n6
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AMD Radeon RX 460 (Desktop)
61.8
49.6
43.8
22.1
AMD Radeon RX 560X (Laptop)
39n2
31.6n2
27.8n2
Intel Iris Xe MAX Graphics
36.6n2
34.65n2
29.3n2
AMD Radeon Pro 560X
63.7
47.7
42.1
21.4
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs
41.8n204
35n205
31.4n204
18.6n11
NVIDIA GeForce MX350
69.2n14
56.9n14
49.75n14
29.4
AMD Radeon RX 550X (Laptop)
26.5n2
20.99n2
19.02n2
AMD Radeon RX 550 (Laptop)
44.4
30.9
28.7
AMD Radeon RX 640
45.5
32.8
30.1
AMD Radeon Pro WX 3200
25.2n2
16.65n2
15.15n2
AMD Radeon Pro 555
47
33.9
30
14.1
NVIDIA GeForce MX250
56.6n17
42.9n17
40n17
NVIDIA GeForce MX330
71n3
50n3
44.1n3
21n2
NVIDIA GeForce MX150
57.6n5
47n5
41.8n5
20.6n2
Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 80EUs
37.9n105
29.2n106
26.4n104
17n3
NVIDIA GeForce GT 710
27.9
16.3
14.8
14.7
AMD Radeon RX 540
29.8
23.3
19.7
AMD Radeon 540X
28.8
21
18.6
AMD Radeon RX Vega 11
41.75n2
32.2n2
29.9n2
16.9n2
Intel UHD Graphics 64EUs (Alder Lake 12th Gen)
42.15n10
32.15n10
26.55n10
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Intel Iris Plus Graphics G7 (Ice Lake 64 EU)
28.3n18
16.3n17
15.7n18
AMD Radeon RX Vega 10
23.8n7
18.5n7
16.7n7
Intel UHD Graphics Xe G4 48EUs
31.5n11
23.7n11
22n11
Intel UHD Graphics 32EUs (Alder Lake)
21.7n4
18.15n4
16.85n4
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 32EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
38.4n5
25.8n5
22.5n5
9.43
Intel UHD Graphics 770
52.45n2
33.25n2
30.2n2
12
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 750 32EUs (Rocket Lake)
17.6n3
17.3n3
16.4n3
Intel UHD Graphics 730 (Rocket Lake)
30.7
19.5
18
NVIDIA GeForce MX230
48.4
36.3
32.9
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
42.8n56
33.55n56
29.65n56
23.3n6
AMD Radeon RX Vega 7
40.7n56
31.6n56
28.25n56
24n2
NVIDIA GeForce MX130
41.05n2
30.65n2
26.25n2
NVIDIA GeForce 940MX
53.35n2
34.15n2
26.25n2
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
26n26
19.5n26
17.1n25
12.8
Intel Iris Plus Graphics G4 (Ice Lake 48 EU)
26.3n4
14.2n4
13.2n4
NVIDIA GeForce 930MX
49
31.6
29.5
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 655
25.3n7
18n7
15.9n7
NVIDIA GeForce 930M
36.4
Intel Iris Graphics 550
19.55n2
14.45n2
12.35n2
AMD Radeon 530
18.6n3
12.3n3
12.2n2
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AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 4000/5000)
37.8n20
28.7n20
25.8n20
22.5
Intel Iris Plus Graphics 645
37.4
26.1
22.5
NVIDIA GeForce MX110
41.85n2
25.05n2
23.4n2
Intel Iris Graphics 540
23.6
16.9
13.6
Intel UHD Graphics 24EUs (Alder Lake-N)
20.6n7
13.2n7
11.8n7
NVIDIA GeForce 920M
23.2
24.8
23.3
9
AMD Radeon Graphics (Ryzen 7000)
35.9
23
20.5
AMD Radeon 610M
35.7n2
21.95n2
18.85n2
AMD Radeon RX Vega 6 (Ryzen 2000/3000)
20.1
16.9
14.7
AMD Radeon RX Vega 5
29.9n2
22.75n2
20.6n2
Intel UHD Graphics G1 (Ice Lake 32 EU)
25.6n10
13.55n10
12.7n10
Intel UHD Graphics 630
20n10
14.6n10
13.05n10
6.96
Intel UHD Graphics Xe 16EUs (Tiger Lake-H)
18.6n4
15.8n4
14.55n4
Intel HD Graphics 630
31.3
19.6
17.5
7.1
Intel UHD Graphics G7 (Lakefield GT2 64 EU)
16.9n2
9.61
9.24n2
AMD Radeon R5 (Bristol Ridge)
12.7
8.6
Intel UHD Graphics 620
18.7n83
13.25n82
12n79
6.6n5
Intel HD Graphics 620
23.9
15.2
Qualcomm Adreno 690
21n2
18.45n2
16.2n2
AMD Radeon HD 8650G
18.5n2
18.1
17.1
16.9
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AMD Radeon R5 M255
22.7
15.7
14.8
AMD Radeon RX Vega 3
20.7n11
12.8n11
11.7n11
Intel HD Graphics 520
18.8
12.6
NVIDIA GeForce GT 720M
26.1
16
15.1
AMD Radeon R5 (Stoney Ridge)
13.7
9.4
Intel HD Graphics 6000
18.2
12.9
11.6
Intel Iris Graphics 5100
21
15
13.5
10.2
Intel HD Graphics 4600
20.8
13.6
Intel HD Graphics 5500
17.1n3
10.55n2
9.34n2
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 32 EU)
17.3n7
11.9n6
10.5n7
Intel UHD Graphics 617
20.2
