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3DMark Steel Nomad free for all 3DMark users.

19/12/2023 - By Dragokar
Last month, we introduced you to 3DMark Steel Nomad, our cross-platform successor to Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme as our recommended non-raytracing benchmark.

We’re happy to announce that Steel Nomad will be a free update for all 3DMark users.

3DMark Professional Edition customers with a valid annual license will also receive Steel Nomad as a complimentary update.

Games and PC hardware have changed significantly since Time Spy launched, and recent high-end hardware is starting to reach the limit of what Time Spy is able to give relevant scores for.

To appropriately measure the performance of such a wide range of devices, 3DMark Steel Nomad will include two benchmarks:

Steel Nomad will be our recommended benchmark for measuring the non-raytraced gaming performance of high-end computers running Windows, macOS, and Linux.

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.

Arriving soon

3DMark Steel Nomad will launch in the first quarter of next year for devices running Windows and Windows-on-Arm on Steam, the Epic Games Store, or direct from UL Solutions. Steel Nomad and Steel Nomad Light for macOS and Linux, and Steel Nomad Light for Android and iOS devices, will launch later in 2024.

We want 3DMark to provide gamers, overclockers, hardware reviewers and those in industry with a set of gaming benchmarks relevant to real-world gaming performance. With many games featuring a range of ray tracing workloads, a range of benchmarks are also required for a true measurement of a PC’s performance.

Get a broader view of gaming performance in one application.

Steel Nomad is designed to sit alongside our three ray tracing benchmarks, Speed Way, Port Royal and Solar Bay, to give you the best understanding of your PC’s gaming performance from a single application.
- 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 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.
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3DMark Speed Way launches today

13/10/2022 - By Dragokar
3DMark Speed Way launches today

UL Solutions is excited to announce that our new DirectX 12 Ultimate Benchmark 3DMark Speed Way is now available to download and buy on Steam and on the UL Solutions website. 3DMark Speed Way is sponsored by Lenovo Legion.

Developed with input from AMD, Intel, NVIDIA, and other leading technology companies, Speed Way is an ideal benchmark for comparing the DirectX 12 Ultimate performance of the latest graphics cards.

DirectX 12 Ultimate is the next-generation application programming interface (API) for gaming graphics. It adds powerful new capabilities to DirectX 12, helping game developers improve visual quality, boost frame rates, reduce loading times and create vast, detailed worlds.

3DMark Speed Way’s engine demonstrates what the latest DirectX API brings to ray-traced gaming, using DirectX Raytracing tier 1.1 for real-time global illumination and real-time ray-traced reflections, coupled with new performance optimizations like mesh shaders.

VS. mode
The new VS. mode lets you see and compare how your PC performs during a Speed Way benchmark run. Add another Speed Way result for comparison and benchmark against friends, 3DMark Hall of Famers, or community members with the latest gaming hardware.

Interactive mode
Freely explore the Speed Way scene in interactive mode. You can adjust camera focus settings, change the lighting settings and use the built-in capture tool to compare how the latest ray tracing techniques affect visuals.

Available now
3DMark Speed Way is available now in 3DMark Advanced Edition and 3DMark Professional Edition. Speed Way does not run in 3DMark Basic Edition or the 3DMark Demo on Steam.

To run Speed Way, you’ll need Windows 11 or Windows 10, 64-bit version 21H2 or later. You’ll also need a graphics card with at least 6GB of video memory and drivers that support DirectX 12 Ultimate.

3DMark Advanced Edition – New price from October 12 – $34.99 (USD)
From October 12 onward, Speed Way will be included in the price when you buy 3DMark from Steam or from the UL Solutions website.

Since Time Spy launched in 2016, 3DMark users have enjoyed many free updates, including Wild Life, the 3DMark CPU Profile, and multiple tests demonstrating new DirectX features. With the addition of Speed Way, the price of 3DMark on Steam and 3DMark Advanced Edition will go up from $29.99 to $34.99.

3DMark Speed Way Upgrade, $4.99 (USD)
If you already own 3DMark on Steam or the 3DMark Advanced Edition, you can unlock Speed Way by purchasing the Speed Way upgrade, available October 12 for $4.99 (USD). You can read more about 3DMark updates and upgrades here.

