Hogwarts Legacy is open-world motion RPG set within the Harry Potter universe. Having launched to very enthusiastic consumer evaluations, it is time we benchmark it and now we have a ton of information for you. We’ve got 53 GPUs that will probably be examined on this recreation constructed on the Unreal Engine 4 engine, it helps DirectX 12 and ray tracing results in addition to all the newest upscaling applied sciences.
Thus far Hogwarts Legacy appears to be sort of an enormous deal based mostly on Steam gross sales. The sport is about within the 1800s, and gamers assume the position of a pupil attending Hogwarts Faculty of Witchcraft and Wizardry. They will select their character’s home and attend courses, be taught spells, discover Hogwarts and its surrounding areas, and interact in fight towards magical creatures and different enemies.
We’ve got benchmarked two sections of the sport, one benchmark cross took half on the Hogwarts Grounds as you exit, and the second at Hogsmeade as you arrive. We used a check system powered by the Ryzen 7 7700X with 32GB of DDR5-6000 CL30 reminiscence and the newest Intel, AMD, and Nvidia show drivers. Let’s get into it…
Benchmarks
Medium High quality Settings: 1080p, 1440p and 4K
Beginning with the 1080p medium knowledge, we discover some actually odd outcomes. First, the GeForce 40 sequence is effectively down our graph with the RTX 4090 capped out at 136 fps. That is clearly a CPU bottleneck which might cut back GeForce efficiency by round 20% relative to Radeon GPUs and that is what we’re seeing right here. The 7900 XTX and 7900 XT each pushed previous 160 fps when utilizing the Ryzen 7 7700X.
The Radeon 6000 sequence additionally performs higher than the GeForce 30 sequence, however once more that is commonplace at 1080p, the Radeon 6800 XT, for instance, was 13% quicker than the RTX 3080. Additional down the graph we see the 6700 XT matching the RTX 3070 and 3070 Ti, with the 6600 XT and 5700 XT delivering simply wanting 100 fps on common, making them barely slower than the 2070 Super, but in addition barely quicker than the 2070.
Then we see the GTX 1080 Ti alongside the RX 5700, 6600 and Intel Arc A770. So a fairly disappointing outcome there for Intel given they did provide a recreation prepared driver to us. That mentioned, it did beat the RTX 2060 which delivered 5600 XT-like efficiency.
For simply over 60 fps, the GTX 1660 Super, RTX 3050 or GTX 1080 will do. Falling simply wanting 60 fps is the GTX 1070, 1660, 1650 Super and Radeon RX 5500 XT. I really feel any GPU that may’t ship at the very least 30 fps for the 1% lows right here was unplayable, so that features the Radeon RX 6400, Intel Arc A380, GeForce GTX 1650, 1060 3GB and 1630.
Rising the decision to 1440p supplies us with related knowledge to what was seen at 1080p, the GeForce GPUs are nonetheless capped at round 130 fps, whereas the Radeon GPUs may push as excessive as 167 fps. The Radeon 6950 XT was additionally nonetheless 10% quicker than the RTX 3090 Ti, so the Radeon 6000 sequence is faring higher than the GeForce 30 sequence, at the very least at this decision utilizing the medium high quality settings.
This time the 6800 XT was simply 3% quicker than the GeForce RTX 3080, whereas the 6800 beat the 3070 Ti by a 6% margin. Additional down we discover the 5700 XT principally neck and neck with the 2070 Tremendous and 6650 XT, together with Intel’s Arc A770. The RTX 3060 can also be simply there, and it is spectacular to see the 5700 XT nonetheless outclassing the GeForce 30 sequence GPU in a brand new innovative title.
For these in search of a 60 fps expertise at 1440p that ought to be attainable with the Intel A750, Radeon 5700, RTX 2060 Tremendous, or something quicker than these. Simply falling quick now we have the Radeon 6600, 5600 XT, Vega 64 and RTX 2060. Then something from the GTX 1660 down goes to result in a fairly tough expertise, so I might suggest decreasing the decision and or high quality settings.
At 4K decision utilizing medium settings the CPU bottleneck is basically eliminated and we see what these GPUs are actually able to. The GeForce RTX 4090 sustained 111 fps on common making it 12% quicker than the Radeon 7900 XTX, however keep in mind we’re solely utilizing medium high quality settings right here.
