How many FPS does XCOM 2 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 27 FPS. This game has no MetalFX, so resolution is the setting that matters most.

Is the MacBook Air M3 enough for XCOM 2?

Just about: 42 FPS at 1080p High is playable but has no headroom. Dropping to Medium steadies it.

Playable · 1440p 27 FPS · 4K 14 FPS

MacBook Air M3 or MacBook Air M4 for XCOM 2?

In XCOM 2 at 1080p High, the MacBook Air M3 gets 42 FPS and the MacBook Air M4 52 FPS: 24% 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 XCOM 2, the MacBook Pro M3 gets 57 FPS at 1080p High, 36% 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. XCOM 2 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 10.13.6 · Intel Core i5 2.5 GHz or better · 8 GB memory · 1 GB GPU · 45 GB storage · Intel build, runs on Apple silicon through Rosetta 2

Source: store.steampowered.com