Battlefield 6 Benchmark: 43 GPUs Tested

[Steve]

Battlefield 6 has arrived, and we've put it through an exhaustive benchmark: 43 GPUs, three resolutions, two presets, plus DLSS, FSR, and image quality testing. Here's how it performs.

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Battlefield 6 Benchmark: 43 GPUs Tested

 

[WhiteLeaff]

Great performance,
Decent physics,
Good graphics.

BF6 delivered what most AAA games today fail to deliver, among other things because it isn't obsessed with RT. Thank you.

 

[CapNemo72]

The most interesting and revealing data to analyze was results between 3060 (12Gb), 3060Ti and 3070, both with only 8Gb of VRAM.

The only question is are games too heavy on VRAM without a real reason (comparing Overkill and high settings) or 8Gb is really too little now?

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Any screenshot I see with TAA looks like actual dogshit. Blurry, out of focus, like the camera is broken.

They've really got to stop using that garbage.

The most interesting and revealing data to analyze was results between 3060 (12Gb), 3060Ti and 3070, both with only 8Gb of VRAM.

The only question is are games too heavy on VRAM without a real reason (comparing Overkill and high settings) or 8Gb is really too little now?

8GB is too little now. The first 8GB cards came out over a decade ago! The compute power of modern GPUs far surpasses the 290x or rx 480, yet stubbornly we insist that 8GB is a magic amount of VRAM for some reason.

Just like 256mb and 2GB GPUs, time has rendered 8GB obsolete. It's time to move on.

 

[darkzelda]

Great performance analisys, in other sites only test the highest graphical setting which usually is ridiculously demanding. Really happy with the performance of my 9070 XT.

 

[James321]

Starting to think my 5070 TI purchase was a mistake and should have waited a bit longer for the 9070XT price to drop and bought that. Looks like Nvidia lost the plot with blackwell.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Starting to think my 5070 TI purchase was a mistake and should have waited a bit longer for the 9070XT price to drop and bought that. Looks like Nvidia lost the plot with blackwell.

What do you mean by this? the 5070ti and 9070xt are neck and next in these tests.

 

[James321]

What do you mean by this? the 5070ti and 9070xt are neck and next in these tests.

Exactly I paid more for basically the same card, should have just bought the 9070XT instead.

Not only this game every other game as well.

 

[Theinsanegamer]

Exactly I paid more for basically the same card, should have just bought the 9070XT instead.

Not only this game every other game as well.

OK, so...how is this nvidia dropping the ball on blackwell?

Electronics tend to get cheaper as they get older, the 9070xt shortly after launch was very expensive and hard to find. That doesn't make the 5070ti a bad purchase just because it is available cheaper now.

Not to mention you have DLSS4 and Reflex, which is supported far better then FSR4 is.

 

[poohbear]

Exactly I paid more for basically the same card, should have just bought the 9070XT instead.

Not only this game every other game as well.

I bought my Asus Prime 5070ti for almost the same price as the 9070xt, but w/ DLSS the 5070ti handily outperforms the 9070xt. The future will be DLSS and AI will render graphics much more, so I'll go with Nvidia for that thank you very much.

 

[maxxcool7421]

yet stubbornly we insist that 8GB is a magic amount of VRAM for some reason.

bus width dictates part of that, then cost and scumbag stock holders ...

 

[ScottSoapbox]

The only question is are games too heavy on VRAM without a real reason (comparing Overkill and high settings) or 8Gb is really too little now?

8Gb is too little now for new games.

You can still play thousands of old games but if you wanna play big new games, you want at least 16 GB.

 

[EliteStumpy5555]

I'm glad the 5070 I got will be able to do well once a get my build finished

 

[yukka]

If I buy the game I’ll be running at 3440x1440 on a 4070ti super and 5800x3D. Probably run high settings and find the sweet spot with DLSS to get the fps closest to 144fps without impacting the visuals. Limit of my monitor.

 

[8800gt]

The most interesting and revealing data to analyze was results between 3060 (12Gb), 3060Ti and 3070, both with only 8Gb of VRAM.

The only question is are games too heavy on VRAM without a real reason (comparing Overkill and high settings) or 8Gb is really too little now?

Yeah. Too little. Compressed textures and assets will continue to take more and more space in vram. It's just the natural progression. UE5 seems to be bad about this.

Hopefully, next console gen will be 32gb. Devs would love that, and it would push desktop VRAM higher.

 

[nismo91]

Interesting test. most notably how the 3/4/5060 series fare. but I think the star of the show is the 10GB 3080 card. in higher resolution it can keep up with 12GB 4070 and 16GB 5060ti just fine.

 

[fadingfool]

Defaulted to High on my 7800XT and plays prefectly smoothly on my 75Hz 1440p screen (so no fiddling with graphics settings to maximise fps without losing too much fidelity). Didn't pre-order and downloaded ready to play in 30 minutes on Friday evening. Only problem was one of the group I squad up with bought the "Phantom edition" - paid over the top for it and couldn't play at all (bug was fixed by Saturday but essentialy the game didn't recognise that he had downloaded the multiplayer). So far, definitely better than 2042 (which had all the annoying "appeal to teenage COD fans" crap in it on day one - thankfully removed after a few patches).

 

[harm9963]

At 4K OverKill DLAA -FGX2 + FutureFrame , my RTX4090 is the work horse and is using up to 450watts , CPU 5950X -RAM 4X16GB 4266 CL16 .

 

[Megalomaniac]

So glad I got my 5090FE. Looks fantastic.

 

[human7]

Interesting that even at 1080p high, there doesn't appear to be much CPU bottlenecking. Perhaps there's a little if you compare to 1080p overkill, but it's not by much.

 

[GGG777]

Dlss/fsr BASIC in 2025

why TAA what never used

 

[andrew2025]

That’s a very detailed benchmark review! It’s great to see such comprehensive GPU comparisons across different presets and resolutions. The inclusion of upscaling and visual quality insights really helps gamers understand real-world performance and identify any potential bottlenecks before upgrading their hardware.

 

[James321]

OK, so...how is this nvidia dropping the ball on blackwell?

Electronics tend to get cheaper as they get older, the 9070xt shortly after launch was very expensive and hard to find. That doesn't make the 5070ti a bad purchase just because it is available cheaper now.

Not to mention you have DLSS4 and Reflex, which is supported far better then FSR4 is.

You serious? 5070TI is not much faster than a 4070 TI Super year later for only 50$ cheaper? I call that dropping the ball!

Blackwell drivers seems to suck compared to previous generation Nvidia drivers as well.

 

[OrangeNero]

Any screenshot I see with TAA looks like actual dogshit. Blurry, out of focus, like the camera is broken.

They've really got to stop using that garbage.
8GB is too little now. The first 8GB cards came out over a decade ago! The compute power of modern GPUs far surpasses the 290x or rx 480, yet stubbornly we insist that 8GB is a magic amount of VRAM for some reason.

Just like 256mb and 2GB GPUs, time has rendered 8GB obsolete. It's time to move on.

Nonsense, most games use like 6GB of VRAM, some 7. 8 is not future proof but enough to run new games on something like High.

For example the new DOOM Dark Ages game uses something like 7GB if the ingame metrics are to be believed.

Only on insane resolutions with max settings do you go beyond 8 at which point its not about your vram but the computing power of your GPU that is lacking.

 

[chainy]

Why is there no 1080p low settings? Online fps games need high fps and low latency, I want to know what cards can make 300+ fps on 1080p low settings I.e. my 7900gre does 300-340fps to match my 360hz monitor...now I can't compare anything ...