720p Gaming Performance
On our first gameplay performance comparison page, we are going to focus on 720p (1280×720) resolution game testing. These are integrated graphics, and as such, we cannot expect the world from them. 720p is a common resolution used in laptops for gaming, and quite frankly 720p is going to be the sweet spot for performance on these iGPUs, including low graphics settings. Also, we are going to utilize AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution (FSR) in the games that support it in our gaming suite to see how that improves performance on both iGPUs.
Dying Light 2
Let’s start with the newest game to just be released, Dying Light 2. This is a graphically demanding game that has some of the best utilization of Ray Tracing to date. However, we won’t be using that here, no sir, no way, these iGPUs do not support that. In fact, they can barely run this game at the lowest settings as you will see below. To test performance in this game we have created a manual run-through in the open world, jumping from roof to roof, and exploring the ground below in bright daylight. This run-through takes place much further in the game and represents what you will actually experience playing it.
In this graph above we are playing the game at 720p with the lowest, and we mean LOWEST game settings possible, everything is turned off and all settings are on Low. The AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 can barely run 30FPS in this game, the average is just under, the minimums are way under, and at most we get 30FPS. Though that may seem slow, the Intel Core i9-12900K Intel UHD Graphics 770 is much much worse at 18FPS average, it was a pain to even get the manual run-through done. This means the Ryzen 7 5700G Vega 8 is 63% faster than the Intel UHD 770 on the 12900K.
Forza Horizon 5
The next most recent game released is Forza Horizon 5 on the PC. For this game, we are utilizing the graphics preset options, and the built-in benchmark.
In this graph above we are playing the game at 720p and with the “Low” graphics preset selected. The “Low” setting is actually not the lowest setting, there is a “Very Low” setting, but we actually didn’t have to go down that low because even the Intel UHD 770 here was averaging around 33FPS at “Low” settings, and the game was playable. However, that is nothing on the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Vega 8 which is running at an astonishing 72FPS average, well above 60FPS. Suffice it to say, that’s extremely playable and enjoyable. At this setting the 5700G with Vega 8 is 118% faster than the 12900K with Intel UHD 770!
Since Forza Horizon 5 performed so well on the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 graphics we decided to see what we could crank the game settings up to and still get very smooth performance. We found that we could take the game all the way up to the “High” graphics setting on the 5700G with Vega 8, we still got 46FPS average. This is 119% faster than the 12900K Intel UHD 770.
Battlefield 2042
Next on the list is Battlefield 2042, we had to find out how this would also perform. We chose to create a private Portal server, and test with no players, it’s the only way we can assure a consistent run-through. We created a custom team deathmatch and a manual run-through in the whole map.
Starting at 720p and “Low” settings wasn’t as bad as we had expected. The Intel Core i9-12900K with UHD Graphics 770 performed around 39FPS on average, but it wasn’t a smooth experience. There was a lot of lagging and jerkiness while playing on the UHD 770, it certainly had some texture loading problems slowing down performance and smoothness. The Ryzen 7 5700G with Vega 8 did much better, nearly 60FPS gameplay at these settings, and it was smooth, no lagging. The 5700G with Vega 8 was 49% faster.
Since the AMD Ryzen 7 5700G with Vega 8 performed so well, we cranked the settings up at 720p to see what would happen. Turning the settings up past “Medium” did bring down performance quite a bit, even on the Vega 8. It’s now down to 35FPS at “High” settings. It’s 54% faster than the Intel UHD 770.