Microsoft Flight Simulator

Microsoft Flight Simulator is a flight simulation title with a release date of 2020-08-17. The measured data set covers the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H paired with the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile, tested at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160 across Low, Medium, High, and Ultra presets. Across those rows, the highest measured average is 151 fps at 1080p Low, while the lowest is 50 fps at 4K Ultra. In the full tested-combo list for this game, this pairing is ranked 1205 out of 3714.

FAQ

Q: What frame rates are measured at 1920x1080 for each preset?

A: At 1920x1080, Low averages 151 fps, Medium averages 118 fps with a reported minimum of 100 and maximum of 135, High averages 88 fps, and Ultra averages 84 fps.

Q: Does the combo stay above the 4K Medium reported minimum?

A: At 3840x2160 Medium, the average is 70 fps and the reported minimum is 59 fps, so the average is above 70 but individual frames can dip to 59. The 4K High average is 53 fps and the 4K Ultra average is 50 fps.

Q: What memory and clock specifications does the RTX 4080 Mobile bring to this game?

A: It includes 12 GB of GDDR6 memory on a 192-bit bus, with 432.0 GB/s bandwidth and a memory clock of 2250 MHz, listed as 18 Gbps effective. Its base clock is 1290 MHz and its boost clock is 1665 MHz.

Q: How does the CPU compare with its nearest rivals in synthetic average score?

A: The Core Ultra 7 155H has an average benchmark score of 32697. The Intel Core i5-14600T scores 32707 with deltaPct 0, the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 scores 32662 with deltaPct 0.1, the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F scores 32750 with deltaPct -0.2, and the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H scores 32812 with deltaPct -0.4.

Q: What is the combo's rank in the game's tested pool?

A: The combo is ranked 1205 out of 3714 tested combos for Microsoft Flight Simulator, and the data is marked as measured.

Q: Which Medium preset and resolution reports the highest minimum fps?

A: At 1920x1080 Medium, the reported minimum is 100 fps. At 2560x1440 Medium, the minimum is 81 fps. At 3840x2160 Medium, the minimum is 59 fps.

Settings Recommendations

Across the measured presets, Medium is the most balanced setting. The Medium rows are the only ones with reported minimum and maximum values, and they show 118 avg with 100 min and 135 max at 1080p, 95 avg with 81 min and 109 max at 1440p, and 70 avg with 59 min and 80 max at 4K. Every Medium average is higher than the 4K High and Ultra averages, and the 4K Medium value of 70 remains the second-highest 4K average in the data behind Low's 90.

High and Ultra sit close together in the measured data. At 1080p, High averages 88 fps and Ultra averages 84 fps. At 1440p, High averages 71 fps and Ultra averages 68 fps. At 4K, High averages 53 fps and Ultra averages 50 fps. The Low preset produces the highest averages at every resolution, reaching 151 fps at 1080p, 122 fps at 1440p, and 90 fps at 4K, but it represents the lowest visual tier in the preset list.

For the best experience per the measured rows, Medium is the recommended starting preset. It keeps the 4K average at 70 fps while High falls to 53 and Ultra falls to 50. At 1440p, Medium's 95 avg provides a stronger margin over High's 71 and Ultra's 68. At 1080p, Medium's 118 avg is well above High's 88 and Ultra's 84. The reported 4K Medium minimum of 59 also shows that even the heaviest Medium row can approach the frame rates that High and Ultra deliver as averages at that resolution.

GPU Role

The GPU is the NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile from the GeForce 40-series. It uses the AD104 chip with the Ada Lovelace architecture on a 5 nm process. Its base clock is 1290 MHz, its boost clock is 1665 MHz, and its memory clock is 2250 MHz, listed as 18 Gbps effective. The memory configuration is 12 GB of GDDR6 on a 192-bit bus with 432.0 GB/s bandwidth. The shader setup includes 7424 shading units, 232 texture mapping units, 80 ROPs, 58 RT cores, and 232 tensor cores. FP32 and FP16 throughput are both listed at 24.72 TFLOPS, and the GPU's TDP is 110 W.

Synthetic benchmarks show the GPU at the 81st percentile vs all GPUs. Its Geekbench OpenCL score is 159575, and its Geekbench Vulkan score is 145807. The PassMark G3D score is 24926, while the PassMark GPU compute score is 11191. The GPU's average benchmark score is 38135. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark data include the GeForce MX570 at 38299 with deltaPct -0.4, the GeForce RTX 5080 Mobile at 38349 with deltaPct -0.6, the GeForce RTX 4070 at 37648 with deltaPct 1.3, and the Tesla P4 at 37628 with deltaPct 1.3.

The measured FPS data shows the GPU's influence through the spread across presets. At 1080p, Low averages 151 fps and Ultra averages 84 fps. At 1440p, Low averages 122 fps and Ultra averages 68 fps. At 4K, Low averages 90 fps and Ultra averages 50 fps. The 12 GB VRAM capacity and 432.0 GB/s bandwidth are part of the measured context for this flight simulator, particularly because the 4K Medium row still reports a minimum of 59 fps while the GPU's benchmark position places it in the 81st percentile of all tested GPUs.