14.1
12.8
Intel UHD Graphics 615
10n5
7.2n5
6.89n4
Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 24 EU)
20.8
13.3
12.3
Intel HD Graphics 615
18.8
12
11
4.3
AMD Radeon HD 7660G
15.8
10.2
9.28
Intel HD Graphics 515
14.4
Intel UHD Graphics 610
10.23n2
9.02n2
7.1n2
Intel HD Graphics 610
13.75n2
7.95
7.28
Intel HD Graphics 4400
13.6
Intel UHD Graphics (Elkhart Lake 16 EU)
7.76
4.97
4.64
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Intel UHD Graphics (Jasper Lake 16 EU)
12.1n6
8.95n5
8.33n5
Intel UHD Graphics 605
7.15n5
5.97n4
5.39n4
Intel HD Graphics 505
5.5
AMD Radeon R4 (Stoney Ridge)
12.2
AMD Radeon R5 (Beema/Carrizo-L)
7.1
AMD Radeon HD 8400
9.07
5.55
4.68
AMD Radeon HD 8350G
11.55n2
6.56
6.08
Intel UHD Graphics 600
6.82n18
4.86n18
4.42n18
Intel HD Graphics 500
5.5n3
4.32n2
3.96n2
Intel HD Graphics (Haswell)
14.3
8
AMD Radeon HD 8210
4.69
2.86
2.65
(-) * 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

Gerät Grafikkarte Prozessor Arbeitsspeicher Betriebssystem
Desktop-PC I MSI GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X)
MSI GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5)
Nvidia GeForce GTX 980 (4 GB GDDR5)
Intel Core i7-6700K 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
Desktop-PC II Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 Ti (11 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)
Intel Core i7-4790K 2 x 4 GB DDR3 Windows 10 64 Bit
Alienware 17 R4 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 (8 GB GDDR5X) Intel Core i7-7820HK 1 x 16 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus G752VS Nvidia GeForce GTX 1070 (8 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6820HK 2 x 16 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GT62VR Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 (6 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6820HK 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE72 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti (4 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2 x 4 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus GL753VD Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (4 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 1 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GL62 Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 2 x 4 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus G752VY Nvidia GeForce GTX 980M (4 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2 x 16 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GS60 Nvidia GeForce GTX 970M (3 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2 x 4 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GE72 Nvidia GeForce GTX 965M (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6700HQ 1 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GL72 Nvidia GeForce GTX 960M (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 1 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI PE60 Nvidia GeForce GTX 950M (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2 x 4 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI PL62 Nvidia GeForce MX150 (2 GB GDDR5) Intel Core i7-7700HQ 1 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI CX72 Nvidia GeForce 940MX (2 GB DDR3) Intel Core i7-6700HQ 2 x 8 GB DDR4 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI GP62 Nvidia GeForce 940M (2 GB DDR3) Intel Core i7-5700HQ 1 x 8 GB DDR3 Windows 10 64 Bit
MSI CX61 Nvidia GeForce 920M (2 GB DDR3) Intel Celeron 2970M 1 x 8 GB DDR3 Windows 10 64 Bit
Asus N551ZU AMD Radeon R9 M280X (4 GB GDDR5) AMD FX-7600P 2 x 4 GB DDR3 Windows 10 64 Bit
4K Monitor Nvidia Treiber AMD Treiber Intel Treiber
2 x Asus PB287Q, Philips 328P6VJEB ForceWare Crimson
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Craig Ward, 2018-05-23 (Update: 2018-05-23)