The 7900 XTX was additionally 9% quicker than the RTX 4080 whereas the 4070 Ti and 3090 Ti had been comparable, making them round 9% quicker than the 6950 XT. The RTX 3080 was additionally capable of overtake the 6900 XT by just a few frames, making it 14% quicker than the 6800 XT.
The Radeon 6800 was nonetheless capable of keep simply forward of the GeForce 3070 and 3070 Ti, although all did dip beneath 60 fps. We additionally noticed 1% lows drop beneath 30 fps with the RX 5700 and RTX 3060, so any GPUs beneath them on this graph should not be used at 4K, however I suppose that basically goes with out saying.
Extremely High quality Settings: 1080p, 1440p and 4K
Listed here are the extremely high quality outcomes, however with ray tracing disabled, we’ll get to the RT outcomes quickly.
Below these extra CPU restricted check situations at 1080p we see that the Radeon GPUs carry out exceptionally effectively. The 7900 XTX beat the RTX 4090 by an 8% margin whereas the 7900 XT was 6% quicker than the RTX 4080. Then we see the 6950 XT and 4070 Ti buying and selling blows.
Then for the earlier era matchups AMD does very effectively, the 6950 XT for instance is 7% quicker than the 3090 Ti, whereas the 6800 XT matched the 3080 Ti, making it 4% quicker than the 10GB 3080.
The Radeon RX 6750 XT did effectively with 83 fps, making it barely quicker than the RTX 3060 Ti and solely barely slower than the 2080 Ti and 3070. As soon as once more, the previous Radeon RX 5700 XT was spectacular, averaging 63 fps which positioned it on par with the 6600 XT and 6650 XT. The Intel Arc A770 additionally did fairly effectively right here, matching the GPUs simply talked about together with the RTX 3060.
Then for 60 fps we discover that the RTX 2070 and 2060 Tremendous are simply as much as the duty, whereas the 1080 Ti, RX 5700, RX 6600, A750 and RTX 2060 simply fall quick. As soon as we get all the way down to the GTX 1660 Ti the sport begins to turn into unplayable, or on the very least gratifying for my part, and there are fairly just a few 4GB and 6GB graphics playing cards that merely weren’t as much as the duty.
Now rising the decision to 1440p on Extremely we discover just a few fascinating issues: the Radeon 7900 XTX and RTX 4090 are neck and neck whereas the GeForce RTX 4080 overtook the 7900 XT, delivering 15% extra efficiency.
What’s actually fascinating to notice right here is the GeForce 30 and Radeon 6000 sequence battle, particularly the truth that the Radeon GPUs offered stronger 1% lows. The 3090 Ti for instance was 3% quicker than the 6950 XT when evaluating the common body price, however 12% slower when evaluating the 1% lows.
That is much less apparent with the RX 6800 and RTX 3070 Ti comparability although, the place efficiency is principally an identical. There’s masses extra knowledge right here however I believe for 1440p extremely gaming you are not going to need to go beneath the RTX 3060 Ti and 6750 XT, so we’ll transfer on.
For 4K players hoping to play Hogwarts Legacy utilizing the Extremely preset, you may need to convey a critical GPU, particularly for those who do not need to depend on upscaling expertise to spice up efficiency. This is not a difficulty with the GeForce RTX 4090 which spat out effectively over 60 fps, making it 8% quicker than AMD’s 7900 XTX. That mentioned, the 1% lows weren’t fairly as robust in our testing.
The GeForce GPUs usually actually shine at 4K and now the GeForce 3090 Ti is eighteen% quicker than the Radeon 6950 XT. In actual fact, even the RTX 3080 edged out the RDNA 2 flagship. With simply 51 fps on common for the 6950 XT, there wasn’t a single earlier era Radeon GPU that might break and even hit the 60 fps barrier, and for a good expertise you may need at the very least the RX 6800.
There are just a few points right here for GeForce 30 GPUs solely armed with 8GB of VRAM, such because the 3070 and 3070 Ti, each of which had been solely capable of match the 6700 XT, making them a very good bit slower than the 16GB RX 6800. You need an absolute minimal of 12GB of VRAM for 4K extremely and ideally 16GB could be the minimal.
Ray Tracing Benchmarks
It is time to allow ray tracing and that is the place issues turn into really fascinating. Even with RT enabled, the 7900 XTX was capable of take out high spot in our testing at 1080p, although it was simply 3% quicker than the GeForce RTX 4090, however that is nonetheless a critical achievement, although in fact we will probably be considerably CPU restricted at this decision.
