Battlefield 6 PC Performance Benchmarks: Wreak Havoc & Break Stuff With Solid Performance On All GPUs

Battlefield 6 is now available to all PC gamers, and we are here to showcase the performance on offer with current-gen GPUs.

Battlefield 6 Looks Amazing & Runs Great With A Wide Option List For PC Gamers, Here's The Performance Across Current-Gen GPUs

Battlefield as a series is dear to my heart as a PC gamer. I am a fan of almost all installations within the series, such as Battlefield 2, Battlefield 2142, Battlefield BC2, Battlefield 3, and Battlefield 4. While WW wasn't my particular taste, I have played BF1 too and found it to be a visual icon that looks stunning to this day. Battlefield 3, so far, is my favorite, and that happens to be due to the modern warfare setting, which is more of my style. We would like to thank NVIDIA for providing us with the code for the game.

However, I had high hopes for Battlefield 5 and Battlefield 2142. Battlefield V went for the WWII scenario and introduced ray tracing, but that was about it. I don't have many fond memories of that title. 2142 was a major let-down for me, as much as I was excited and hoping for a 2142-styled futuristic approach, the game turned out to be very lackluster, and my impressions stayed that way even after countless updates to the title. The game did introduce much larger maps with areas that acted as modules, though now, it's all about Battlefield 6, a return to the core roots of a modern-day Battlefield.

I was already impressed by the Battlefield 6 BETA with over 40 hours of playtime. The performance was great, and the visuals looked great. The visuals weren't groundbreaking since DICE opted to optimize the title around the majority of gamers rather than incorporating hw-intensive effects such as raytracing, etc. Despite that, I was looking forward to the official release, and now is the time to break some stuff.

Best Graphic Cards for Battlefield 6

If you're looking to optimize your gaming experience, you can read our guide on the best graphics cards for playing Battlefield 6 at 1080p, 1440p and 4K.

Battlefield 6 PC In-Game Settings

Battlefield 6 is based on the latest iteration of the Frostbite engine. This engine was first introduced in Battlefield Bad Company and saw iterative updates over the years. Many EA titles leverage the same engine, such as the Need For Speed series, RPGs from BioWare, and Star Wars: Battlefront games. DICE always had the "PC First" approach in its mind when making games, and this shows with Battlefield 6 going on to offer over 600 customization options on the platform.

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The main graphics settings menu gives you 7 basic options to choose from. There's a Performance Preset option which automatically finds the best options for your PC, and then there's the Graphics Quality option which gives you five modes: Overkill, Ultra, High, Medium, and Low. You can further edit these options in the Graphics Quality Settings. There are three slides on the Graphics menu and an Advanced Menu that lets you adjust the scaling, upscaling, frame-gen, and AA options.

First, let's list down all of the Graphics Quality Settings available in the game:

• Texture Quality (Overkill Requires HD Texture Pack = Around 7 GB for SP/MP)
• Texture Filtering
• Mesh Quality
• Terrain Quality
• Undergrowth Quality
• Effects Quality
• Volumetric Quality
• Lightning Quality
• Local Light & Shadow Quality
• Sun Shadow Quality
• Shadow Filtering
• Reflection Quality
• Screen Space Reflections
• Post Process Quality
• Screen Space AO & GI
• High Fidelity Objects Amount

With the basic settings out of the way, let's move over to the Advanced Settings options, which include:

• Fixed Resolution Scale (50% - 200%)
• Frame Rate Limiter
• NVIDIA Reflex Low Latency
• Anti-Aliasing (TAA/DLAA/FSR Native/XeSS Native)
• Upscaling Technique (DLSS4,FSR4,XeSS2/3)
• Upscaling Quality (Quality/Balanced/Performance/Ultra Performance)
• NVIDIA Multi-Frame Generation (0x,2x,3x,4x)
• Future Frame Rendering
• Performance Overlay

And lastly, we have the display options, which let you configure the full-screen mode, set the primary display device, change resolution, aspect ratio, refresh rate, enable vertical sync, and calibrate HDR.

