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3DMark

Publisher: Futuremark

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3DMark is arguably the most popular synthetic benchmark around today. The DirectX 11 portion, Fire Strike, comes in three flavours: Fire Strike, Fire Strike Extreme and Fire Strike Ultra, which run at 1080p, 1440p and 4K respectively. All cards are tested in Fire Strike using the default settings, as anyone can download and run this exact benchmark for free so you can easily compare your own system's score with those you see below. More powerful cards are tested in Fire Strike Extreme and Fire Strike Ultra as appropriate, but you'll need to pay to unlock these benchmarks yourself.

3DMark also recently added Time Spy, a DirectX 12 benchmark that runs at 1440p. It is designed to properly utilise the advantages of the DirectX 12 API. The benchmark is available for free but you'll need to pay to change any of the settings, including the resolution. Nonetheless, it still serves as a useful at-a-glance comparison of performance in this increasingly important API.

3DMark Fire Strike

1,920 x 1,080, DX11, default settings

  • Palit GeForce GTX 1070 GameRock Premium Edition 8GB
  • Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 8GB
  • Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 4GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition 6GB
  • Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB
  • Sapphire Radeon RX 470 Nitro OC 4GB
  • MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gaming X 4GB
  • Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 OC 2GB
  • Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 WindForce 2X OC 2GB
    • 16339
    • 11259
    • 11208
    • 11199
    • 10698
    • 10529
    • 7067
    • 5975
    • 4966
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3DMark Fire Strike Extreme

2,560 x 1,440, DX11, default settings

  • Palit GeForce GTX 1070 GameRock Premium Edition 8GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition 6GB
  • Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 8GB
  • Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB
  • Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 4GB
  • Sapphire Radeon RX 470 Nitro OC 4GB
  • MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gaming X 4GB
  • Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 OC 2GB
  • Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 WindForce 2X OC 2GB
    • 8671
    • 5900
    • 5633
    • 5615
    • 5526
    • 5193
    • 3651
    • 3022
    • 2363
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3DMark Time Spy

2,560 x 1,440, DX12, default settings

  • Palit GeForce GTX 1070 GameRock Premium Edition 8GB
  • Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 8GB
  • Nvidia GeForce GTX 1060 Founders Edition 6GB
  • Sapphire Radeon RX 480 Nitro OC 4GB
  • Gigabyte GeForce GTX 1060 WindForce OC 3GB
  • Sapphire Radeon RX 470 Nitro OC 4GB
  • MSI GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Gaming X 4GB
  • Gigabyte GeForce GTX 950 OC 2GB
  • Gigabyte Radeon RX 460 WindForce 2X OC 2GB
    • 6263
    • 4389
    • 4270
    • 4255
    • 4057
    • 3972
    • 2617
    • 2085
    • 1872
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