3DMark News

[p]This update follows last weeks' launch of 3DMark for macOS[/p][p]We became aware after launch that there was a compiler issue with the 3DMark for macOS that negatively impacted performance by up to 5% for Solar Bay, Steel Nomad and Steel Nomad Light. [/p][p]This performance impact means that, unfortunately, results submitted using the launch version of 3DMark for macOS are no longer valid.[/p][p]Luckily, quick reports from users made us aware of this error, so thank you to those who noticed this and contacted us![/p][p]We apologize to all the 3DMark users who submitted results using the initial version[/p][p][/p][p]Fixed[/p]

• [p]Fixed a compiler issue with the initial release of 3DMark for macOS.[/p]

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Today, we’re very excited to bring 3DMark to macOS gamers around the world.

Since we launched 3DMark Steel Nomad Light, we found that 1/6 of all iOS app submissions were from macOS devices. Running an iOS application on a macOS device can negatively affect scores on some benchmarks, especially when run on some more powerful Macs, as iOS application maximum frame rates are limited to the system's display refresh rate.
3DMark for macOS is a full native macOS application, and the best way to benchmark the gaming performance of the latest Macs with 3DMark. It not only includes the Wild Life Extreme, Solar Bay, and Steel Nomad Light benchmarks, it also brings the even heavier Steel Nomad Benchmark, previously only available on Windows. These benchmarks all run natively using the Metal API, and are fully comparable with results from Windows, iOS, and Android devices.

As with Windows, owners of 3DMark will gain access to additional features:
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• [p] Explorer Mode for Steel Nomad and Steel Nomad Light, where you can freely explore the benchmark scenes, edit camera controls to take the perfect background image for your Mac, and even find many secrets hidden by the 3DMark development team.
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• [p] Save your macOS results to your 3DMark.com account, for sharing or comparing performance over time.
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• [p] Enable sound for a more immersive experience when benchmarking.
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• [p] Use custom mode to run benchmarks at different resolutions, loop benchmark runs or enable HDR to make scenes pop even more.
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• [p] Earn Achievements on Steam.
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[p]You can even use a game controller to navigate around Explorer mode!

3DMark for macOS is available from Steam now.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/223850/3DMark/

If you already own 3DMark, you will automatically get 3DMark for macOS as well. Likewise, any future purchase of 3DMark or a 3DMark upgrade will also include both Windows and macOS versions of any included benchmarks, where supported.
A demo version of 3DMark for macOS is now also available through Steam.
This includes the Steel Nomad, Steel Nomad Light, Solar Bay and Wild Life Extreme Benchmarks.
[/p][p]3DMark for macOS requires a Mac using an Apple Silicon M-series SoC.[/p][p]Intel-based x86 Macs are not supported. [/p][p][/p][p]3DMark for macOS v1.0 [/p][p]New native benchmarks for macOS[/p]

• [p]Steel Nomad v1.0[/p]
• [p]Steel Nomad Light v1.0[/p]
• [p]Solar Bay v1.0[/p]
• [p]Wild Life Extreme v1.1.1.2 [/p]

[p][/p][p]Known issues[/p]

• [p]Some real-time hardware data, such as SoC temperature and clock rates, are not currently available due to macOS not supporting access to these metrics.[/p]
• [p]It is currently not possible to get "Steel Explorer" achievement using 3DMark for macOS. This will be corrected in a future update.[/p]

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UL benchmarks use a component called SystemInfo to identify the hardware in your system. This patch updates SystemInfo to version 5.84.
[h2]SystemInfo 5.84[/h2]

• Updated GPU detection module to improve compatibility with latest hardware.
  

UL benchmarks use a component called SystemInfo to identify the hardware in your system. This patch updates SystemInfo to version 5.83.
[h2]SystemInfo 5.83[/h2]

• Updated CPUID module to improve compatibility with latest hardware.
  

This is a minor update. Benchmark scores are not affected.

New

• Added support for up to 8k and ultra-wide resolutions in custom mode for the Steel Nomad, Steel Nomad Light and Speed Way Benchmarks.
  Please note that custom mode results are not comparable with default benchmark results.

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where the DLSS 4 feature test was missing its Traditional Chinese localization.
  
• Fixed an issue with the DLSS support detection that could cause systems with supported NVIDIA GPUs to claim that DLSS was not supported.
  
• Fixed an issue where checking for SSSE3 support on Windows on Arm that prevented Time Spy benchmarks from running.
  
• Fixed an issue where checking for upscaling technology support took an extended amount of time on systems with Intel Arc GPUs