Our test setup featured an Intel Core i9-13900K running on an MSI MEG Z790 ACE motherboard with 32 GB of DDR5-7600 (CL36) memory. The drivers used are 581.42 for NVIDIA, 25.10.1 for AMD, & 32.0.101.8136 for Intel.

Battlefield 6 PC PC Performance Benchmarks

Before we start the performance benchmarks, we first want to see how the game scales across its various quality presets. The overkill mode is the most taxing, and changing over to Ultra mode gives you a 29% boost in performance without a huge difference in quality. The High Preset brings another 14-15% uplift over Ultra mode, while the Medium setting, with its 12% uplift, sees a reduction in texture and shadow quality. The Low preset is the least graphically intensive mode, but also not the best looking. It gives us a 10-13% uplift, so you're looking at around 50% uplift switching from Overkill to High and an 80% uplift when switching from Overkill to Low. This is at 4K with a 5090, so actual mileage may vary depending on the resolution and graphics card used.

Coming to performance, we first want to share the native results. At 4K, GPUs such as the RX 9070 XT, 5070 Ti, and above, can handle 60 FPS in multiplayer with ease. We didn't see them dipping below 60 FPS even in intense battles. The 4070 Ti and 5070 can achieve 60+ FPS with a lower visual preset, such as Ultra or High, which still retains similar image quality.

At 1440p, 60 FPS can be achieved on cards such as the 5070 and above. The 4070 can also somewhat manage 60 FPS, but I'd recommend going for High settings for a smoother experience. The rest of the cards will have to rely on lower quality or upscaling + frame-gen to achieve over 60 FPS.

GPUs such as the RTX 5060 8 GB and above can manage 60+ FPS at 1080p in multiplayer. The Arc B580 needs some optimizations to be at least on par with the 5060, but it can achieve the said frame rate with a slightly tuned Ultra+High quality level. Add in some upscaling if you have a higher refresh rate monitor.

Upscaling and Frame-Gen options are available in the game. Most enthusiast-grade cards won't require frame generation, as upscaling will easily deliver over 100 FPS, but if you want to go the extra route for that 240Hz 4K experience, then MFG is a must. With 2x MFG, you get over 250 FPS on a 5090, and with 4x MFG, you get past 400 FPS. Following is how the GPUs stack up with upscaling and frame-gen at 4K (1440p and 1080p benchmarks being added soon).

Following is the VRAM utilization in the game at each respective resolution:

Battlefield 6 PC Impressions

Battlefield 6 is definitely a return to form and looks the best on PC. The overall Battlefield 6 performance on PC is very good, and the visuals look absolutely solid. DICE hasn't gone the extra mile in adding those fancy path tracing/ray tracing feats within the game, but what they have made works well and runs well on the majority of current-gen PCs.

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PC Gamers can expect a very smooth and stutter-free gaming experience in Battlefield 6. It does include a short shader compilation run when starting the game that lasts only a few seconds, but we didn't see any issues related to smoothness.

There are also plenty of options for users to configure, helping them find the best fit of settings for their PCs to achieve a high frame rate. The quality presets are also nice and deliver big gains when changing them. As for upscaling and frame-gen, Battlefield 6 supports the latest techniques from each respective graphics vendor (NVIDIA/AMD/Intel). DLSS, FSR, and XeSS native AA and upscaling methods are aplenty. The VRAM requirements aren't massive, and the game caps out around 12-13 GB, depending on the map at maxed settings. At 1080p, you'll average around 6-8 GB, 8-10 GB at 1440p, and 11-13 GB at 4K. The 8 GB cards can struggle with high-resolution texture packs at 1440p.

So overall, Battlefield 6 is a solid experience on the PC platform with current-gen hardware easily achieving 60+ FPS and more at their respective target resolution.

Note: Our testing was done across multiple multiplayer maps since most gamers playing Battlefield 6 are going to dive straight into the MP experience versus the single-player campaign.

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