14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro gaming benchmarks : GTA V, Dying Light, Shadow of the Tomb Raider and more

Powered by next-generation Apple Silicon, the 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro has received promising reviews because of its high performance and power efficiency. But to know if the pro notebook delivers a playable experience of triple-A games with a high resolution like GTA V and COD: Black Ops 3, YouTuber @MrMacRight ran gaming benchmarks on 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro with 8 core CPU, 14 core GPU, and 16GB RAM. 

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14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro gaming benchmarks – average frame rate per second of popular high resolutions games 

For a comprehensive assessment of 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro gaming benchmarks, MrMacRight ran games at different resolution to know which graphics setting will give the best fps. Here are the average fps on 14-inch M1 Pro MacBook Pro:

  • Total War Saga: TROY (Native M1) – 64 fps (1080p High) and 69 fps (1440p medium) and 35.9 fps (2160p medium) 
  • Baldur’s Gate 3 (Native M1)- 90 fps (1080p), 60 fps (1440p) and 35.9 25 to 60 fps (2160p) 
  • Metro Exodus (Rosetta 2) – 35 to 60 fps (1080p)
  • GTA V (Parallels 17) – 30 to 40 (1080p)
  • GTA V (CrossOver 21) – 60 fps (1080p)
  • Star Wars Battlefront II (CrossOver 21)- 40 to 60 fps (1080p)
  • Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice (CrossOver 21)- 40 to 50 fps (1080p)
  • Mortal Kombat X (CrossOver 21) – 60 fps (1440p) and 30 fps (2160p)
  • Dying Light (Rosetta 2) – 100 fps (1080p), 60 fps (1440p) and 40 fps (2160p)
  • NBA 2K22 AE (Native M1) – 120 fps (1080p)
  • Shadow of the Tomb Raider (Rosetta 2) – 60 fps (1080p), 37 fps (1440p) 
  • Borderlands 3 (Rosetta 2) – 30 to 60 fps (1080p)
  • DiRT Rally (Rosetta 2) – 55 fps (1080p) and 70 fps (1600p) 100 fps 1200p 
  • Alien Isolation (Rosetta 2) – 40 to 60 fps (1080p)
  • COD: Black Ops 3 (Rosetta 2) – 40 to 60 fps (1080p)
  • Deus Ex: Mankind Divided (Rosetta 2) – 50 to 57 fps (1080p)

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