The 7900 XT additionally matched the 4070 Ti, however did ship higher 1% lows, making it extra comparable with the RTX 4080 which was simply 5% quicker.
The GeForce 30 sequence simply beat the Radeon 6000 sequence, the RTX 3090 Ti for instance was 21% quicker than the 6950 XT although the extra mid-range earlier era matchups had been far more aggressive. The 6700 XT beat the 3060 Ti and even the 3070 Ti, once more 8GB of VRAM simply is not sufficient right here, even at 1080p, in order that’s brutal for many who invested large cash in merchandise just like the 3070 Ti not that way back.
At 1440p with RT enabled we see that there are only a few GPUs that may deal with ray tracing in Hogwarts Legacy, at the very least when utilizing extremely settings. Though the GeForce RTX 4090 was good for 85 fps and the RTX 4080 79 fps, most GPUs struggled to even hit 60 fps, such because the previous-gen flagship RTX 3090 Ti.
12GB of VRAM is the minimal right here, the RTX 2080 Ti did okay however 1% lows did undergo and this was additionally the case with the RTX 3080. Components just like the 3070 Ti had been utterly damaged, resulting in competing components such because the Radeon 6800 delivering twice the efficiency, however actually it is no comparability because the 3070 Ti wasn’t even remotely playable by anybody’s requirements whereas the Radeon 6800 was playable, not by my requirements, but it surely was technically playable.
At 4K with RT impact we see that the RTX 4090 was good for 61 fps making it 33% quicker than the 4080 and 65% quicker than the 3090 Ti, so a really robust efficiency uplift there. Principally something lower than the RTX 4080 could not ship 60 fps, with every thing else dropping beneath 40 fps, so upscaling will probably be a requirement right here. Avid gamers will even need at the very least 16 GB of VRAM to play at 4K with ray tracing enabled.
The Hogsmeade Take a look at: Medium High quality
One thing we observed after our preliminary wave of GPU testing was some unusual scaling habits within the Hogsmeade city, for no matter motive the sport appeared extraordinarily CPU certain right here, regardless of low CPU utilization on all cores. We’re not solely positive what is going on on right here, and it’ll take extra time and much more benchmarking to work it out.
For now we need to evaluate the earlier Hogwarts Grounds knowledge to the Hogsmeade check knowledge. Please notice given the unimaginable quantity of testing that was concerned right here we weren’t capable of retest all 53 GPUs, however we do have a very good vary of present and former era fashions.
Beginning with 1080p medium outcomes we see that we run right into a system limitation within the Hogsmeade space at round 150 fps on common with 1% lows for round 130 fps in AMD {hardware}. Not a drastic distinction to the Hogwarts Floor check, however we’re clearly hitting a limitation right here. With GeForce GPUs, we’re seeing a tough cap on efficiency at 130 fps in Hogsmeade, not radically completely different to the preliminary check but it surely’s fascinating to see the GeForce RTX 3060 and 3070 performing higher right here, regardless of every thing else hitting an fps wall a little bit sooner.
We see the identical limitations at 1440p however in fact extra of the information is now GPU restricted, principally from the 6950 XT and down the graphics card is the first efficiency limiting element. However what’s actually fascinating is that regardless of imposing a system limitation sooner, the Radeon GPUs sometimes delivered increased body charges within the Hogsmeade space, suggesting that this check is much less GPU demanding however extra CPU demanding.
The 1440p scaling for each GeForce and Radeon GPUs is just like what was seen at 1080p, once more the 7900 XTX and XT take the highest spot, adopted by the 6950 XT and 6800 XT, made attainable by Nvidia driver overhead which hurts efficiency when CPU restricted.
At 4K we’re attending to the purpose the place efficiency is being GPU restricted, permitting the RTX 4080 and 4090 to match the 7900 XTX, however in fact, we’re nonetheless fairly closely system restricted right here.
Now at 4K there’s little distinction between the 2 check places and it is solely the 7900 XTX that’s efficiency restricted within the up to date Hogsmeade benchmark. However once more we’re seeing an odd state of affairs the place among the Radeon GPUs carry out higher within the Hogsmeade space.
