MS Flight Sim 2020 and Assassins Creed Valhalla
Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020
In Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 we are running at 1080p with “Ultra” settings. This one is a shocker, and the CPUs make quite a difference in performance in this game. For this game, the difference between 57 FPS (at the top) versus 48 FPS (at the bottom) is massive for gameplay smoothness. That’s a 17% difference between the top of the graph and the bottom. It makes a noticeable impact on the gameplay experience.
The new Intel Core i9-11900K is just the way to go if you want to play MS Flight Sim 2020. Even without Adaptive Boost enabled its performance is above the Ryzen 9 5900X. Turn on Adaptive Boost and it really helps a lot. The Ryzen 7 5800X seems to suffer quite a bit compared to the Intel CPUs.
Even at 4K, we are seeing differences, and typically we are 100% GPU bound here. However, the Ryzen 9 5900X and the new Intel Core i9-11900K actually provide a higher result. This time it’s the i9-10900K that comes in at the bottom.
Assassins Creed Valhalla
In Assassins Creed: Valhalla performance is very close. We do see the Core i9-11900K come in at the bottom without Adaptive Boost. The 5800X is 3% faster. But turn on Adaptive Boost and the i9-11900K comes back to perform near the same. The older Core i9-10900K seems to have a leg up in this game for some reason at 1080p.
At 4K we still see some differences emerge as well. The Core i9-10900K is on top for some reason, while the newer Intel Core i9-11900K suffers at the bottom. The 5800X and 5900X are dead even.