Driver Notes
- All Nvidia GPUs (except RTX 3050) were benchmarked with the 511.23 driver.
- RTX 3050 was benchmarked with the 511.32 driver supplied to press.
- All AMD GPUs (except RX 6500 XT) were benchmarked with the public Adrenalin 22.1.1 driver.
- RX 6500 XT was benchmarked with the Adrenalin 22.1.1 driver supplied to press.
Test System
We test using the a custom built system from Cyberpower, based on Intel's Alder Lake platform. You can buy your own system from Cyberpower HERE.
CPU |
Intel Core i9-12900K
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Motherboard |
MSI MPG Z690 CARBON WIFI
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Memory |
Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR5 5200MHz (2 X 16GB)
CL 40-40-40-77
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Graphics Card |
Varies
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SSD |
2TB Seagate FireCuda 530
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Chassis | Corsair 5000D Airflow |
CPU Cooler |
Corsair H150i Pro XT
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Power Supply |
Corsair 1200W HX Series Modular 80 Plus Platinum
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Operating System |
Windows 11 21H2
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Comparison Graphics Cards List
- Gigabyte RX 6600 Eagle 8GB
- Gigabyte RX 6500 XT Eagle 4GB
- ASRock RX 5500 XT Challenger 8GB
- Sapphire RX 5500 XT Pulse 4GB
- Sapphire RX 580 Pulse 8GB
- ASUS ROG RX 570 Strix OC 4GB
- Palit RTX 3060 StormX 12GB
- Gigabyte RTX 3050 Eagle 8GB
- Palit RTX 3050 StormX OC 8GB
- Nvidia RTX 2060 FE 6GB
- Gigabyte GTX 1660 Super Gaming 6GB
- Palit GTX 1650 Super StormX OC 4GB
- Gigabyte GTX 1650 Gaming OC 4GB
- Nvidia GTX 1060 Founders Edition (FE) 6GB
Software and Games List
- 3DMark Fire Strike & Fire Strike Ultra (DX11 Synthetic)
- Cyberpunk 2077 (DX12)
- Hitman 3 (DX12)
- Watch Dogs: Legion (DX12)
We run each benchmark/game three times, and present mean averages in our graphs. We use FrameView to measure average frame rates as well as 1% low values across our three runs.