Within the unique Hogwarts Grounds testing, the RTX 4080 was a very good bit quicker than the 4070 Ti and the 4090 was a very good bit quicker than the 4080. Nonetheless, when testing in Hogsmeade we do not see that and though body charges had been increased on the decrease resolutions, the information does look to be CPU restricted, which is odd.
The Hogsmeade Take a look at: Extremely High quality
Rising the visible high quality preset to extremely once more sees most GPUs delivering increased body charges within the Hogsmeade space, the 6750 XT for instance noticed a somewhat substantial 17% uplift and a 12% uplift for the 6800 XT. However then the 6950 XT efficiency was a lot the identical in both space whereas the 7900 XT and XTX hit a wall at round 140 fps.
On GeForce {hardware}, the Hogwarts Grounds outcomes present pretty constant scaling at 1080p as we improve the GPU energy, however Hogsmeade runs right into a efficiency cap of about 110 fps fairly shortly, from the RTX 3080 10GB to the RTX 4090 we see no change in efficiency.
Now that is odd, at 1440p all Radeon GPUs really delivered increased efficiency within the Hogsmeade check, the 7900 XT, for instance, was 20% quicker which is a large distinction. Unusual stuff certainly.
We see that the high-end GeForce 30 sequence GPUs all high out at round 95 fps, but regardless of that the 4080 and 4090 had been capable of render 108 and 109 fps respectively.
It’s totally odd habits, and it is much more complicated given no single core was maxed out on our Ryzen 7 7700X and total CPU utilization was fairly low, suggesting the sport does want a efficiency patch to higher optimize efficiency.
Then at 4K we see an analogous development the place the Radeon GPUs usually carried out higher for the Hogsmeade check. The GeForce 30 sequence together with the 4070 Ti are all restricted to round 55 fps, whereas the 4080 was good for 72 fps and the 4090 85 fps.
Ray Tracing, Take Two
So let’s allow ray tracing and take one other look in Hogsmeade Village. Right here we’re effectively below the 140-150 fps cap seen with out RT enabled. The Radeon 6000 sequence GPUs carried out a lot the identical for each check scenes, however that wasn’t true of the 7000 sequence the place the 7900 XT was 9% quicker in Hogsmeade and the 7900 XTX 13% quicker.
Even with ray tracing enabled, the 7900 XT and 7900 XT had been quicker than the 4090 at 1080p, but the 6950 XT was slower than even the RTX 3080 Ti. It is also fascinating to notice that whereas the 8GB RTX 3070 was crippled right here, rendering simply 17fps with 1% lows of 5 fps, so efficiency was unplayable and utterly damaged, and the 3070 Ti would undergo the identical destiny, the 6800 XT alternatively was capable of ship 55 fps with 44 fps for the 1% lows and was surprisingly easy and gratifying.
Beforehand within the Hogwarts Grounds testing the 3070 and 3080 had been capable of ship playable efficiency at 1080p, however within the Hogsmeade space we had been confronted with fixed pauses, overlook body stutters, efficiency right here was utterly damaged, as a consequence of VRAM limits being exceeded.
It is odd although as efficiency usually for merchandise with 12GB of VRAM just like the RTX 3060 and 3080 Ti was really higher right here. So it is as if the ray tracing demand is barely decrease, however the demand on reminiscence capability is increased, which could clarify among the odd outcomes we have been testing between these two check areas.
It is a related story at 1440p, the Radeon 6000 sequence all delivered the identical efficiency in each check areas, whereas the 7900 XT was 9% quicker in Hogsmeade and the 7900 XTX 8% quicker. On GeForce {hardware} we had discovered beforehand that the 8GB graphics playing cards could not deal with extremely high quality settings with ray tracing and within the Hogsmeade space we additionally discover that 10GB fashions just like the RTX 3080 aren’t ample both. Past that although, scaling is pretty related from the 3080 Ti and up.
With ray tracing enabled the RTX 4090 and 4080 had been capable of overtake the 7900 XTX at 1440p, and right here the 6950 XT was crushed by the 3080 Ti. Once more, the older GeForce 30 sequence GPUs with lower than 12 GB of VRAM actually undergo, the RTX 3080 noticed 1% lows of 4 fps whereas the 6800 XT was good for 33 fps, that is a blood tub for Nvidia’s earlier era.
