Cyberpunk 2077 PC GPU Benchmarks: Best Video Cards for 1080p, 1440p, & 4K



Our GPU benchmarks for Cyberpunk 2077 look at graphics quality scaling, DLSS and ray tracing performance, and the best video cards for Cyberpunk. Includes 1080p, 1440p, & 4K.
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Big shout-out to Patrick on the team at GN for managing to pull this off while Steve was briefly out of commission. Show some love in the comments for Patrick’s work on this one. The benchmarks include the first ~30~45 minutes of gameplay for framerate, then additional information on scaling in different sequences in the games. We also tested for performance on all presets for scaling on the RTX 3080 (low, medium, high, vs. Ultra), skipping the Psycho preset. We then took this data to run tests at 1080p/High, 1080p/Ultra, 1440p/High, and 1440p/Ultra. There’s an infinite amount more that could be done, but for now, we’ll have to call it here to get it out in a timely fashion. Video cards tested include: RTX 3080, RX 6800 XT, RTX 3070, RX 6800, RTX 3060 Ti, RX 5700 XT, GTX 1080 Ti, RX 580 8GB, RTX 2060 KO, etc. We’d like to look into the performance of even more hardware, but this will start us off. Testing was done with NVIDIA GRD and AMD’s driver ready for Cyberpunk 2077. Check back for potential future benchmarks of #Cyberpunk2077 in the future.

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TIMESTAMPS for #Cyberpunk

00:00 – Cyberpunk 2077 GPU Benchmarks
02:51 – Ultra, High, Medium, Low Preset Scaling Benchmarks
04:51 – Framerate First ~45 Minutes of Gameplay
08:43 – DLSS Benchmarks Cyberpunk 2077 – Balanced, Perf, etc.
11:23 – RTX Scaling – Medium vs. Ultra RT Preset
12:51 – Run-to-Run Benchmark Consistency
14:32 – 1080p Ultra GPU Benchmarks: RTX 3080, 3070, 6800 XT, etc.
16:23 – Frametimes Consistency – RX 6800 XT vs. RTX 3080
17:15 – 1080p High GPU Benchmarks for Cyberpunk 2077
18:07 – 1440p High GPU Benchmarks for Cyberpunk 2077
19:17 – 4K High GPU Benchmarks
20:16 – Conclusion: Keanu Likes GPU Power

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Editorial, Host: Steve Burke
Testing, Editorial: Patrick Lathan
Video: Keegan Gallick

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46 thoughts on “Cyberpunk 2077 PC GPU Benchmarks: Best Video Cards for 1080p, 1440p, & 4K”

  1. Big shout-out to Patrick on the team at GN for managing to pull this off while I was out recovering from surgery. Show some love in the comments for Patrick's effort to get this done quickly! Hobbled back in to knock this one out. We have a lot more we want to do with this game, but for now, this should get us all started! There's a ton more to do yet, but we may wait for a few more patches to roll-out before we embark on testing yet more cards.

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  2. I noticed games that support dlss. When dlss is enabled it runs smooth and looks good. Without it it feels like the image is not smooth and looks kinda like too much sharpness and stutters more. I think dlss is the future. Imagine dlss 3.0

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  3. No DLSS RTX Anti-Aliasing artifacts and Dithering Noise
    Well if anyone is looking for a FIX i was able to correct some of the issues and enhance textures with
    DLAA, NAA & Filmatic sharpen / LUT
    Override Anti-Aliasing in GeForce control.

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  4. Steve, I have a question about the Strix cards from ASUS. Is the price tag on these card worth the money, or are ASUS just as greedy as Nvidia, or do we really get that more bang for the money?

    In Denmark if buy a 3060 Ti Strix for 4.590 DKKR (747 USD), you can get a 3070 Inno3D for 4.299DKR, and if you buy 3070 Strix for 5.990 DKKR (975 USD), you can get a 3080 MSI for 5.990 DKKR (975 USD), and the 3080 Strix White OC is 8090 DKKR (1.317 USD).

