Civilization VII Performance Benchmark Review - 35 GPUs Tested

Name: Civilization VII Performance Benchmark
Brand: Firaxis Games

on Feb 7th, 2025,

Manufacturer: Firaxis Games

Graphics Settings

The Window mode options are "Window" and "Fullscreen," which really is borderless, there is no exclusive fullscreen option
V-Sync can be disabled completely, there is no hidden FPS cap
Upscaling/AA mode lets you select from "Off," "AMD FSR 3 AA and Upscaling"
When V-Sync is enabled, the FPS limit can be set to 30 or 60 FPS
FSR and XeSS are supported, but not DLSS
There is no support for Frame Generation
Your can disable motion blur and depth of field effects

Test System - GPU 2025.1
Processor:	AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D Zen 5, 5.2 GHz, 8 cores / 16 threads
Motherboard:	MSI X870E Carbon Wi-Fi BIOS 7E49v1A15
Resizable BAR:	Enabled on all supported cards (NVIDIA, AMD & Intel)
Memory:	Thermaltake TOUGHRAM XG 2x 16 GB DDR5-6200 MHz 28-36-36-76 UCLK 1:1
Cooling:	Arctic Liquid Freezer III 280 mm AIO
Thermal Paste:	Arctic MX-6
Storage:	4 TB M.2 NVMe SSD
Power Supply:	Seasonic Focus GX 1000 W ATX 3.0 / 16-pin 12VHPWR
Case:	darkFlash DY470
Operating System:	Windows 11 Professional 64-bit 24H2 VBS enabled (Windows 11 default)
Drivers:	NVIDIA: 572.16 WHQL AMD: 25.1.1 Beta Intel: 101.6557 Beta

Benchmark scores in other reviews are only comparable when this exact same configuration is used.

We tested the public Steam release for the 5-day headstart of Civilization VII, not a press release build
We used the newest drivers from all the GPU vendors. NVIDIA and Intel have released Game Ready drivers, AMD has not.

Feb 8th, 2025 08:35 EST change timezone