3DMark Professional Edition
Speed Way is available as a complimentary update for 3DMark Professional Edition customers with a valid annual license. Customers with an older, perpetual Professional Edition license will need to purchase an annual license to unlock Speed Way.

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3DMark update adds new Steam achievements, trading cards, and more

29/09/2021 - By Dragokar
In today’s community-focused 3DMark update, we’re adding more Steam achievements to unlock, a set of Steam Trading Cards to collect, and new 3DMark-themed badges, emoticons, and Steam profile backgrounds to reward gamers who benchmark with 3DMark.

New achievements

3DMark has 17 new Steam achievements for gamers and overclockers to unlock. These new achievements reward 3DMark users for a variety of feats, from setting a legendary score and keeping components cool to exploring the DirectX 12 Ultimate feature tests and experimenting with custom benchmark settings.

Some of the older 3DMark achievements have been updated so that they can be unlocked with the newer benchmarks and tests. A few achievements that were either unnecessarily difficult or incompatible with modern hardware trends have been removed.

Trading cards

This update adds six Steam Trading Cards that Steam users can earn by using 3DMark or trading with other players. Each card features a character from a popular 3DMark benchmark presented as high-resolution, rendered artwork. You can open up each card to view the full, uncropped 1920 × 1080 version of the art.

Steam profile customization

Collect and redeem a complete set of trading cards to unlock new 3DMark badges, emoticons, and profile backgrounds. Customize your Steam profile with this 3DMark-themed content to show your dedication to PC performance. These items can also be acquired through the 3DMark Steam Points Shop.

Available now

The new Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Steam Profile Content are available now with the Steam version of 3DMark. From now until October 4, 3DMark is 85% off, only $4.49 (USD), when you buy it from Steam.
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Experience DirectX 12 Ultimate with 3DMark

27/08/2021 - By Dragokar
DirectX 12 Ultimate is the next generation for gaming graphics. It adds powerful new capabilities to DirectX 12, including DirectX Raytracing Tier 1.1, Mesh Shaders, Sampler Feedback, and Variable Rate Shading (VRS). These features help game developers improve visual quality, boost frame rates, reduce loading times, and create vast, detailed worlds.

3DMark already has dedicated tests for DirectX Raytracing, Mesh Shaders, and Variable Rate Shading. Today, we’re adding a Sampler Feedback feature test, making 3DMark the first publicly available application to include all four major DirectX 12 Ultimate features.

Experience DirectX 12 Ultimate today, only with 3DMark! Measure performance and compare image quality on your PC with our DirectX 12 Ultimate feature tests. Each test also has an interactive mode that lets you change settings and visualizations in real time.

NEW — 3DMark Sampler Feedback feature test

Today’s update adds a Sampler Feedback feature test. Sampler feedback helps game developers use texture streaming and texture shading more efficiently. The 3DMark Sampler Feedback feature test shows how games can boost frame rates by using sampler feedback to optimize texture space shading operations.

The test measures the performance difference when using texture space shading with and without the sampler feedback feature. In interactive mode, you can pause and jump to different parts of the timeline, change settings in real time and enable visualizations to better understand the technique.

3DMark DirectX Raytracing feature test

Measure the pure ray-tracing performance of your graphics card with the 3DMark DirectX Raytracing feature test. Instead of relying on traditional rendering, the whole scene is ray-traced and drawn in one pass. The result of the test depends entirely on ray-tracing performance. You can use this test to compare the performance of dedicated ray-tracing hardware in the latest graphics cards.

3DMark Mesh Shader feature test

Mesh shaders introduce a new approach to geometry processing that simplifies the graphics pipeline while also giving game developers more flexibility and control. The 3DMark Mesh Shader feature test shows you how game engines can improve performance by using the mesh shader pipeline to efficiently cull geometry that is not visible to the camera.

3DMark VRS feature test

Variable Rate Shading (VRS) helps games improve performance by selectively reducing the level of detail in parts of the frame where there will be little noticeable effect on image quality. The 3DMark VRS feature test helps you compare differences in performance and image quality when using Tier 1 and Tier 2 Variable Rate Shading.

Experience DirectX 12 Ultimate today

All four DirectX 12 Ultimate feature tests are available now in 3DMark Advanced Edition. Buy 3DMark from our online store or from Steam and experience the next generation of gaming graphics on your own PC today.