Measured FPS Breakdown

The measured FPS data covers Low, Medium, High, and Ultra at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. Only the Medium rows include reported minimum and maximum values.

1920x1080

• Low: 151 avg
• Medium: 118 avg, min 100, max 135
• High: 88 avg
• Ultra: 84 avg

2560x1440

• Low: 122 avg
• Medium: 95 avg, min 81, max 109
• High: 71 avg
• Ultra: 68 avg

3840x2160

• Low: 90 avg
• Medium: 70 avg, min 59, max 80
• High: 53 avg
• Ultra: 50 avg

The Medium rows provide the most complete frame-time picture in the data set. At 1080p Medium, the minimum is 100 fps and maximum is 135 fps. At 1440p Medium, the minimum is 81 fps and maximum is 109 fps. At 4K Medium, the minimum is 59 fps and maximum is 80 fps. The averages for the other presets are reported without minimum or maximum values, so the Medium rows are the only direct evidence of frame variability in this measured set.

How This Combo Ranks

In the list of tested combinations for Microsoft Flight Simulator, this pairing holds rank 1205 out of 3714. The data set marks the FPS measurements as measured rather than estimated. This means the rank is based on actual recorded performance rows rather than projected or synthetic data.

The game-specific rank of 1205 out of 3714 places this pairing above the central position in the tested pool, because more tested combos sit behind it than ahead of it. The CPU is in the 83rd percentile vs all CPUs, and the GPU is in the 81st percentile vs all GPUs. The game rank of 1205/3714 is the result for this specific title and this specific CPU-GPU pairing, and it can differ from the synthetic percentile positions because the rank is derived from the measured FPS rows in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

CPU Role

The Intel Core Ultra 7 155H is a mobile processor from the Core Ultra Series 1, based on Meteor Lake architecture and manufactured on Intel's 7 nm process. It has 16 cores and 22 threads, with a base clock of 3.80 GHz and a boost clock of 4.80 GHz. The cache layout is 112 KB L1 per core, 2 MB L2 per core, and 24 MB shared L3. Memory support is DDR5 with dual-channel memory and a memory bandwidth of 89.6 GB/s. The chip also includes integrated Arc Xe-LPG 128EU graphics. Its TDP is 28 W, and its launch MSRP is $503.

In CPU benchmarks, the 155H scores 2450 in Cinebench R15 multicore and 255 in single-core. It scores 8754 in Cinebench R20 multicore and 1235 in single-core. It scores 15028 in Cinebench R23 multicore and 1743 in single-core. PassMark results include a multithread score of 24873 and a single-thread score of 3468. The CPU is in the 83rd percentile vs all CPUs, with an average benchmark score of 32697. Its nearest rivals in the benchmark data are the Intel Core i5-14600T at 32707 with deltaPct 0, the AMD Ryzen AI 7 PRO 360 at 32662 with deltaPct 0.1, the AMD Ryzen 5 7400F at 32750 with deltaPct -0.2, and the AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 6850H at 32812 with deltaPct -0.4.

The CPU role in this game can be read from the Low preset rows. At 1080p Low, the measured average is 151 fps; at 1440p Low, it is 122 fps; at 4K Low, it is 90 fps. These are the highest averages in the data set at their respective resolutions. The 1080p Low value of 151 fps indicates that the CPU and platform can deliver a high frame rate when the GPU's per-pixel workload is reduced. The CPU's multi-threaded benchmark scores, including the Cinebench R23 multicore score of 15028 and PassMark multithread score of 24873, provide the broader context for a simulation title where CPU throughput can matter.

Resolution Scaling

The data set includes the same four presets at 1920x1080, 2560x1440, and 3840x2160. For Low, the average FPS is 151 at 1080p, 122 at 1440p, and 90 at 4K. For Medium, the average FPS is 118 at 1080p, 95 at 1440p, and 70 at 4K. For High, the average FPS is 88 at 1080p, 71 at 1440p, and 53 at 4K. For Ultra, the average FPS is 84 at 1080p, 68 at 1440p, and 50 at 4K.

The pattern is consistent across all four presets: moving from 1920x1080 to 2560x1440 and then to 3840x2160 lowers average FPS at every setting. At Low, the 4K average of 90 fps remains the highest 4K result in the data. At High and Ultra, the 4K averages fall to 53 and 50 fps respectively. The Medium rows also show the reported minimum dropping from 100 at 1080p to 81 at 1440p and 59 at 4K, while the maximum drops from 135 to 109 and 80.

This resolution behavior indicates a rendering load that scales with pixel count. The CPU, memory configuration, and core clocks are identical across these measured rows; the changing variable is the resolution and, with it, the amount of work sent to the GPU. The measured FPS declines across the resolution ladder are therefore best read as a GPU-sensitive curve. The 4K Ultra row at 50 fps and the 4K High row at 53 fps represent the heaviest measured load in this data set, while the 1080p Low row at 151 fps shows the same components with the lightest rendering workload.