Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 is an action role-playing video game developed and published by CD Projekt. It was released on 10th of December 2020 on five platforms and as an enhanced backwards compatible title on 9th generation of gaming consoles.

The game is built on the latest version of CD Projekt Red proprietary REDengine – REDengine 4. Key new engine features in Cyberpunk 2077 include:


 * A switch to using DirectX 12 as a graphics API on Windows.
 * Use of ray tracing for several graphical features through DirectX Ray Tracing API.
 * The feature was exclusive to Nvidia hardware at launch but support for AMD GPUs was added with patch 1.2 (released on March 29, 2021).
 * Integration of Nvidia DLSS upscaling and anti-aliasing solution.

PC performance benchmarks
The game has no built-in benchmark and thus all benchmarks are using custom hand made runs through different parts of the game and cannot be compared between themselves. The game was released on PC in partnership with Nvidia.

Key performance takeaways

 * Maximum quality settings in this game are extremely demanding.
 * High end GPUs available at the moment of launch are unable to maintain 30 fps in 3840x2160 (4K) at maximum settings.
 * VRAM consumption in 4K+RT hits 10GB.
 * The game however scales well with lower settings providing up to 300% of performance increase by going to low settings.
 * Even minimal usage of ray tracing lead to game not being able to hold 60 fps on high end hardware available at its launch, even in 1920x1080 (1080p).
 * Game recommends running it off SSD as HDDs are not fast enough for game's streaming system.
 * Patch 1.1 (released on January 22, 2021) had no effect on game's performance on PC.
 * Patch 1.2 (released on March 29, 2021) has enabled support for raytracing on Radeon 6000 series GPUs.

Main console versions characteristics

 * The game is using a form of dynamic resolution scaling (DRS) on all console platforms.
 * The game launched on 9th gen consoles but in an "enhanced backwards compatibility" mode. This allows the game to target higher resolutions and framerates on Playstation 5 and Xbox Series but provides the same graphics and gameplay options as on 8th gen consoles.
 * CD Projekt Red is intended to release a free "next-gen update" over the course of 2021.
 * The game launched on 8th gen consoles with severe performance issues.
 * Xbox One (S)/X and Playstation 4/Pro are showing framerates below 30 fps as a norm, sometimes going below 20 fps even.
 * There were a lot of streaming related issues on 8th gen consoles at launch.
 * As of patch 1.2 there has been no significant changes in performance on most of consoles.
 * Patch 1.1 (released on January 22, 2021) has improved image sharpness on 8th gen consoles without apparent performance impact.
 * Patch 1.1 has improved the game's performance on PS4 slightly.
 * Patch 1.2 (released on March 29, 2021) has made some changes to rendering and graphics details but no big changes to performance.

* – The game runs in "enhanced backwards compatibility" mode on 9th gen consoles at launch.