UL Solutions has announced that 3DMark Steel Nomad will be launching in Q1 2024 for devices running Windows and Windows-on-Arm on Steam, the Epic Games Store, or direct from UL Solutions, as a free update for all 3DMark users.
Here’s a breakdown of Steel Nomad, which succeeds Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme as UL’s recommended non-raytracing benchmark, along with some of the other tools that UL has to offer:
- Steel Nomad will be our heaviest non-raytraced benchmark, designed to run on the latest high-end gaming hardware.
- Steel Nomad Light will be the recommended benchmark for non-raytraced performance on lightweight devices.
- Speed Way is a DirectX 12 Ultimate ray-traced benchmark — and our heaviest benchmark. It will stay our recommended test for those of you looking to measure the full capabilities of the very best hardware available for Windows PC gamers.
- Solar Bay is our lightest ray-traced benchmark, and our recommendation for those looking to measure the ray tracing performance of lightweight Windows, macOS, iOS, and Android devices.
- Port Royal is a Windows raytracing benchmark that sits between Speed Way and Solar Bay and helps you build a complete overview of a PC’s raytraced gaming performance.
“Steel Nomad will be our recommended benchmark for measuring the non-raytraced gaming performance of high-end computers running Windows, macOS, and Linux,” UL explained.
“Steel Nomad Light will be our recommended benchmark for measuring the performance of Lightweight devices, such as Windows laptops with integrated graphics, Windows-on-Arm devices, Apple Silicon Macs, iOS, and Android devices.”
And here are some of the preview shots that UL shared last month:
