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3D Mark announces Steel Nomad benchmark, replaces Timespy

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After several years, 3D Mark says Timespy's reign at the top is coming to a close

It will be replaced with a new benchmark called Steel Nomad, but it is not yet available for download





videocardz.com

3DMark Steel Nomad benchmark announced, a new cross-platform sucesssor to TimeSpy - VideoCardz.com

3DMark Steel Nomad is a DirectX12, Metal and Vulkan benchmark Today, UL introduce a new cross-platform benchmark called Steel Nomad Recently, we shared news about a 3D marking its 25th anniversary. The well-known benchmark suite is set to undergo an update, with the 3DMark development team...
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So it's not an RTX/Ray traced bench? Port Royal still the one for that.
Not saying that's a bad thing (as an AMD GPU owner lol)!

What I would really like to see though, is a UE5 bench with Nanite/Lumen. I'm assuming that will be pretty relevant in the next few years.
(it will definitely be relevant for me, as an ARK addict! Ascended is definitely putting the hurt on my 7900XT...but it's sooooo pretty :D )
 
It will probably be a mixed benchmark, stressing multiple parts of the system just like Timespy also worked as a CPU and memory test, would not be surprised if it has some Ray tracing but I don't expect it to be fully Ray traced like port Royal.

Timespy was meant as an overall benchmark to see how well your PC as a whole could handle new and future games and this will probably do the same
 
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www.techpowerup.com

UL Solutions Makes 3DMark Steel Nomad Free to All 3DMark Users

UL Solutions announced that it is making the Steel Nomad benchmark free to all 3DMark users. The benchmark is expected to release in the first quarter of 2024, for Windows and Windows on Arm PCs; through Steam, Epic Games Store, or directly from UL. The company will release Steel Nomad and Steel...
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3DMark Steel Nomad will be free. Nice!

videocardz.com

3DMark Steel Nomad cross-platform benchmark to launch Q1 2024 as a free update to all 3DMark users - VideoCardz.com

3DMark Steel Nomad free for all 3DMark users. Last month, we introduced you to 3DMark Steel Nomad, our cross-platform successor to Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme as our recommended non-raytracing benchmark. We’re happy to announce that Steel Nomad will be a free update for all 3DMark users...
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AthlonXP1800 said:
www.techpowerup.com

UL Solutions Makes 3DMark Steel Nomad Free to All 3DMark Users

UL Solutions announced that it is making the Steel Nomad benchmark free to all 3DMark users. The benchmark is expected to release in the first quarter of 2024, for Windows and Windows on Arm PCs; through Steam, Epic Games Store, or directly from UL. The company will release Steel Nomad and Steel...
www.techpowerup.com www.techpowerup.com

3DMark Steel Nomad will be free. Nice!

videocardz.com

3DMark Steel Nomad cross-platform benchmark to launch Q1 2024 as a free update to all 3DMark users - VideoCardz.com

3DMark Steel Nomad free for all 3DMark users. Last month, we introduced you to 3DMark Steel Nomad, our cross-platform successor to Time Spy and Time Spy Extreme as our recommended non-raytracing benchmark. We’re happy to announce that Steel Nomad will be a free update for all 3DMark users...
videocardz.com videocardz.com
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Wonder if there will be an xtreme version for paid users like timespy and firestrike
 
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MadMatty said:
There is an update in the steam group. Looks to be a slight delay but maybe April.

steamcommunity.com

3DMark Steel Nomad? :: 3DMark General Discussions

When is it coming? Said to be coming in the first quarter of 2024. 21 days left in the first quarter. Soon? :)
steamcommunity.com steamcommunity.com
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They can take their time to tweak it I don't mind. As they correctly point out it's not a good look to launch a benchmark that requires updates because the scores are not accurate across different hardware configurations as such updates would invalidate past results and require resets of the ladders; for this type of benchmark it needs to be accurate and work on day one, so they can take their time no rush
 
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www.pcgameshardware.de

3DMark Steel Nomad im Test mit 40 Grafikkarten: Neuer Benchmark mit einigen Überraschungen

Mit dem 3DMark Steel Nomad gibt einen neuen Rasterizing-Benchmark mit Cross-Plattform-Kompatibilität. PCGH testet 35 Grafikkarten seit 2014.
www.pcgameshardware.de www.pcgameshardware.de

Seems like it favours nvidia a good bit
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True performance of the 4090, unrestrained

Also, would suggest looking at the default benchmark performance; that website has done the default and the light mode test, the light mode numbers look a bit weird probably due to cpu bottlenecks or some other issue but the default mode numbers look as you'd expect with the 4090 in the lead, followed by the 7900xtx, followed by the 4080 super

For example, the scores on the default test:

4090: 11287
7900xtx: 7307
4080 super: 7243
 
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