How many FPS does Shadow of the Tomb Raider get on the iMac 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 iMac M3 at about 25 FPS. This game has no MetalFX, so resolution is the setting that matters most.

Is the iMac M3 enough for Shadow of the Tomb Raider?

Just about: 39 FPS at 1080p High is playable but has no headroom. Dropping to Medium steadies it.

Playable · 1440p 25 FPS · 4K 13 FPS

iMac M3 or MacBook Air M4 for Shadow of the Tomb Raider?

In Shadow of the Tomb Raider at 1080p High, the iMac M3 gets 39 FPS and the MacBook Air M4 44 FPS: 13% more.

iMac M3 specs

Chip

Apple M3

GPU cores

8 / 10

Unified memory

8 / 16 / 24 GB

Cooling

Fan

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 Air M3 and the MacBook Pro M3. In Shadow of the Tomb Raider, the MacBook Pro M3 gets 48 FPS at 1080p High, 23% more than the iMac M3.

MacBook Air M3MacBook Pro 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. Shadow of the Tomb Raider asks for 8 GB minimum.

Other games on the iMac M3

• Death Stranding Director's Cut44FPS
• Hitman World of Assassination51FPS
• Lies of P65FPS
• Metro Exodus39FPS
• Resident Evil 433FPS
• Resident Evil Village33FPS
• Frostpunk 247FPS
• GRID Legends60FPS
• No Man's Sky47FPS
• Resident Evil 247FPS

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Official Mac requirements

Minimum

macOS 10.15 · Intel Core i5 2 GHz · 8 GB memory · 2 GB AMD Radeon R9 M290 or 1.5 GB Intel Iris 540 · 40 GB storage · Intel build, runs on Apple silicon through Rosetta 2

Source: store.steampowered.com