How many FPS does Rise of the Tomb Raider get on the MacBook Air M3? 1080p, 1440p and 4K performance

Estimated average in normal gameplay with the game and macOS up to date. Green: 60+ · lime: 45+ · amber: 30+ · orange: 20+ · red: under 20.

Recommended settings

Moving to 1440p High puts the MacBook Air M3 at about 31 FPS. This game has no MetalFX, so resolution is the setting that matters most.

Is the MacBook Air M3 enough for Rise of the Tomb Raider?

Yes: 50 FPS at 1080p High is smooth. At 1440p it drops to 31 FPS.

Smooth · 1440p 31 FPS · 4K 16 FPS

MacBook Air M3 or MacBook Air M4 for Rise of the Tomb Raider?

In Rise of the Tomb Raider at 1080p High, the MacBook Air M3 gets 50 FPS and the MacBook Air M4 61 FPS: 22% more.

MacBook Air M3 specs

Chip

Apple M3

GPU cores

8 / 10

Unified memory

8 / 16 / 24 GB

Cooling

Fanless

Geekbench Metal

41,753

Tier

Entry level · 11/100

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Other Macs with the M3 chip

The Apple M3 also powers the MacBook Pro M3 and the iMac M3. In Rise of the Tomb Raider, the MacBook Pro M3 gets 67 FPS at 1080p High, 34% more than the MacBook Air M3, mainly because its fan keeps clocks up under load.

MacBook Pro M3iMac M3

How much memory do you need?

On Apple Silicon the GPU shares memory with the system, so the RAM you picked when buying the Mac is also your video memory. Rise of the Tomb Raider asks for 8 GB minimum.

Other games on the MacBook Air M3

• Death Stranding Director's Cut38FPS
• Hitman World of Assassination43FPS
• Lies of P56FPS
• Metro Exodus33FPS
• Frostpunk 242FPS
• GRID Legends54FPS
• No Man's Sky42FPS
• Resident Evil 242FPS
• Resident Evil 332FPS
• Resident Evil 7 biohazard42FPS

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Official Mac requirements

Minimum

macOS 10.13.4 · Intel Core i5 2.3 GHz or better · 8 GB memory · 2 GB AMD R9 M290 or 1.5 GB Intel Iris 540 · 27 GB storage · Intel build, runs on Apple silicon through Rosetta 2

Source: store.steampowered.com