Gaming Tests: Deus Ex Mankind Divided

Deus Ex is a franchise with a wide level of popularity. Despite the Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (DEMD) version being released in 2016, it has often been heralded as a game that taxes the CPU. It uses the Dawn Engine to create a very complex first-person action game with science-fiction based weapons and interfaces. The game combines first-person, stealth, and role-playing elements, with the game set in Prague, dealing with themes of transhumanism, conspiracy theories, and a cyberpunk future. The game allows the player to select their own path (stealth, gun-toting maniac) and offers multiple solutions to its puzzles.

DEMD has an in-game benchmark, an on-rails look around an environment showcasing some of the game’s most stunning effects, such as lighting, texturing, and others. Even in 2020, it’s still an impressive graphical showcase when everything is jumped up to the max. For this title, we are testing the following resolutions:

  • 600p Low, 1440p Low, 4K Low, 1080p Max

The benchmark runs for about 90 seconds. We do as many runs within 10 minutes per resolution/setting combination, and then take averages and percentiles.

AnandTech Low Resolution
Low Quality
Medium Resolution
Low Quality
High Resolution
Low Quality
Medium Resolution
Max Quality
Average FPS
95th Percentile

All of our benchmark results can also be found in our benchmark engine, Bench.

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  • robbro9 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    Has anyone seen igpu tests? Toms did not test them either apparently. Given the challenges in locating add in gpu's the integrated should be of high interest for many. I know I just put together a 3400G system, just cause its about the best you can get graphics wise without paying scalper pricing. Was curious if these were as good or better?
  • Lookslikeamhere - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    Phoronix has some
  • ilt24 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    Hexus has some...https://hexus.net/tech/reviews/cpu/147440-intel-co...
  • robbro9 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    Thanks, those are kinda disappointing. The 3400G I put together does roughly 13K night raid, 1.4K time spy, while the new UHD 750 does 9.5K and .7k respectively. I figured it would be closer. Guess its still king of the hill for desktop integrated... which is kinda sad. I wish AMD would up their integrated game, or Tigerlake was available for desktop...
  • Slash3 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    Tiger Lake is 96EU, RKL-S is only 36 or 24EU. It was always going to be a small bump over Comet Lake.
  • antonkochubey - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    RKL is 32EU. Exactly a third of Tiger Lake.
  • Slash3 - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    Whoops, yes. Typo.
    32EU on the i5-11500 and above, 24EU on the i5-11400 parts.
  • Pmaciel - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    "The Core i9-11900K in our test peaks up to 296 W, showing temperatures of 104ºC"

    "The cooler we’re using on this test is arguably the best air cooling on the market – a 1.8 kilogram full copper ThermalRight Ultra Extreme, paired with a 170 CFM high static pressure fan from Silverstone."

    Not even the much-derided AMD FX-9590 got this far
  • blppt - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    To be fair, the 9590 was such a POS that it was a blast furnace AND wasn't really competitive in real life usage.

    At least this cpu is competitive, performance wise. Everything else is laughable---or would be if AMD wasn't having a nightmare keeping their 59xx series in stock.
  • TheinsanegamerN - Tuesday, March 30, 2021 - link

    Credit where it’s due, bulldozer was easier to cool

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