The Radeon 6800 would supply an analogous expertise because it additionally packs a 16GB VRAM buffer, and with the assistance of FSR2 you would most likely get a 60 fps expertise whereas no diploma of DLSS is probably going to assist the RTX 3070, particularly given the 10GB RTX 3080 can also be crippled, however this can be a comparability we might like to have a look at in additional element, maybe for an RTX 3070 vs RX 6800 revisit within the not too distant future.
Then at 4K the Radeon GPUs are just about worn out because the 7900 XTX was solely good for simply over 30 fps. We’re now seeing very related outcomes for all GPUs in each check areas, suggesting that reminiscence capability is at extra of a premium within the Hogsmeade check, and it is not till we hit 4K that the Hogwarts Grounds knowledge begins to look very related.
At 4K it is a clear win for the GeForce RTX 4090 and even the 3090 was quicker than the 7900 XTX, and there are extra just like the outcomes we might count on to see with ray tracing enabled. We hold seeing that 16 GB of VRAM is the minimal right here as even the 4070 Ti struggled with body pacing, seeing an 81% discrepancy between the 1% lows and common body price whereas the 7900 XT noticed lower than half that margin.
Loopy Variety of Benchmark Runs Later: What We Realized
It’s possible you’ll be pondering many of those outcomes had been closely CPU restricted and had we examined with the Core i9-13900K, they might look quite a bit completely different, however we do not consider that is the case.
We did run just a few exams with the Radeon 7900 XTX and GeForce RTX 4090 utilizing the Core i9-13900K and located related scaling habits. Utilization on the Core i9 did look completely different within the Hogsmeade space, with 2 cores nearly at all times maxed out, regardless of that although body charges had been a lot the identical.
It is clear Hogwarts Legacy has some efficiency associated points, so it is onerous to make any concrete conclusions at this level, apart from to say we’re hoping for some patches that enhance this, hopefully within the not too distant future. It is also price noting that AMD ought to have an up to date driver quickly (did not make it to our testing date), which ought to embrace official Hogwarts Legacy assist. Because it stands each Nvidia and Intel have already got Hogwarts Legacy prepared drivers, and we used these for testing on this overview.
For these of you utilizing a GeForce 40 sequence GPU, in case your body charges are a lot increased than what’s been reported right here, be sure Body Technology hasn’t turned itself on. We bumped into that difficulty. Though we by no means even tried Body Technology, or DLSS for that matter, every time we put in a GeForce 40 sequence GPU the outcomes had been unexpectedly excessive. The repair was to allow DLSS, then allow Body Technology, then disable Body Technology and DLSS.
Additionally, for these of you dealing with stuttering, there’s a variety of causes for this and one might be system reminiscence. We discovered that Hogwarts Legacy performs greatest with 32GB of RAM, it is actually playable with 16GB, however extra RAM did assist.
One other difficulty is VRAM utilization, although that is simpler to deal with by lowering visible settings like texture high quality, or disabling ray tracing which is a large VRAM hog on this recreation. We’re not prepared to say the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti and its 12GB VRAM buffer are a catastrophe simply but, as efficiency might be addressed with a recreation patch, however on the very least Hogwarts Legacy has highlighted why 12GB of VRAM on an $800 GPU is a foul concept, and at greatest will age in addition to the RTX 3070 has.
It is also fascinating to see the Radeon 6800 XT smashing the GeForce RTX 3070 by a 31% margin at 1440p utilizing the extremely high quality preset after which by a 63% margin at 4K. In the meantime, with ray tracing enabled the 6800 XT was good for 55 fps at 1080p whereas the RTX 3070 was good for simply 17 fps. We did warn that components just like the RX 6800 and its 16GB of VRAM would age higher than the RTX 3070 earlier than lengthy, and we’re seeing proof of that now.
In fact, you possibly can allow DLSS, XeSS or FSR 2 upscaling applied sciences, however these will solely take you up to now within the face of a CPU bottleneck. Maybe this might be a workaround for GPUs missing VRAM, although you’d possible have to make use of ‘efficiency’ modes they usually sometimes suck in terms of picture high quality.
Offered you’ve sufficient RAM and VRAM, together with a good CPU and you have dialled within the applicable stage of visuals on your GPU, then the sport ought to play fairly effectively and it does look like a top quality recreation. We’re sure that with additional optimization it is going to be an ideal recreation and a great tool for benchmarking new PC {hardware} within the months to return.
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