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  5. Can we assume that the game might be poorly optimized across platforms? I mean God of War runned way better on PS4 and had way better graphics but in Cyberpunk, the FPS dips as low as 10-15 FPS. On my 2070 high-medium settings, I have average 60-70 FPS. I mean the recommended gfx card is I think a 1060 wtf.

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  6. Thats the first game which got bottlenecked by my CPU to 15-20fps while driving inside the city. CPU 100% GPU 30%.
    My GPU only hits around 100% while in the badlands, also the only place I get constant 60fps.
    Also the first game I had to turn on DLSS on 1080p (tbf it kinda looks better than native 1080p somehow, dont know what black magic they are using).
    2070S/i7 4790k
    I hope they improve the CPU usage a tiny bit, I know its not modern by any stretch, but it isnt the worst CPU you can have. Atleast like 30fps inside the city while driving would be nice.
    Because its an CPU bottleneck it doesnt even make a difference if I set the game to 720p @ lowest possible settings, still 15-20 fps while driving.

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  7. I wish more game reviewers would include 2080Ti numbers in their analysis, RT on 2080Ti may not be as good as the "equivalent" card the RTX 3070, it's useful for us 2080Ti numbers to see if we want to upgrade for more performance.

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  8. Thanks. Having big trouble running this game on my Gigabyte 590 card with Intel 5820k cpu, Noctua D14, 32gb ram 2666 Vengence LPX, 1300w Evga Supernova, Thor case, oh and Crucial SSD, all non OC'd as I couldn't get it to OC, I did switch the ram to XMP profile but that's it, couldn't get any stable OC's on the GPU, CPU, or Ram. Although I've no idea what I'm doing, I've watched a 100's of youtube video's so tried to do it for 3 weeks without success on any of them! I've got another build I've gotta put together with a 5700xt XFX Thicc 3OC GPU, and a 9700k, ND15 cooler, Kingpin paste, 64gb Corsair Vengence LPX 3200, 1300 Seasonic, Crucial P1 1tb nvme, with a Cougar Panzer Max case, and 140mm Corsair RGB fans 8 of them I think. Putting it off for a while as it's such a pain in the ass to get it all together and will take a year to install all of my programs, plugins, and get it working good enough to do sessions on. As I suck at that shit!

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  9. I have been sitting on £2000 trying to build a pc with a 3080 for cyberpunks release.
    Zero luck, so im stuck playing on my old Xbox one S.

    My dissapointment is immeasurable.

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  10. The RT in this title looks amazing, but still is pointless at 4K. with my settings on my 3080 it does hold around 60fps, but it feels WAY less smooth no matter the DLSS setting.
    The gains with DLSS balanced to performance are so mind blowing at 4K with RTX off that it would be silly to to use them. The game is absolutely incredible with a 3000 series in this title.

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  11. And the winner for the useless test of the year is….
    You are a perfect example on how our society is completely sick. Wasting energy and high intellectual capability to do a test on nothing.

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  12. Hey Steve, I realize the RTX 2080 TI is on par or close with the RTX 3070 but I think you should include the RTX 2080 TI in your PC GPU Benchmarks . Hardly anybody has a 3080 or 3070 due to availability unless you succumb to the scalpers. Please include the RTX 2080 TI in your PC GPU Benchmarks until the 3080 3070's are selling at retail in about a year. Many more have a RTX 2080TI . GN is SLACKING -Thanks McFly, Hello ….Hello 🙂 GN FAN

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  13. A CPU benchmark would be interesting too. Apparently there's some weird shit happening in this game where something like the 10400F ends up performing better in benchmarks than the 5600X.

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  14. if anyone really wishes to test anything in this game go to JAPANTOWN market where ya get taps for johnny….. lets just say 20ish fps to where thats as low as i ever seen my 5600x 2070s 4000mhz c15/2000fclk setup go…1080p default quality set dlss….which does better than balanced auto or performance???

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  15. I would love to see what kind of performance you can get with DLSS at 1440p and 4k with RT OFF. Wondering if the 3070 and 3060ti can push the game over 144fps with DLSS at high/ultra settings. I prefer to play games at 120fps+ if at all possible even if it means playing at lower resolution or settings.

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