(DirectX 12 Ultimate compatible GPU required.)

3DMark Professional Edition

All four DirectX 12 Ultimate feature tests are available now for 3DMark Professional Edition customers with a valid annual license.

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3DMark Wild Life Extreme—a more demanding cross-platform benchmark

04/05/2021 - By Dragokar
Last year we released 3DMark Wild Life, a cross-platform benchmark for Android, iOS and Windows.

Today we are releasing 3DMark Wild Life Extreme, a more demanding cross-platform benchmark for comparing the graphics performance of mobile computing devices such as Windows notebooks, Always Connected PCs powered by Windows 10 on Arm, Apple Mac computers powered by the M1 chip, and the next generation of smartphones and tablets.

3DMark Wild Life Extreme is available now for Windows, macOS systems powered by Apple M1, iOS and Android.

3DMark Wild Life Extreme—a more demanding cross-platform benchmark

3DMark Wild Life Extreme is a new cross-platform benchmark for Apple, Android and Windows devices. Run Wild Life Extreme to test and compare the graphics performance of the latest Windows notebooks, Always Connected PCs powered by Windows 10 on Arm, Apple Mac computers powered by the M1 chip, and the next generation of smartphones and tablets.

3DMark Wild Life Extreme includes new effects, enhanced geometry and more particles, making it over three times more demanding than the Wild Life benchmark. The test uses a 3840 × 2160 (4K UHD) rendering resolution before scaling the content to the display.

Wild Life Extreme uses the Vulkan API on Android and Windows. On iOS and Mac, it uses Metal. On Windows 10 on Arm, it uses DirectX 12. You can compare scores across platforms and across APIs.

Compare Windows laptops and new Apple Mac computers powered by M1

Run 3DMark Wild Life Extreme to test and compare the GPU performance of the latest Windows notebooks, Always Connected PCs powered by Windows 10 on Arm, and Apple Mac computers powered by the M1 chip. The faster the benchmark runs, the higher the score and the better the performance.

Setting the bar for the next generation of mobile devices

3DMark Wild Life Extreme sets a high bar for the next generation of Android and iOS devices. Don’t be surprised if the frame rate is low as the test is too heavy for many current phones and tablets.

Two ways to test GPU performance

3DMark Wild Life Extreme offers two ways to test graphics performance: a quick benchmark that measures instant performance and a longer test that shows how your device performs under longer periods of heavy load.

Run the 3DMark Wild Life Extreme benchmark to measure a device’s ability to provide high performance for short periods. Use the score to compare GPU performance across platforms.

The 3DMark Wild Life Extreme Stress Test is a longer test that shows how a device performs under longer periods of heavy load. Instead of producing a single score, the main result from the stress test is a chart showing how your device manages performance and heat during heavy use.

More than a score

3DMark is a benchmarking app that gives you more than a score. With its detailed charts, lists and rankings, 3DMark gives you deep insights into the performance of Android and iOS devices.

On Windows, 3DMark makes it easy to compare your benchmark score with results from other systems with the same components. 3DMark also helps you relate your 3DMark score to real-world game performance by estimating the frame rate you can expect in a selection of popular games.

3DMark Wild Life Extreme for Windows PCs

Wild Life Extreme is available now available as a free update for 3DMark Advanced Edition. From now until May 10, 3DMark is 85% off, only $4.49 (USD), when you buy it from Steam and the UL Benchmarks website. 3DMark is now available from the Nuuvem store in South America too.

Wild Life Extreme is available as a free update for 3DMark Professional Edition customers with a valid annual license.

3DMark Wild Life Extreme for Android devices

Wild Life Extreme is available now as a free update for the 3DMark Android benchmark app. Get it now from Google Play or download the APK. Your device must have Android 10 or later and Vulkan Anisotropy feature support (level 16 and above) to run the Wild Life Extreme benchmark.

3DMark Wild Life Extreme for iOS and macOS devices

Wild Life Extreme is available from the Apple App Store in our free 3DMark Wild Life iOS benchmark app. On iOS, compatibility starts with iPhone 7 Plus and runs to the latest models. On macOS, the benchmark is compatible with Mac computers powered by the M1 chip. You need iOS 13 or later or macOS Big Sur 11 to run the benchmark.

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