On May 20th, UL Benchmark will officially release the new 3DMark test "Steel Nomad," which will replace Time Spy. It includes a standard version for 4K resolution and a Light version for 2K resolution.
Steel Nomad is a cross-platform test project, initially supporting Windows x86/Arm, with plans to add Linux and macOS later on. The Light version will also support Android and iOS.
PCGH conducted early tests covering up to 28 different graphics cards, with a platform configuration featuring an i9-13900KS 5.7GHz processor, 32GB DDR5-7600 memory, and enabling AMD SAM or Resizable BAR.
RTX 4090 is leading by a wide margin, with the standard version breaking 100,000 points and the Light version reaching 400,000 points, surpassing RTX 4080 SUPER by up to 43%, with an additional 9% boost when overclocked.
RX 7900 XTX still falls short of RTX 4080 SUPER by around 7%, but can slightly surpass it by about 2% when overclocked.
RX 7900 XT narrowly loses to RTX 3090 Ti.
RTX 4070 is a whopping 13 times more powerful than the high-end GTX 970 from that year.
Intel's top-of-the-line Arc A770 16GB is now on par with AMD RX 7600 XT, showing a significant improvement since its initial release.
